2008 Woodie Awards
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with University President Amy Gutmann about Scott Ward's time as a Wharton Marketing professor.
DP: Why was Ward allowed to remain on the faculty after two arrests?
AG: The most important fact is that Mr. Ward is no longer at Penn.
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Come January, students will have the option to switch from Penn's traditional e-mail service to something that looks more like Gmail or Microsoft's Windows Live Mail.
Officials are planning to replace the University's e-mail server with a new host from either Google Inc.
Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward is stuck in jail - for now. A federal judge ruled on Friday that Ward, charged with importing child pornography, will remain in Virginia court custody until his trial.
The judge overturned last Wednesday's ruling that Ward could return to his Massachusetts home if he posted bail set at $2 million and abided by strict regulations, which included wearing a GPS-tracking device and never accessing travel documents or a computer.
Facebook loyalists revolt, and the management listens
Users organize anti-Facebook rallies, boycotts to protest 'news feed' features on Web site
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
Hundreds of protest groups, numerous online petitions, a public demonstration and an organized boycott: not the way Facebook.com officials expected users to respond to the site's recent makeover.
"We really messed this one up," Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerburg wrote in an open letter to Facebook users Friday morning.
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Transgender alum campaigning for spot on Md. democratic ticket
Med-school grad will face seven in state primary tomorrow
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Penn Medicine alumna Dana Beyer could make history tomorrow by becoming the first openly transgender person to run on a party ticket for state legislature.
However, Beyer, 54, faces tough competition as one of eight Democrats campaigning for three seats in the 18th district of the Maryland House of Delegates in the primary tomorrow.
Med-school grad will face seven in state primary tomorrow
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Tough recruiting helps push campus diversity
Inner-city high-school visits helped give 2010 the greatest proportion of minority students
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With 40 percent of its members being students of color, Penn's class of 2010 is its most diverse to date.
But this triumph of diversity was not won without aggressive effort.
As admissions officials nationwide, including Penn, fight for higher percentages of minorities at their schools, more and more are using a range of multicultural recruitment programs.
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'Electric tweezers' make tiny moves easy
Grad student's invention can move miniscule particles, and at $2,000, it's considered a deal
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
High schools and small laboratories can now access a piece of world-class equipment they once could only dream of, thanks to graduate student Brian Edwards.
That device is a pair of tweezers. Well, sort of.
Edwards, an Electrical and Systems Engineering doctoral candidate, has created "electric tweezers" that allow researchers to manipulate microscopic particles simply by moving a joystick.
Grad student's invention can move miniscule particles, and at $2,000, it's considered a deal
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A sea of red marched up and down Columbus Boulevard yesterday flashing signs and sounding off on local politicians.
And all that the protestors want is some peace and quiet in their neighborhood.
In an effort to halt the proposed construction of a casino located on the waterfront between Tasker Avenue and Reed Street, over 100 Southeast Philadelphia residents lined Columbus Boulevard yesterday, protesting the traffic congestion, crime and other quality-of-life issues that they feel a casino may bring to the area.
Week of affordable dining in Center City
This fall's Center City Restaurant Week began yesterday, but hurry to make your reservations - it only runs through Friday.
The event, which occurs annually, allows patrons to dine for $30 at some of the city's most expensive restaurants.
Simply being relevant to students tops the to-do list for this year's Undergraduate Assembly.
With its first meeting yesterday, the UA rolled out an ambitious plan to revamp both its tasks and direction for the year. Its members are looking to increase the number of tangible projects they work on this year.
School of Medicine students are about to get hands-on experience helping patients who can't bleed or die but can yell back.
A grant from the Measey Foundation has lead to the creation of an 800-square-foot simulation center that includes two interactive mannequins that can take the place of patients during advanced training.
