No Penn students receive Rhodes Scholarship
“We’re extremely disappointed. Penn put forward several stellar candidates,” Aaron Olson, assistant director for communications at the Center of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, wrote in an email.
“We’re extremely disappointed. Penn put forward several stellar candidates,” Aaron Olson, assistant director for communications at the Center of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, wrote in an email.
2006 Wharton and College graduate Fredrik Maroe has launched Evisors to foster conversation via phone and email between advice givers and advice seekers over a range of topics, including job opportunities.
The Diversity Action Plan — released in June — will devote $100 million over the next five years to hiring and retaining more diverse faculty members across 12 undergraduate and graduate schools.
While Penn made The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Top U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students” list this year for the first time since 2008, it lagged behind 16 other universities.
2006 Wharton and College graduate Fredrik Maroe has launched Evisors to foster conversation via phone and email between advice givers and advice seekers over a range of topics, including job opportunities.
The Diversity Action Plan — released in June — will devote $100 million over the next five years to hiring and retaining more diverse faculty members across 12 undergraduate and graduate schools.
The Penn Pakistan Society collaborated with power yoga instructor Kelly Seng in an event called “Yoga for Hope” to raise awareness about Pakistan’s second consecutive year of flooding. GALLERY: ‘Yoga for Hope’
Two recent Perelman School of Medicine studies look at how social media — particularly Twitter — can be used to help save lives and disseminate information relating to cardiac arrest.
Jewish Heritage Programs interns provided 1,400 students with free Shabbat dinner Friday — short of its goal of 2,000 — with the aim of sharing Jewish culture.
150 spectators entered a raffle to win dates with the contestants of their choice. The event was organized for a Wharton Management project, and the proceeds went to the Face to Face organization.
Nursing and Wharton senior Jeffrey Lee died of an apparent heart attack shortly after collapsing at the race’s finish line Sunday morning.
Penn Police have identified a suspect who entered 1920 Commons Tuesday night and — with the help of a gun — made off with cash, the Division of Public Safety confirmed. INTERACTIVE: History of the UPennAlert system
A victim goes down a tricky path when trying to turn a sexual assault into a conviction. This was the topic of conversation at Thursday’s Penn Violence Prevention workshop, “Investigating and Prosecuting Sensitive Crimes.”
Students helped Making History campaign reach its overall fundraising goal of $3.5 billion 15 months ahead of schedule.
During a panel discussion on Thursday, several professors interpreted Occupy from their fields of expertise.
Wharton School freshmen may have just finished their status reports for Management 100 — but for many, the origins of the class remain something of a mystery.
Students of AMF at Penn hosted ‘Give a Spit about Cancer’ at various locations around campus on Thursday, including Houston Hall and the Graduate Student Center.
Both Piper boutique owner Alessandra Coffenberg and Bonded BoutiqueCleaner owner HanNa Jung agreed that business has been good this fall.
More professors are using mid-semester reviews at Penn, as well as across the nation.
Thirty-five women faculty members from the forum gathered to discuss gender biases and stigmas at the seminar, “Removing the Gender Hurdles that Hinder the Pace and Success of Women Faculty in Higher Education.”