2008 Woodie Awards
Andrew Porter will take the helm as dean of Penn's Graduate School of Education this summer, University President Amy Gutmann announced at Friday's meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Porter will come to Philadelphia from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
Why can two men hold guns but not hands?
This was the question of the day at the Law School last Friday, when colorful posters bearing that phrase and others plastered the building's walls.
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A male graduate student was the victim of an attempted robbery Thursday night on the 4000 block of Pine Street.
Two males have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Security Guards' Rights: Prospects for union pushed back
Campus groups focus on improving working conditions as efforts to unionize regroup
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For Penn's security guards, small steps of improvement may now be the best option.
After a setback involving union support in September, campus groups are now focused on workers' rights, with the controversial prospect of unionization seen as a step in the distant future.
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Gutmann aide gets married over weekend
Leah Popowich, associate director at the Office of the University President, was married Saturday night to Penn alumnus Andrew Hohns, The New York Times reported yesterday.
Popowich is the main contact between students and the president's office, on call 24 hours a day for 'DP' reporters' incessant questions.
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Penn's endowment is close to reaching $6 billion, officials announced Friday as the University's Board of Trustees wrapped up its winter meetings.
The University's endowment as of Dec. 31 was $5.923 billion, up $610 million since June 2006.
And financial updates were just one item on the agenda as trustees gathered to hear updates from top University officials and trustee committee chairmen at the board's full meeting on Friday.
It seems like the perfect life.
In the movie Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, glides into Miami International Airport in a perfectly-pressed pilot's uniform with four girls on each arm and a wide grin on his face. After running away from home at the age of 16, Abagnale poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer.
Once again, the Rotunda is pursuing its stated goal of being a "catalyst for social change" by promoting arts and culture.
Acoustic Philly - a group of Philadelphia-based professional musicians - performed this past Saturday night in front of a welcoming and intimate crowd, comprised mostly of friends and family members
It was the second year the group had performed at the 4014 Walnut St.
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Philadelphia's Independence Mall is getting a face lift, with a bit of a Jewish flair.
Serving as the region's central museum for Jewish history since its opening in 1976, the National Museum of American Jewish History is preparing to move into a brand-new, $100 million facility at 5th and Market streets by 2010.
