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Nearly 350 celebrated the renaming of the Medicine School after a $225 million donation made by 1940 Wharton graduate Raymond Perelman and his late wife, Ruth, where Raymond was also presented with a Medal for Distinguished Achievement from Penn.

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By Breanne Medford · Oct. 26, 2011

The all-female comedy troupe Bloomers joked that the CEOs of Google, Apple and Facebook will be present at their fall show, opening Thursday night. The show, titled “Goopleface: OCR We There Yet?”, will take a look at corporate America. GALLERY: Photos from behind the scenes of Bloomers’ show

StartUp Academy, launched this month through Bain Capital Ventures, matches students with a startup company. Although students often find startups a “risky” place to work, Bain matches students with companies they believe are “growing,” such as SurveyMonkey and Rent the Runway.

While he was a student at Penn, Larry Maltz spent his free time in the library. But unlike other students, he wasn’t poring over statistics or chemistry — he was reading. For fun. INTERACTIVE: Recent graduates’ career plans


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While he was a student at Penn, Larry Maltz spent his free time in the library. But unlike other students, he wasn’t poring over statistics or chemistry — he was reading. For fun. INTERACTIVE: Recent graduates’ career plans


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Nearly 350 celebrated the renaming of the Medicine School after a $225 million donation made by 1940 Wharton graduate Raymond Perelman and his late wife, Ruth, where Raymond was also presented with a Medal for Distinguished Achievement from Penn.







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Each year, in partnership with Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, 13 students travel with faculty to Hong Kong for two weeks where they treat disabled children throughout the area.


President Barack Obama announced a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal that will help students manage their loans. The program aims to limit monthly loan payments for 1.6 million college students and borrowers, according to a White House statement. VIDEO: Students sound off on loans