Higher education round-up: Sept. 30
A weekly roundup of news from around higher education.
A weekly roundup of news from around higher education.
Ashton Kutcher, who had to cancel his original plans to visit Penn this week, has rescheduled his appearance.
Electronic music artists Penguin Prison and A-Trak will headline the afternoon concert.
The gift will be used to fund scholarships and student fellowships.
Ashton Kutcher, who had to cancel his original plans to visit Penn this week, has rescheduled his appearance.
Electronic music artists Penguin Prison and A-Trak will headline the afternoon concert.
Penn’s endowment grew by nearly $1 billion in the 2013 fiscal year, generating an investment return of 14.4 percent, the University announced at a Board of Trustees meeting Thursday morning.
Alumni and former faculty recall Hackney’s commitment to athletics.
Through the end of the year, the ICA will display the work of Jason Rhoades, who was known for making massive three-dimensional pieces from household items.
30 Penn scientists traveled to Washington and met with legislators to fight for funding for biomedical research grants.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Penn third in having grads who are Fortune 100 CEOs, such as the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Comcast.
Without an additional $6.5 billion in funding over the next 10 years, SEPTA will cut more than half of regional rail lines and convert trolleys to buses.
The interdisciplinary program between Wharton, Engineering and the School of Design will provide a career path for students without engineering experience but who are still interested in product design.
The School of Design and The Photo Review will host the renowned photographer, who has shot for Esquire and Mademoiselle, in Meyerson B3 at 6:30 p.m. tonight.
The Penn director of the Center for Africana Studies now commutes to New York regularly as a fellow researching racial, ethnic and economic segregation at NYU.
The city plans to sell closed and unoccupied school buildings to raise funds.
The 2013 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report was sent as an all-school email Tuesday morning.
Unsatisfied with current club offerings, Engineering sophomore Fabian Toro started a beer brewing club.
Tom Wolf, one of the Democratic candidates for governor of Pennsylvania, will speak at Huntsman Hall.