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As the events of 9/11 recede further into the past, educators are debating how to best present the historical event to college students who grew up with it and younger students who have little memory of the day.

On Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Penn Museum Associate Director of Education Jean Byrne hopes students will find a place to reflect and share stories at the exhibit, which opened August 20.

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Tucked away in front of Van Pelt Library since the second anniversary of 9/11 is a plaque paying homage to 16 alumni who were killed in the attacks. In this special feature, we take a look at five of those stories, through the eyes of those who knew them best.



Photo illustration of teaching 9/11 in the classroom

As the events of 9/11 recede further into the past, educators are debating how to best present the historical event to college students who grew up with it and younger students who have little memory of the day.


On Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Penn Museum Associate Director of Education Jean Byrne hopes students will find a place to reflect and share stories at the exhibit, which opened August 20.


Penn Tea Party founder Daniel Chinburg on Locust Walk

Nearly a year after 2010 Graduate School of Education graduate Daniel Chinburg started Penn’s Tea Party branch, the movement died as quickly as it came.



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Despite some students’ reported horror stories, BoxMyDorm claimed that, for the most part, deliveries have run smoothly this September.








Food at the GAPSA reception for new grad students

The annual welcome reception for new graduate and professional students was held at the Annenberg Center lobby. The two-hour reception was organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the Office of the President and the Graduate Student Center.


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For the first time, College freshmen in the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program are living together in Riepe College House and taking a class together every day. The class will integrate different disciplines, including the humanities, sciences and social sciences, said BFS Director Peter Struck.



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WebCafé — which is used by the majority of Wharton students and professors to organize their coursework — may be increasingly challenged by Canvas, a new system that has been gradually introduced since last spring.


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City Council members have until Sept. 9 to come up with a district map of Philadelphia. This year, five Philadelphia groups collaborated to create FixPhillyDistricts.com, a website where citizens can log on and redraw the district map for themselves.



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