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Inventors at Penn netted the University more than $14 million in the 2011 fiscal year, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. Overall, universities earned more than $1.8 billion from commercializing research during that time period, according to data compiled by the Association of University Technology Managers.


Last week, Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson officially announced the launch of the new Wharton Public Policy Initiative. Funded largely by donations from Wharton alumni Marc Rowan, Marc Spilker and Diane Spilker, the $11 million initiative will aim to give greater visibility to Wharton’s policy-related research.

While Lafayette defenders battled for the most picks in the game, an unspoken competition gathered steam on the Red and Blue’s sideline. If the Quakers plan to continue passing the ball heavily going foward, Andrew Holland should be the man under center.

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By Seth Zweifler and Kate Gheen · Sept. 17, 2012

The suspension follows a tumultuous past year and a half for Skulls, in which it has experienced tension with both its national headquarters and Penn’s Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life following the fatal injury of a student at an unregistered New Year’s party.

Penn professors are speculating what the smartphone market will look like after Apple’s recent lawsuit and upcoming iPhone release. The iPhone 5 was announced last Wednesday and will be available in the U.S. on Sept. 21, a little less than a month after it won $1.05 billion in damages in a tech lawsuit.



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Last week, Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson officially announced the launch of the new Wharton Public Policy Initiative. Funded largely by donations from Wharton alumni Marc Rowan, Marc Spilker and Diane Spilker, the $11 million initiative will aim to give greater visibility to Wharton’s policy-related research.


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While Lafayette defenders battled for the most picks in the game, an unspoken competition gathered steam on the Red and Blue’s sideline. If the Quakers plan to continue passing the ball heavily going foward, Andrew Holland should be the man under center.


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Over the weekend, Penn’s women’s soccer team salvaged a split in its two-game California road stint, beating Sacramento State, 3-2, in double OT only two days after falling, 1-0, to No. 15 California on Friday.









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During the beginning of each school year, we are all involved in making sure freshmen know what’s what on campus. We want them to know about our club, our major, our leadership opportunities. Yet most of us don’t know half of what occurs at Penn.


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It’s 6 p.m. on Friday. The Hall of Flags is packed with over 300 students. The lights of laptops and tablets illuminate the room, but almost no one is on Facebook because everyone is in work mode. VIDEO: PennApps Hackathon PHOTO GALLERY: PennApps Hackathon




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For Critical Writing Program Director Valerie Ross, the access codes to the online programs are an added bonus that come at a better price. However, College junior Aliyyah Camp said that her writing seminar did not use the codes at all.