2008 Woodie Awards
In the wake of shootings on the Virginia Tech campus, Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush called for better communication and improved student preparedness as the best way to ensure safety if a similar incident were to occur on campus.
Thirty-two people were killed before an unidentified gunman took his own life yesterday at the rural Virginia campus in the worst mass shooting in United States history.
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An alleged carjacker was shot twice and killed during a struggle with Penn Police at about 11:00 a.m. yesterday near 40th and Spruce streets.
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To Serve And Protect (Part 2 of 4): An uncommon force
From shooter situations to visiting dignitaries, Penn's own SWAT team offers protection
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In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings yesterday, the obvious question being asked on college campuses across the country is, what if it happened here?
One of the principle steps the Penn Police took years ago - even before the Columbine attacks in 1998 - to deal with the potential of this type of attack was creating a SWAT team, officially called the Emergency Response Team.
From shooter situations to visiting dignitaries, Penn's own SWAT team offers protection
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To Serve And Protect (Part 2 of 4): Heads of safety share vision for safer campus
Connecting with community a big part of Penn Police Chief, DPS pres.'s plans for safety
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Ever had a police officer bring you chicken soup when you were sick?
If Penn Police Chief Mark Dorsey and Vice President of the Division of Public Safety Maureen Rush had their way, you just might.
Dorsey and Rush, who worked together for the City of Philadelphia before Dorsey became chief in November 2004, call themselves neighborhood people - and they want to do their part to bridge the gap between the Penn and West Philadelphia communities.
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In an effort to learn more about human sacrificies in ancient Mesopotamia, Anthropology graduate student Aubrey Baadsgaard and other Penn scholars drove female human remains from the Penn Museum of Archaelogy and Anthopology to HUP yesterday to perform CAT scans, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Wharton School of Business will now offer a doctoral fellowship in business ethics, Wharton officials announced Friday.
The fellowship, officially titled the Lewis Platt Doctoral Fellowship in Business Ethics, is intended to fund students in Wharton's Ph.
The University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice will host a symposium next week to address ways for charitable donors to assess whether they are, in fact, affecting their designated causes.
Former Penn President Judith Rodin will deliver the keynote speech of the "Benjamin Franklin Leadership Symposium.
Summer makeover set for College Web site
Come July, user-friendly features, faster search engines, daily updates to ensure accuracy
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The College of Arts and Sciences is about to get a bit trendier.
At least, its Web site is.
A redesigned College Web site will launch in early July, right in time for incoming College freshman to begin exploring their options at Penn.
New changes include quick links and information presented in formats that are more easily digestible than long bodies of text.
Come July, user-friendly features, faster search engines, daily updates to ensure accuracy
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Temple prof to head Office of Student Conduct
Susan Herron to become director July 1; officials suggest continued focus on academic intergrity
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Former assistant district attorney Susan Herron will become the next director of Penn's Office of Student Conduct, Provost Ronald Daniels announced last week.
She will assume the post on July 1.
The OSC is in charge of confidentially investigating and resolving student violations of Penn's conduct code, including issues of academic integrity and substance abuse.
Susan Herron to become director July 1; officials suggest continued focus on academic intergrity
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The State of New York announced plans yesterday to address the conflicts of interest in the student-loan industry, according to an online MSNBC report.
Lenders would be prohibited from offering financial benefits such as referral fees, gifts or trips to university employees.
Researchers at the School of Medicine have found that a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis patients may also help vision loss in those with the relapsing form of the disease, according to a press release.
Natalizumab is a drug that slows the disability and reduces relapse rates of multiple sclerosis patients.
