2008 Woodie Awards
The Division of Public Safety tested its new PennAlert emergency-notification system Thursday, with 95.3 percent of the targeted individuals receiving a notification either by phone, e-mail or text-message.
DPS simulated a hazardous materials accident in the Caster Building, located at 3701 Locust Walk, and the new system successfully alerted 429 of the 450 individuals slated to receive a notification.
Back away from the table.
That's what Ed Mierzwinski wants you to do when it comes to signing up for a credit card on campus.
Mierzwinski, of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, is heading a campaign called FEESA to limit unfair credit card marketing on college campuses, a problem he says plagues students nationwide.
WILMINGTON, Del. - Jurors still have yet to decide the fate of accused murderer Irina Malinovskaya more than a week after closing arguments.
Malinovskaya allegedly bludgeoned to death Irina Zlotnikov, the girlfriend of her ex-lover Robert Bondar, in Dec. 2004.
Red and blue made green Friday as the Penn Environmental Group hosted GreenFest.
The annual festival is designed "to let Penn students and the community know that there's an active student interest in environmental sustainability," PEG director Jen Tintenfass said.
The Undergraduate Assembly is trying to give more students a voice, but most of them aren't talking.
As part of his platform for UA chairman, College senior Jason Karsh promised to implement a 10-minute open forum at every meeting during which any undergraduate could speak about campus issues.
With genetics involved, there are always questions of ethics. Now, Penn has a place that intends to answer those questions.
Last month, the School of Medicine received a $5.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the new Center for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications, one of two new centers that will examine questions surrounding genetic research.
Looking Ahead - A Series (Part 1 of 4) | A longer Locust Walk looms to the east
Amid expansion, campus lengthening poses questions about getting around
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Campus is growing. But how big is too big for students to get around on foot?
The addition of the postal lands to campus will increase the length of campus by several blocks, but University officials are working to ensure that getting to the new parts of campus will be relatively easy - and maybe even enjoyable.
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Instead of orientation seminars and sorority rush events, Florida State University student Callie Broughton spent her freshman year eating paella in Spain and riding camels in Morocco.
Now a junior, Broughton lived in Valencia, Spain, for a year as part of Florida State's then-brand new freshman study-abroad program, an option that is now gaining popularity at several universities across the country.
Reverend blends religion with 'erotic passion'
Female Christian leader urges sexuality-based discussions
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Is God erotic?
Though not a question asked often, it's the central theme for the Penn Christian Association's Rev. Beverly Dale, who aims to help Christians become sexually connected with themselves while embracing spirituality.
Her primarily online-based sexual ministry, PassionWorks, puts it plainly: "The Church is wounded.
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