Fulbright award-winners weigh their future options
This year, the number of Penn students admitted to the Fulbright United States Student Program nearly doubled, from 13 to 21.
This year, the number of Penn students admitted to the Fulbright United States Student Program nearly doubled, from 13 to 21.
Heavy rains and sewer damage hindered the $5.4M Locust Walk construction, initially slated to be completed by Sept. 30 but now delayed until the end of the semester.
Located at 3940 Spruce St., the Transplant House opened July 18 as a guest house for the families and loved ones of patients receiving organ transplantation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Seventeen Zeta Tau Alpha members will reside in a newly renovated house on 40th and Walnut streets. The residence was originally home to deactivated sorority Phi Sigma Sigma.
Heavy rains and sewer damage hindered the $5.4M Locust Walk construction, initially slated to be completed by Sept. 30 but now delayed until the end of the semester.
Located at 3940 Spruce St., the Transplant House opened July 18 as a guest house for the families and loved ones of patients receiving organ transplantation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Ramadan involved fasting during the day and sharing a meal with family and friends at night.
The University of Sciences in Philadelphia issued three alerts to its students between 10:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Monday night regarding an armed assault and a possible armed robbery.
For pre-orientation programs — the biggest feeder of early move-in students on campus — the show must go on, hurricane or no hurricane.
On Aug. 10, Kojo Minta, 24, “was swept away beyond a small dam and eventually disappeared from two friends who were trying to save him.”
A two-day-old boy is on his way back to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after being taken by his mother around noon Thursday, and the Amber Child Abduction Alert has been lifted.
Rising College junior Colby Samstag suffered severe injuries after colliding with a vehicle during a race earlier this month.
The government deal on raising the debt ceiling may hurt some college students. The deal will result in changes that could make it more challenging for students to pay for the cost of higher education.
A team of Penn doctors may have discovered a significant breakthrough in cancer research.
A newly-enforced curfew in Philadelphia led to the apprehension of dozens of juveniles this past weekend.
Noted bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel has been named a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor, the thirteenth professor to be selected for the interdisciplinary program.
A Penn student riding a bike was the victim of a hit-and-run accident near campus that sent him to the hospital on Monday afternoon.
Despite fearsome predictions and precautionary measures, Hurricane Irene left the Penn campus relatively undamaged.
Penn is postponing early move-in and pre-orientation programs until Monday in preparation for Hurricane Irene.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia rattled nerves but caused no damage or injuries on Penn’s campus.