Matt White played starting center on the 1979 NCAA Final Four team.
The University authorized a financial aid budget of $206 million, the highest in Penn's history.
The protest centered around the issues of net neutrality and education.
See what crimes occurred in the Penn Police Zone between Feb. 13 and Feb. 21.
Harvard and Penn aren't the only schools to announce their Commencement speakers. George Washington revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook will give the address at the University's Commencement on May 17 while Winston Salem State announced the Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper Common will speak at their graduation on May 15. Cook, who has been Apple's CEO since 2011, holds the distinction of being the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company, coming out last October. “I know our graduating students will be inspired and enlightened by his reflections on the lessons he has garnered from his distinguished career as a highly effective leader at the forefront of technological innovation," George Washington President Steven Knapp said in a press release. Meanwhile, Common is coming off his Oscar victory alongside John Legend for their song "Glory" for the Academy Award-nominated film "Selma." For more on Cook, check out the GW Hatchet. For more on Common, here's the Winston Salem Journal.
The Board of Trustees Budget & Finance Meeting today quite literally ended in protest.
The Board of Trustees Budget & Finance Meeting today quite literally ended in protest.
The University authorized a financial aid budget of $206 million, the highest in Penn's history.
The protest centered around the issues of net neutrality and education.
The Pennovation Center will contain space for entrepreneurs and startups from both inside and outside Penn.
Last week, Harvard and M.I.T. were both sued by advocates for the deaf for violating antidiscrimination laws by not providing closed captioning in online material.
A student at the University of Illinois Chicago has been arrested after sexually assaulting a female classmate in his dorm room.
It's all fun and games until someone finds your 250 bags of heroin. A 24-year-old man was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after Cornell Police discovered 250 bags of heroin in his car.
The Board of Regents at the University of Texas released a report that university President William C.
Penn is participating in the Campus Program — a collaboration between the Jed and Clinton Foundations — which is a four-year commitment requiring universities to complete self-assessments and establish an oversight committee to monitor progress on mental health efforts.
Student-run PACs at other schools are rare.
Penn is currently administering the Enrolled Student Survey, first sent out on Feb. 10th. The ESS is a voluntary survey sent to all undergraduates that is meant to help gauge the student experience at Penn.
The suit opposes a contract stipulation that lets teachers work for the union while remaining on the district's payroll.
Alum Time is a new show produced by a team of Penn students, with each episode featuring a Penn alumnus who shares advice with current students.
Wharton and Engineering seniors Ashwin Amurthur and Teddy Guenin are in the process of launching a company that will help limit the environmental impact of fracking.
Varsity athletes make up about 10 percent of the enrolled undergraduate population, but many students aren’t aware of just how demanding the typical student-athlete schedule is.
Members of Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, the Student Labor Action Project and the Race Dialogue Project also attended.
The architect of St. Peter's Church also designed Fisher Fine Arts.
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