2008 Woodie Awards
Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward pled not guilty yesterday to charges of producing, importing and possessing child pornography.
University officials still haven't decided which company, Microsoft Corp. or Google Inc., will replace Penn's current Webmail service.
Officials said earlier this year that they would select a company to host all undergraduate e-mail accounts by about this time, at the latest.
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Guns and boot camp, before freshman year
Students who must serve in their home country's military say it's a tough step, but an important one
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Whether it's going to college or getting a job, high-school graduation usually means more freedom.
But for Engineering exchange student Weijie Poh and College sophomore Shijie Lu, the end of high school was the beginning of a grueling stint in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Students who must serve in their home country's military say it's a tough step, but an important one
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It might have seemed like early admissions was toast after the University of Virginia, a public school, followed Harvard and Princeton in abolishing the practice this fall.
The Undergraduate Assembly prides itself on representing the concerns of Penn students. But the survey data that help them do so may only represent students with a specific agenda, experts say.
The UA distributes several online surveys each semester - there have been two this fall - to the entire undergraduate population via e-mail and the UA's own Web site.
'Illuminated' writer Foer on the author's pain
The author dined on campus and fielded students' questions
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Best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer doesn't particularly enjoy the process of writing.
"I don't love writing. I just don't," he said. "Writing is a little like pulling a tooth - out of your penis."
Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, put in double-duty last night, attending a dinner organized by Fisher-Hassenfeld College House before making an appearance at the Penn Bookstore.
The author dined on campus and fielded students' questions
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It may be a long shot to turn an idea into a marketable product, but that should not be a deterrent to student innovators, a panel concluded yesterday.
In front of an audience of about 40 in Skirkanich Hall's Berger Auditorium, panelists discussed how innovators can improve their odds of success as they take their ideas to the marketplace.
When Penn alumnus Marco Lentini first thought of developing a health-conscious cafe near campus, he says people thought he was crazy.
"Philadelphia had just been ranked the fattest city in the world," Lentini said. "But it takes leadership to transcend boundaries and come up with new ideas.
Former chaplain details alleged Gitmo abuse
James Yee also told of his experience being arrested for espionage
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Former U.S. Army Chaplain James Yee was told he was being given a two-week break from working at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba where war on terror detainees are held.
When he arrived in Florida, his bags were searched and he became a prisoner like those he had preached to, held at a super-maximum security prison in Charleston, N.
James Yee also told of his experience being arrested for espionage
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The Halloween snapshot that's been plaguing Penn President Amy Gutmann is even the talk of the White House.
Well, some reporters are trying to make it that way.
White House spokesman Tony Snow deflected questions about the now-infamous photograph at a press conference yesterday, a White House transcript shows.
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