Penn volunteers collect books for prison inmates
With Books Through Bars, a local charitable organization, volunteers from the Kelly Writers House will be packing books into boxes, which will then be shipped to inmates.
With Books Through Bars, a local charitable organization, volunteers from the Kelly Writers House will be packing books into boxes, which will then be shipped to inmates.
Part of the 2010 RecycleMania efforts, Wednesday’s “Trash Talk” panel featured Penn and Philadelphia representatives speaking about sustainability efforts.
The Promoting Enriching Experiences and Relationships group from the Pan Asian-American Community House sought to bring these issues to light Wednesday night at an event titled “Stereotypes and Self-Segregation: Are They Really that Bad?” in Huntsman Hall.
Dan Senor, former U.S. senior foreign policy advisor and current adjunct senior fellow for Middle East Studies on the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke Wednesday night at Hillel about his New York Times best-selling book Start-Up Nation: The Success Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle.
Part of the 2010 RecycleMania efforts, Wednesday’s “Trash Talk” panel featured Penn and Philadelphia representatives speaking about sustainability efforts.
The Promoting Enriching Experiences and Relationships group from the Pan Asian-American Community House sought to bring these issues to light Wednesday night at an event titled “Stereotypes and Self-Segregation: Are They Really that Bad?” in Huntsman Hall.
Free the Slaves President Kevin Bales discussed modern slavery and how to end it at an event titled “Child Slavery in the Global Economy.” The event was presented by Penn for UNICEF as part of Human Rights Week 2010.
The Philomathean Society and Department of History hosted the first public screening of the debate between philosophers Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky since 1971.
The Penn Alumni Club of Philadelphia will award $1,000 to a Penn student who has engaged locally through community service and civic engagement.
Despite the slow job market, Penn students still receive employment offers from some of the top American firms and often choose companies based on prestige and reputation.
Monday night, students packed into what one organizer described as a “sandbox of a space” to see famous author Joyce Carol Oates.
A recent sting operation policy announced by the Hanover police has students at Dartmouth and other Ivies discussing drinking culture on campus.
CEO of Vesilan Nanotechnologies Cynthia Kuper visited Penn Monday evening in the Raisler Lounge of the Towne Building to give a lecture titled “Nanotechnology: From Bolts to Baguettes.”
Penn announced a partnership in January with Massachusetts-based babysitting and in-home caretaker organization Parents In a Pinch, Inc.
All week long, over 100 Engineering students will be participating in E-ssassins, an assassination game hosted by Theta Tau to raise money for Haiti relief.
Penn students live with disordered eating ranging from regulations to clinical disorders
Due to the expansion of pledge classes this year, more upperclassmen will have two littles, or “twins.”
While most resort to delivering roses and chocolates to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day, others choose to express their love through song.
Three questions at the end of this year’s performances of The Vagina Monologues have sparked dialogue among Penn students.
For its spring show, the Social Planning and Events Committee’s Jazz and Grooves has chosen to feature the Philadelphia band Dr. Dog.