2008 Woodie Awards
Penn Police shot an alleged carjacker twice at about 11:00 a.m. today. He was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and died from the gunshot wounds at about 12:40 p.m.
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With a serendipitous calm before the year's biggest rainstorm, students across Penn put their license to Fling to good use.
Although the forecasts predicted cold weather and a 30-percent chance of rain on Saturday, most of the two-day carnival was marked by sunny skies and cool but pleasant weather.
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Joseph Fischer spent 27 years working for the Philadelphia Police, mostly investigating homicides. By 1998, he had qualified for retirement and a pension and was ready to move on.
"You handle 1,200 homicides, I guess you figure you've seen them all," he said.
Despite cold temperatures, long waits between sets and a parking ticket issued to Third Eye Blind, the Social Planning and Events Committee labeled the sold-out Friday concert a big success.
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After 19 years of work, Penn has installed the final piece in an 18,700-foot jigsaw puzzle.
This past weekend, officials completed the last leg of a system of underground pipes that will change the way Penn provides air conditioning.
The $125 million project, started in 1988, will connect all University buildings to a single network of pipes - 40 to 60 inches, and lying as low as 20 feet underground - that carries chilled water.
Applications for grad research award due today
Two-year-old fellowship to fund six students' interdisciplinary projects during summer
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Today is the deadline for the second-annual GAPSA-Provost's Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation.
The two-year-old award, a summer fellowship jointly sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the Office of the University Provost, consists of a $2,000 monthly summer stipend for graduate and professional students who are pursuing interdisciplinary research.
Two-year-old fellowship to fund six students' interdisciplinary projects during summer
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The prosecution will not make the murder trial of Economics professor Rafael Robb a capital case, meaning the death penalty will not be an option in sentencing, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor told The Associated Press last week.
Prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty because they have not found aggravating circumstances that would make that sentence appropriate.
Officials say they may punish for movie piracy
Discipline will usually amount to a warning, and U. will not set up a filter for network
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When the MPAA talks, the University listens - well, for the most part.
Last month, the Motion Picture Association of America published its list of top-25 colleges for illegal downloading and asked universities to enact four measures to stop the problem, including punishing student offenders and establishing a filter on the college network.
Discipline will usually amount to a warning, and U. will not set up a filter for network
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - He may not look it, but Penn Trustee George Weiss is akin to a fairy godmother - well, almost.
Weiss wears a suit and tie instead of a wand and wings, but he and other supporters of undergraduate financial aid at the University make wishes come true by providing scholarships for hundreds of Penn students each year.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a preliminary injunction Friday that forbids a controversial casino referendum question from being placed on the May 15 ballot.
The court also asked both sides - the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Philadelphia City Council - to file briefs by April 27 and will likely issue a filing ruling before the May primary.
