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Penn Med dean will step down in 2011
Arthur Rubenstein, Dean of the School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the Penn Health System, will step down when his term ends on June 30, 2011.
Students detained in Panama
Three international Penn students were held for three hours in a Panama airport while returning from an Alternative Spring Break trip to Costa Rica because they did not have appropriate Visas.
Penn professors' design chosen for U.S. embassy in London
Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake both graduated from the Penn School of Fine Arts — now the Penn School of Design — and are currently adjunct professors of architecture at Penn.
From Phila. to Munich: Grad student research travels around the world
The Research Council of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly recently provided over 80 applicants with grants for the spring. The recipients — students from the seven research schools — will present their work at conferences around the world.
Unlike peers, no major cuts for SAS grad division
The struggling economy has caused a nationwide decrease in the size of doctoral programs, but Penn’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences does not plan to make any significant cuts.
Student reactions to Kid Cudi are like “day ‘n’ night”
Students learned the name of the concert opener through a scavenger hunt
Kid Cudi to perform at Spring Fling
Students discovered the performer's name through a scavenger hunt for letters around campus.
Grad students embrace variety of city's neighborhoods
Most graduate students live in Center City or the surrounding campus area — in either University City or other neighborhoods of West Philadelphia — according to a housing guide compiled by Penn Off Campus Services.
SCUE releases 5-year vision
From sector requirements to study abroad, the 2010 White Paper compiles the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education’s most important suggestions for improving academics.
Three students win Gates Scholarships
Of the 30 scholarships awarded to Americans this year, three went to Penn students — College seniors Donielle Johnson and Jill Portnoy and Penn Law graduate Amanda Marzullo.