Junot Diaz addresses Latino culture
The Dominican author, whose most well-known work 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, read an excerpt and answered questions in an event for Festival Latino.
The Dominican author, whose most well-known work 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, read an excerpt and answered questions in an event for Festival Latino.
Students convened in the Penn Women’s Center Friday afternoon to discuss their reaction to this year’s choice of Fling headliner, Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg.
Students, staff, community members, a reality show star and even an Oscar winner all participated in QPenn — a week-long campus celebration of LGBT culture held this past week.
Stancliffe stood before a table of students studying everything from visual arts to finance and reminisced over his days as Kinko’s director, “juvenile delinquent” and “company rockstar.”
Students convened in the Penn Women’s Center Friday afternoon to discuss their reaction to this year’s choice of Fling headliner, Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg.
Students, staff, community members, a reality show star and even an Oscar winner all participated in QPenn — a week-long campus celebration of LGBT culture held this past week.
At the 14th Annual Wharton India Economic Forum held Saturday at the Park Hyatt in Center City, India’s leading businessmen, politicians and film personalities discussed a wide variety of topics ranging from health care and performing arts to entrepreneurship in India.
A hearing for Fresh Grocer to discuss health inspection results will be held this Tuesday, March 30. Though an inspection at the store will occur prior to the hearing, its date will not be public.
Despite the remnants of a chilly winter, Friday night’s seventh-annual Relay for Life was successfully held on Franklin Field. The event started at 8 p.m. and went well into Saturday morning, symbolizing that cancer never sleeps.
Dustin Lance Black gave the keynote address for QPenn, encouraging attendees to support legislation outlawing discrimination of LGBT students and sharing his personal experiences growing up in a homophobi community.
At last week’s Second Annual Undergraduate Social Impact Conference, Iqbal Quadir said, “Things are changing,” in reference to world economies. But the conference showed that the methods and instruments of social impact are changing as well.
Student Financial Services cut funds for this upcoming summer’s work study positions by 23-percent decrease to ensure full funding for jobs during the academic year.
Leaders in the Greek community gathered Thursday night at the Sheraton Hotel at 36th and Chestnut streets for the annual Greek Awards ceremony to recognize the contribution of chapters and individuals in the Greek community.
To help keep Spring Fling festivities under control, the Social Planning and Events Committee is recruiting 250 student volunteers for this year’s FlingSafe, a student-run program created five years ago encouraging safe decision-making among peers.
The current board of Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women will be electing a new set of women to take charge of the organization on March 29.
While patrons of the Penn Bookstore can rest assured that their T-shirts come from ethical sources, the same cannot be said for all who purchase Greek wear.
The Festival features 10-minute short films that students completed either for a class or specifically for the competition.
When it comes to effecting social change in impoverished Philadelphia communities, the writing’s on the wall. Instead of cleaning up Philadelphia, Jane Golden decided to paint it.
The suicides of two Cornell University students earlier this month triggered concerns about collegiate stress levels. There has been a total of six confirmed suicides at Cornell this academic year.
Members of the Dean’s Advisory Board collaborated with Business Services to create a student competition for the College T-shirt design, which will be sold at the Penn Bookstore. College sophomore Hasbrouck Miller was announced as the winner Tuesday.