05/13/11 12:23am
We’ve finally learned to manage our lives here, and we have to move on. Do I know how to manage, motivate and challenge myself in new contexts?
04/23/10 4:59am
College junior Jessica Riegel's semester abroad at the University of Cape Town reveals the conflict of first and third worlds in South Africa.
09/14/09 4:10am
A Cornell University junior died of complications from H1N1 influenza Friday night. Warren Schor, a 20-year-old economics and management major from New York, is the first university student in the United States to die of the infection.
09/08/09 8:54pm
This year, The Daily Pennsylvanian is following four freshmen through their first year of college. The occasional series will explore all aspects of the freshman journey, from moving in to cramming for finals - and everything in between.
09/04/09 1:35am
Once you've settled into your dorm and navigated your way down Locust Walk, it's time to venture out into the rest of Philadelphia, which offers restaurants, shopping and museums galore.
05/15/09 5:00am
While most students were saying goodbye to their dorms last Tuesday, College junior Joshua Bennett was being welcomed into a new room - one further to the East.
Bennett was one of a handful of performers invited to celebrate poetry, music and spoken word in the East Room of the White House with the first family and about 200 guests.
04/27/09 5:00am
Studying alone in Huntsman Hall last week, Senior Class President and College senior Brett Perlmutter got an e-mail that connected him to a nearly 150-year-old tradition.
He found out that he, along with seven other soon-to-be graduates, will be awarded Senior Honor Awards at Ivy Day during this May's Commencement celebrations.
12/09/08 5:00am
For four days in 1978, Penn students held a sit-in at College Hall. At first they were protesting University plans to cut sports programs, but soon the focus turned to anger about climbing tuition and residence fees.
As the protest continued, a few participants began to think even bigger, setting their sights on a student organization to unite and empower campus minority groups.
12/05/08 5:00am
The United Minorities Council, the umbrella for 20 minority groups on campus, elected Wharton and College junior Ezegozie Eze as its chair Wednesday night. Eze, who transferred from Princeton University this semester, won the three-way race for the helm of the organization, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
12/04/08 5:00am
The Civic House Associates Coalition elected two new leaders Tuesday night who plan to increase collaboration among constituent groups and visibility both on campus and in the West Philadelphia community.
College and Wharton junior Julia Luscombe and College junior Nick Eng will serve as co-chairs of CHAC, Penn's community service umbrella organization which includes 50 member groups.
11/18/08 5:00am
When Biology professor Paul Sniegowski came to Penn in 1997, he had little lecture experience under his belt.
So he learned to teach the way many faculty members do: from each other. The process takes place through observations and discussions, in both formal programs and informal conversations.
11/13/08 5:00am
In an election that made history on many levels, Barack Obama's presidency will mark the first time the president, vice president and both their spouses have worked in higher education.
Vice President Joe Biden is an adjunct law professor at Widener University, Jill Biden teaches at a Delaware community college and Michelle Obama worked in the administration and hospital system at the University of Chicago.
11/11/08 5:00am
After hearing friends who studied abroad rave about their experiences, College senior Hayling Price knew he had no choice but to follow in their footsteps.
He considered Spain to further his language skills but decided the cultural element was more important.
11/05/08 5:00am
If the stickers, megaphones and sea of blue T-shirts didn't make everything clear, the message scrawled across the chalkboard of a Huntsman Hall classroom last night did: "Penn Baracked the Vote."
The Penn Democrats election night party brought at least 80 students out to watch the results roll in.
10/30/08 5:00am
When 10-year-old Nicole and her dad travel two-and-a-half hours from central Pennsylvania each week so she can undergo chemotherapy, her visit is always brightened by the company of a few furry, four-legged friends.
Yesterday, Nicole and other guests at the Ronald McDonald House - a home away from home for families of children being treated at local medical facilities - enjoyed a special Halloween treat of puppies dressed as pumpkins, princesses and Phillies players.
10/28/08 5:00am
What's your anti-drug?
For many targets of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - a five-year, $1 billion effort by the federal government to promote drug-resistance skills, alternatives and negative consequences - it doesn't seem to matter.
A recent evaluation led by the Annenberg School for Communication found little correlation between exposure to anti-drug advertisements and anti-drug beliefs.
10/24/08 5:00am
The United Minorities Council has hosted Unity Week - its signature celebration of diversity and cross-cultural awareness - in the late fall for at least 20 years.
But this year, something is different: It coincides with a historic election featuring the first female and black presidential contenders.
10/23/08 5:00am
SPEC-TRUM announced last night that rising hip-hop artist Wale and R&B; producer and vocalist Ryan Leslie will headline its annual fall concert on Nov. 20.
The acts have been compared to big names - Wale is often likened to Kanye West and Leslie has been called "the next John Legend," said College sophomore Ferrell Townsend, a director of the Social Planning and Events Committee to Represent Undergraduate Minorities.
10/20/08 5:00am
DuBois College House received $1 million worth of updates over the summer. Residents hope to see more done in a larger-scale renovation administrators say is on the horizon.
This summer's renovation included updates to common spaces like the TV lounge, fitness room and laundry areas, Facilities Director of Design and Construction Management Mariette Buchman said.
