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10/07/09 4:04am
The prize for the winner of the Fall Fest Battle of the Bands this weekend is a headline spot in the Quad for Spring Fling next April, but the musicians anticipate many other rewards.
10/07/09 3:36am

Memorial service for Penn senior is tonight

A memorial service for Kenneth Nwannunu, the College senior who died while abroad in Shanghai on Sept. 23, is being held today at the Second Baptist Church in Pedricktown, N.J.
10/07/09 2:32am

NYT's David Carr says new media isn't death sentence

He tweets, Snapfishes and video chats. Facebook is his friend, and Gmail is the “best database.” David Carr is not your “traditional” journalist.
10/07/09 2:13am

Weighing in on culture of obesity

Two Penn researchers are combatting the problem of our society’s culture of obesity in an innovative way — by partnering universities with the community.
10/06/09 11:59pm

Clery Act Changes require colleges to provide more info in security report

The Higher Education Opportunity Act requires colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to provide more information in their annual security report.
10/06/09 11:52pm

U. launches Arts in the City year with public symposium

Last night, the Office of the Provost launched its Arts in the City Year with a public symposium on the significance of fine arts and culture in defining the city of Philadelphia.
10/06/09 4:16am

Peggy Sanday event addresses rape culture

Last night, fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu hosted Anthropology professor Peggy Sanday in a discussion about the prevalence of rape in the United States and specifically on college campuses.
10/06/09 3:43am

Alumna shares discovery of her grandfather, architect Louis Kahn

According to ‘08 alumna Rebecca Kantor, her grandfather, world-renowned architect Louis Kahn was fascinated with beginnings. But while much is known about Kahn’s later life, his early childhood remains shrouded.
10/06/09 3:21am

Penn's Police Department to maintain officers with hiring campaign

Penn's Police Department is the largest private security force in the state with 116 full-time sworn officers. With its new hiring campaign, the Division of Public Safety plans to maintain this number.
10/06/09 3:16am

Students share coming-out stories with camera

With no script and no prompts, 12 current and former Penn students volunteered to share their most personal coming-out stories for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center’s video, “Closet Confessionals”.
10/06/09 1:37am

Student activists continue to protest Penn involvement with HEI corporation

“No more union busting,” read one of the banners at the Student Labor Action Project’s rally in front of College Hall and Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Friday.
10/05/09 4:25am
Yesterday afternoon, the Penn Panhellenic Council held its tenth-annual Rena Rowan 5K Ribbon Run to benefit the Rena Rowan Breast Center.
10/05/09 3:30am
British exchange student Ella Keeler, remembered as caring and passionate, passed away at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Friday.
10/05/09 2:52am

Starting six-figure salaries rare, even for Wharton

Although Wharton graduates are often reputed to receive high salaries shortly after leaving school, data shows that this is not actually the case.
10/05/09 1:39am

The "DP" celebrates 125 years of journalism

When asked if The Daily Pennsylvanian had affected his life after Penn, 1939 Wharton alumnus C. Robert Paul, Jr. responded, “Hell yes.”
10/05/09 1:13am

PEG members get back to nature with trip to orchard

College junior Jenna Stahl stretched for an apple at the top of the orchard tree as she juggled a produce box in her other arm. She plucked the fruit from its branch and tucked it away with the apples she had already collected over the course of the morning.
10/02/09 8:48pm

British exchange student Eleanor Keeler dies at HUP

Eleanor Keeler, a British exchange student from University College London, died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania this morning, according to University spokeswoman Lori Doyle.
10/02/09 8:40am
Painting sets, writing sketches, arranging music and compiling advertising materials — it’s all part of the lives of The Mask and Wig Club members three weeks before the troupe’s musical comedy fall show.
10/02/09 2:44am

Reaching new heights in fight against breast cancer

It’s not every charity that plans to turn the pyramids pink for its first race in Egypt.
10/02/09 2:32am

Penn students aid young Nigerians through YouthBank

This summer, a group of Penn students established a transatlantic venture to Nigeria to aid urban youth through a new microfinance group, YouthBank.