Penn group supports autistic children at Lea Elementary
“There are a lot of autistic families in the Philadelphia area and it’s hard for them because school ends at 3 and a lot of them have jobs until 5 or 6,” Wharton junior John Lu said.
“There are a lot of autistic families in the Philadelphia area and it’s hard for them because school ends at 3 and a lot of them have jobs until 5 or 6,” Wharton junior John Lu said.
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On Thursday, students and professors gathered in a Huntsman Hall classroom to listen to guest speaker Bart Houlahan talk about B Lab, a nonprofit organization that promotes social entrepreneurship in business.
Students will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to hear the results of the freshman Class Board and Undergraduate Assembly elections.
A weekly roundup of news from around the Ivy League and the higher-education community
On Thursday, students and professors gathered in a Huntsman Hall classroom to listen to guest speaker Bart Houlahan talk about B Lab, a nonprofit organization that promotes social entrepreneurship in business.
About 600 guests and I dined at the new farm-to-table restaurant at 40th and Walnut streets last night at a VIP preview party. It was the first time the restaurant fired up its wood grill oven and poured the cocktails. GALLERY: Harvest VIP Preview
Coming off back-to-back 1-0 games, the focus for Penn against Cornell will understandably be on offensive precision.
Since then, the University has cycled through six different theme years: food, evolution, arts and the city, water, games and proof. Its seventh theme year, for the 2013-2014 academic year, will be the Year of Sound.
The Philomathean Society and Benjamin Franklin Scholars program, with support from the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, co-hosted a panel discussion called “Demystifying Academic Tenure” on Thursday night.
On issue after issue, the Democratic agenda is in line with majorities of the general public.
The Center for the Advanced Study of India is celebrating 20 years of serving as a hub for research on India at Penn.
For the second time in less than two years, the Student Activities Council has issued a moratorium that will prevent new student groups from receiving recognition and funding.
The new facility, scheduled for completion in mid-2014, will provide West Philadelphia with new outpatient medical facilities, research labs and office space for growing companies.
Civic mentors may not be campus celebrities but they are the true unsung leaders on campus.
After two five-set losses last weekend to Princeton and Towson, the Quakers (5-7, 0-1 Ivy) will look to rebound in their first full weekend of Ivy League play. Penn did not have a midweek game this week, which gave the team extra time to focus on what it can do to turn those close losses into wins.
First-year starting goalie Carly Sokach will put her instincts to the test Saturday when the Quakers (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) visit Dartmouth (4-4, 1-1) for one of their toughest challenges of the season.
Based on the Quakers’ 2-7 start to the season, it may be hard to believe that sophomore Duke Lacroix and junior Steven Baker are the best forwards in the Ivy League. Entering league play, however, coach Rudy Fuller still wholeheartedly believes that notion.
Harvard will be without Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, the school’s senior co-captain stars, for the upcoming basketball season. These are colossal, potentially season-ruining losses for the Crimson.
Coming off back-to-back 1-0 games, the focus for Penn has understandably been on offensive precision. Searching for its first win of the season, Cornell will likely come out with a little extra passion as it faces its superior Ivy League rival at home.