2008 Woodie Awards
Penn's pretty good at fundraising - relatively speaking.
The University raked in $409 million last year, enough to earn fourth place in a recent survey that ranked the top fundraisers in higher education.
But Penn's sum was no match for Stanford University's, which totalled $911 million in 2006.
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Rap artist Juelz Santana will likely be performing at Spectrum's spring concert.
Family and friends will gather on Friday to pay their respects to Chemistry professor Alan MacDiarmid.
The service for MacDiarmid, a Nobel Prize laureate who taught and researched chemistry at Penn for 52 years, follows his death three weeks ago at age 79.
The process to replace Webmail has been more of a marathon than 100-meter dash - but Penn officials say it's a race worth running.
Wharton and School of Arts and Sciences officials announced in spring 2006 that the two schools would outsource their e-mail services.
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Faculty member the eighth recent assault victim
Assault on 3100 block of Walnut Street the eighth assault on or near campus in nine days
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A female University faculty member was assaulted on the 3100 block of Walnut Street Monday afternoon, marking the eighth assault in nine days on or near Penn's campus.
The woman was walking eastbound on Walnut Street at about 3 p.m. when she was approached by an unknown male who struck her in the face, Division of Public Safety officials said.
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City Controller Alan Butkovitz responded to a recent downgrading of Philadelphia School District's bond rating by Fitch Ratings at a press conference yesterday.
The school district's bond rating is now one of the lowest in the nation.
Butkovitz said one reason for the lower rating was that, "contrary to the school district's statements and reports," it has not balanced their budget for the past four years.
This break's itinerary: speakers and conferences
About 70 students will stay at Penn for spring break to work for Wharton-run program
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For Yohann Sidhwa, next week's spring break is going to be all about work.
The College sophomore will be spending his week off from school performing various logistical and other tasks for Securities Industry Institute, a Wharton-run program that begins on March 4.
About 70 students will stay at Penn for spring break to work for Wharton-run program
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By joe vester
Staff Writer
jvester@sas.upenn.edu
Most career academics will never know the feeling of being published in Science, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world.
But Boris Zinshteyn knows the feeling well - and he's only 19.
Jonathan Spector, vice dean of Wharton Executive Education, will leave Wharton to be the next president and CEO of The Conference Board.
The Conference Board is a New York-based research and business organization that produces the Consumer Confidence Index, the leading economic indicator for the U.
Despite recent fires, arsons low at Penn
Officials credit the 'collective maturity of the students'
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When it comes to arson, Penn would make Smokey the Bear proud.
According to Division of Public Safety statistics from 2002 to 2006, only four intentionally set fires have occurred at Penn: two in 2002, one in 2005 and one last year. A fifth destroyed a house on S.
Officials credit the 'collective maturity of the students'
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Sustainability, eastward expansion go forward
At monthly meeting, University Council representatives discuss proactive proposals
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Penn may be red and blue, but officials are making room for some green, too.
The University Council held its monthly meeting yesterday, discussing environmental sustainability, updates on eastward expansion and changes in the body's bylaws.
The UC, composed of faculty, undergraduates, graduate students and University administrators, deals with issues that affect the entire University.
At monthly meeting, University Council representatives discuss proactive proposals
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The Spruce Hill Zoning Committee has postponed its discussion of a proposed move of the campus liquor store, committee chairman Barry Grossbach said.
The committee was slated to debate the move - which would have brought the liquor store, currently located at 41st and Market streets, to the corner of 43rd and Walnut streets - at a hearing yesterday but decided to hold off to allow the affected parties to try to resolve their differences outside of a formal meeting, Grossbach said.
Next year, an increasing number of students will give up Ben Franklin for Big Ben.
Penn Abroad received 567 study-abroad applications for next year's full-year and fall-semester programs, a 19-percent increase from 476 last year.
Applications for spring 2008 programs are not due until early next fall.
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