2008 Woodie Awards
University President Amy Gutmann, Provost Ron Daniels, faculty and student leaders met yesterday afternoon in Bodek Lounge for the year's first meeting of the University Council.
The Council discussed which issues the Steering Committee would focus on when developing Council agendas for the upcoming year.
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American businesses took a back seat to the largest democracy in the world last night.
Palaniappan Chidambaram, the finance minister of India, opened the Wharton Leadership Lecture series yesterday with a speech followed by a Q&A session in Huntsman Hall.
There was no better place to for poet and Penn professor Thomas Devaney to share the fruits of his labor.
Devaney read from his new book of poetry, "A Series of Small Boxes," yesterday night at a book release party held at the Arts Cafe in the Kelly Writers House.
In its continual effort to keep young talent in Philadelphia, city officials are turning to an unlikely source this weekend - hip-hop star Talib Kweli.
This Saturday, Campus Philly is hosting its annual kick-off event at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with live performances by Kweli and other artists and free access for college students to 11 museums across the city.
Penn InTouch changes far on the horizon
While student groups call for Penn InTouch improvements, changes likely to take months
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Any senior hoping for a simple, streamlined class-registration system should stop holding their breath: Penn InTouch will not be updated this year.
But there is still hope for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, who will likely see a big improvement to the system by the time they graduate.
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A student at the Universal Technical Institute in Exton, Pa., died this past weekend due to a rare form of meningitis.
Jeffrey Cox, 21, of Bowie, Md., was found dead in his West Chester apartment on Saturday, two days after classes ended for the 1,400-student trade school.
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Sundance Kid set for film screening
Hollywood legend Robert Redford will host a Q&A session on latest film, 'Lions for Lambs'
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His career boasts acclaimed performances in The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
He won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People, and he's starred alongside actresses such as Meryl Streep and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Hands down, Robert Redford has made an epic journey through Hollywood.
Hollywood legend Robert Redford will host a Q&A session on latest film, 'Lions for Lambs'
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Barack Obama sparring with Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich trying not to be ignored and John Edwards' hair - it's all coming to Philadelphia next month.
State Democratic party officials have confirmed that the Democratic National Committee will hold its fourth official primary presidential debate in Philadelphia Oct.
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Last night at the launch of the new Cooking Series at the LGBT Center, students learned the art of healthy eating by grilling vegetable skewers and veggie burgers while discussing health-related questions.
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WILMINGTON, Del. - Apartment B4 in the Brandywine Apartments complex bears no trace of the brutally beaten body of Irina Zlotnikov, who was found dead in her then-boyfriend's kitchen there in December 2004.
But yesterday, prosecutors in the murder trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya - accused of killing Zlotnikov - brought jurors to the apartment in an attempt to increase juror trust in eyewitness statements.
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