This week around higher education | March 15-21
See what’s been going on in higher education over the past week.
See what’s been going on in higher education over the past week.
Since the Undergraduate Assembly was first established in 1972, there have been just six female chairs or presidents of the body.
You have two choices — either eat one marshmallow now, or wait and get two sometime later. Do you wait, or do you give in and eat the marshmallow?
Approximately 4,700 miles south of Penn’s campus, in Argentina, stands a house called “Casa 100.”
Since the Undergraduate Assembly was first established in 1972, there have been just six female chairs or presidents of the body.
You have two choices — either eat one marshmallow now, or wait and get two sometime later. Do you wait, or do you give in and eat the marshmallow?
Rapper Tyga will be coming to Penn on April 12 as the first Spring Fling opening artist. Tyga, born Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, came to fame with songs like “Faded,” “Roger That” and the megahit “Rack City”.
For the fourth year in a row, the price of a Penn education will increase by 3.9 percent for the upcoming school year, the University announced Thursday.
Last night, about 30 students and faculty shared in a discussion with Chinese history professor Arthur Waldron and associate professor of Japanese history Frederick Dickinson on cooperation and conflict between China and Japan in the 21st century.
For many Jews, it is important to have roommates whom they share customs with. Some Jews keep a kosher kitchen — separating dairy and meat products, among other things — and do not use electronics on Shabbat, which is every Friday night to Saturday night.
In the course of keeping patients alive, medical ventilators can overstretch and injure the lungs, sometimes killing the patient. Engineering senior Jessie Huang has created a new scientific method that will help scientists who are researching this phenomenon.
Capping off their year-long focus on post-conflict recovery and development, Moral Voices brought two humanitarians to tell their stories of survival and service.
This idea is for a dynamic and adaptable classroom that can be used for any class type, subject or situation. It will be equipped with different types of projectors, walls built as white boards and other forms of technology.
A 25-story high-rise development will soon replace two historic brownstones at the corner of 38th and Chestnut streets.
Due to financial issues, the dining hall will change from meal swipe to Dining Dollar payment for a la carte items, similar to Houston Hall. On Shabbat and holidays, using a meal swipe plus a surcharge will still be an option. Falk itself will also be undergoing renovations.
On March 14, council member Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced legislation to compel contractors applying to work with the city of Philadelphia to disclose the number of female executives in their company.
Yesterday afternoon, Martin, a well-known actor and comedian, came to the bookstore to promote and talk about his new book, “Point Your Face at This: Drawings.”
An on-campus information session for the Boston Consulting Group was canceled at the last minute today against the backdrop of a planned student protest.
College sophomore Gabe Delaney and Wharton sophomore Christian Cortes want your vote.
See what incidents occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between March 8 and 14.