Parents camp out outside Penn Alexander
In what is now an annual tradition, around 80 neighborhood parents lined up outside 42nd and Locust streets to secure a coveted spot in the kindergarten class at Penn Alexander.
In what is now an annual tradition, around 80 neighborhood parents lined up outside 42nd and Locust streets to secure a coveted spot in the kindergarten class at Penn Alexander.
The Latter-day Saints Student Association, which became an official student group on campus last December, obtained formal recognition by the Students Activities Council at that time and will soon begin to receive funding for events and programs.
Jackson — who, in 2006, became the University’s first-ever Penn Integrates Knowledge professor — was recently appointed the first-ever senior adviser to the provost for diversity.
College Dean Dennis DeTurck added that, while there is no feedback mechanism currently in place for users, the advising office will be reaching to students to gauge feedback about the system.
The Latter-day Saints Student Association, which became an official student group on campus last December, obtained formal recognition by the Students Activities Council at that time and will soon begin to receive funding for events and programs.
Jackson — who, in 2006, became the University’s first-ever Penn Integrates Knowledge professor — was recently appointed the first-ever senior adviser to the provost for diversity.
College senior Rachel Abeles, Panhel’s outgoing president, congratulated the new members on getting through the “cold, long, crazy week of recruitment” — which came to a close with sorority bid night on Thursday.
A common nutrient found in weight training supplements such as Muscle Milk and protein powder — might be the key to successfully treating concussions, or at least speeding up the healing process.
Houston Market opted to raise prices for the for the first time in two and a half years, prompting some students to reconsider their dining choices.
Since its inception, the Wharton Entrepreneur-In-Residence program has given more than 1,700 students an opportunity to meet one-on-one with a variety of entrepreneurs.
Amid student surprise at the recent closing of Fine Wine & Good Spirits, details surrounding the building’s closure still remain a mystery.
Victory Cab has suspended its $9 flat-rate Town Car service with Penn.
Girls who went through sorority recruitment this past week experienced a homecoming of sorts last night, as they received their bids and met their new sisters.
Quoting King, Gutmann exhorted the Penn community to be “maladjusted” to injustice and to recognize that strength can be drawn from diversity to improve the world.
The possibility of closure for some Catholic schools in Philadelphia has provoked reactions from Penn’s religious community.
Several student groups, as well as alumni, have been engaging in activism and discussion in anticipation of the national Boycott, Divest and Sanction Conference that will be hosted by PennBDS in early February.
Mitt Romney’s seemingly inevitable path to the Republican nomination for president became less certain yesterday, as Rick Perry dropped out of the race and endorsed Newt Gingrich.
The Office of the Provost selected the new theme for the 2012-13 academic year — the Year of Proof — which will “examine just what the nature of proof is.”
This week, the Pan-Asian American Community House narrowed down its search for a new director to four candidates. Students have taken an active role in the search to replace former director June Chu, who left in September to take on the post of assistant dean of undergraduate students at Dartmouth College.
Floating above the Earth’s atmosphere — 120,000 feet above ground — the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope, or BLAST, takes measurements of the stars and our universe. It now resides in the newly-completed High Bay BLAST laboratory located at 31st and Walnut streets.