12/07/10 6:50am
Increasing the number of study spaces or extending the hours of those already available would provide productive environments for night owls.
11/23/10 3:28am
Whether our mentors have a great deal of real-world experience or are just a few years older, they can all provide students with perspectives on academics, career paths and more.
11/09/10 5:21am
Our generation might love multimedia platforms, but what Harry Potter taught its readers in more than 4,000 pages over nearly 10 years was the value of paper books.
10/19/10 4:13am
The Asian-American community needs more encouragement from leaders like Yul Kwon, particularly when pursuing careers in humanities- or social-science-related fields.
09/28/10 2:41am
Despite the various ways Penn advertises interdisciplinary education through structured programs, courses of study don’t need to be labeled as such to provide multiple perspectives on a certain theme.
09/14/10 3:35am
For Teach for America alumni who leave the education field, what they learn during the two years can still make a difference.
07/15/10 3:07am
Optimism makes our generation idealistic when searching for work.
03/17/10 5:27am
Though Penn was not founded as a seminary or a divinity school, the impact of religion on individual students’ lives is profound enough for the University community as a whole to take notice.
02/15/10 6:33am
Penn students live with disordered eating ranging from regulations to clinical disorders
01/22/10 6:15am
Though more women are going to college than ever before — 71.5 percent of 2008 U.S. high-school graduates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — this doesn’t mean more women are becoming professors.
12/03/09 4:14am
A number of international students plan on returning to their home countries after graduation from an American university. But for some, the move back might not be instantaneous.
12/02/09 4:57am
For many international students, coming to the United States for school often requires careful consideration. Factors include their home region, career plans and economic background.
12/01/09 5:36am
International students experience a common challenge: acclimating to Penn. For many, the U.S. brings culture shocks from language, a new educational system and homesickness.
11/09/09 6:44am
Students in the performing arts community tend to live for feelings of fulfillment while still holding down the other aspects of the Penn balancing act — other extracurricular activities, a social life and sleep.
11/04/09 5:38am
The question that artists and arts supporters at Penn face is how to share opportunities for arts exploration with the larger community.
10/27/09 3:27am
The fellowship program connects recent college graduates with nonprofit jobs in the Philadelphia area.
10/08/09 4:47am
College senior Sohani Amarasekera was recently recognized as one of Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women and featured in its October issue as “The Visionary.”
09/28/09 2:04am
For College senior Laura Trujillo, La Casa Latina Center has become her home away from home.
09/15/09 10:59pm
According to the National Association of College Stores 2008 report, the average student spent $702 on textbooks in the 2006-2007 academic year.
09/09/09 12:41am
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently awarded Penn more than $30 million to fund over 100 scientific research projects from various programs spanning the University's 12 schools.
