Brian Collopy | Coursera and the competition
Competition is why online education is here to stay.
Competition is why online education is here to stay.
Sol Eskenazi starts competition Tuesday at UCLA with pre-qualifying singles matches. Then on Thursday, Eskenazi and Jules Rodin begin doubles main draw play.
Some groups have commended it as responsible while others believe it is unfair to new groups.
Talk of bras and parachute jumpsuits replaced the usual Wall Street chatter in Huntsman Hall Tuesday night. Wharton Women held one of their most popular annual events, Dressing for Success, to raise money for the charity Career Wardrobe and to educate Penn students on appropriate business attire. The crowd of 150 received the chance to participate in three panels, including one hosted by J.
Sol Eskenazi starts competition Tuesday at UCLA with pre-qualifying singles matches. Then on Thursday, Eskenazi and Jules Rodin begin doubles main draw play.
Some groups have commended it as responsible while others believe it is unfair to new groups.
Clinton stumped for Democratic Attorney General candidate Kathleen Kane at a fundraiser held at the Warwick Hotel at 220 South 17th Street. Ticket prices started at $100.
In addition to endorsing a new alcohol safety pilot program, the Undergraduate Assembly turned its attention to a number of other projects at its Sunday night general body meeting.
The House voted down a Republican bill that would have allowed 55,000 new green cards to be given to foreigners who graduate with a master’s degree or doctorate from an American university in any of the STEM fields.
Ahn Cheol-soo, who has degrees from both Wharton and Engineering, announced last month that he is running in the presidential election in South Korea to take place on Dec. 19. Ahn’s daughter attended Penn as well.
By shooting seven over par over two days, Penn junior Olivia Chang recorded her first individual win of her collegiate career at the ECAC Women’s Championship.
An online education startup from Stanford, Coursera offers free online classes taught by top university professors across the nation. A Coursera course grants students instant access to several hours of lecture videos and quizzes put together by the course professor.
University City District leaders attended a reception at World Cafe Live celebrating the 15th anniversary of UCD.
The Philadelphia Police Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 that funds the Philadelphia Police Department in areas otherwise not covered under budget.
The six-course American Sign Language minor was approved by a unanimous vote by the School of Arts and Sciences faculty last April, becoming the first program of its kind in the Ivy League.
Beginning Oct. 19, the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives will begin accepting applications from student groups to register on-campus events under the pilot’s new guidelines.
Saturday afternoon, the Penn field hockey team fell at Dartmouth, 2-0, snapping its two-game winning streak.
Friday, the women’s soccer team beat Cornell, 2-1, in Ithaca, N.Y. Penn extended its Ivy winning streak to 7-0-1 with the win, the longest Ancient Eight streak in program history. The Quakers resumed action Sunday with a home-game tune-up against NJIT, winning, 4-0.
The term “digital humanities” refers to an array of activities, such as the use of social media platforms as research environments and data mining within literary works, according to English professor James English, who is the founding director of DHF.
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at Lehigh’s Paul Short Invitational on Friday. Out of 33 teams, the men finished in first, while the women finished 16th out of 40 schools.