Penn's endowment recovers from recession
After its investments fell 15.7 percent in Fiscal Year 2009, the University’s endowment has come back strong over the past two years.
After its investments fell 15.7 percent in Fiscal Year 2009, the University’s endowment has come back strong over the past two years.
Penn Transit, first introduced in 1972, is the largest shuttle system provided by a single university.
Students completed an education circuit in Houston Hall focused on sexual health led by Student Health Services and the Undergraduate Assembly.
Since April 2008, Penn has been the largest purchaser of renewable energy credits among higher education institutions in the United States, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report published in July.
Penn Transit, first introduced in 1972, is the largest shuttle system provided by a single university.
Students completed an education circuit in Houston Hall focused on sexual health led by Student Health Services and the Undergraduate Assembly.
Some members of the Penn Israel Sector believe the Durban Conference unfairly targets Israel.
The film Mooz-lum was screened at the kickoff event of the Penn Muslim Students Association’s annual Islam Awareness Week.
The Preceptorial Committee added more art-based courses and reached out to freshmen during New Student Orientation.
The law will introduce graduated school-year curfews for three different age groups. Young adults aged 16 to 17 will face a curfew of 10 p.m., which could affect University students who fall in that age group.
The America Invents Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama last Friday, may benefit Penn researchers with its adoption of a “first-to-file” policy.
A superintendent buy-out scandal may lead to destabilized relationships, threatening Penn community service programs in West Philadelphia schools.
Crime log for the week of Sept. 9-Sept. 15, with an interactive map.
A candidates’ meeting on Tuesday night marked the official start of new student elections for the 2015 Class Board and open spots in the Undergraduate Assembly.
The School of Nursing has breathed fresh life into its curriculum for the Class of 2015 and onwards. The school-wide changes were put in place in order to tie Nursing at the undergraduate level closely to practices within the profession, Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis said.
Frances Kissling, a visiting bioethics scholar at Penn and pro-choice Catholic, discussed the abortion issue first as a Catholic and then as an ethicist.
Alumni, faculty and staff were invited to a reception at the Arch building on 36th and Locust streets Tuesday night to celebrate CURF’s achievements and discuss its future.
2007 College graduate Jason Schneider has made a business out of telling jokes to Central Park visitors willing to pay $1.
As their contract for the Huntsman Hall retail space comes up for review within the year, ABP has upgraded its menu and layout.
The Fresh Grocer wine kiosk closed yesterday following disputes between the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and the machine’s supplier, Simple Brands L.L.C.