2008 Woodie Awards
Bio prof. sheds light on Lyme disease
Recent research by Penn biology professor Dustin Brisson suggests that chipmunks and two shrew species account for nearly three-quarters of carriers of ticks infected with Lyme disease.
The widely held belief was that mice were the main animal carriers of the disease.
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The Panhellenic Council has elected College junior Drew Tye as president for the upcoming year.
Tye, who is currently the Panhellenic delegate for Sigma Delta Tau, ran against two current board members for the position.
The Panhellenic president serves as the representative of the female Greek community for the University administration.
Sometimes, it pays to try something different.
Since 2002, Arabic, Chinese and American Sign Language have become more popular than ever before as students have come to recognize their value in the job market.
Meanwhile, student enrollment in traditional language programs such as French and Spanish has remained steady.
A Penn Law student was accosted by two would-be robbers on Sunday near the corner of 36th and Lancaster streets, Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker said.
Eugenia Birman, 22, was walking on the street at about 11:25 a.m. when she was approached by two women.
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Searching for work with play
For college students, Google's perks, reputation make company attractive
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Alex Buder Shapiro is approaching graduation - but her days of playtime, recess and cafeteria food are far from over.
The College senior is taking a job in human resources at Google. There, her playtime will be a game of pool with colleagues, recess will be climbing up an indoor rock wall and cafeteria food will be tapas at Cafe Pintxo.
For college students, Google's perks, reputation make company attractive
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Edward Anderton, a 2005 Penn alumnus, was arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing his neighbors' identities and establishing lines of credit in his neighbors' names, Division of Public Safety officials said.
Anderton, 25, and Drexel University student Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, burglarized at least two of their neighbors' apartments and created fake Georgia driver's licenses in order to open credit card accounts, the Philadelphia Daily News, reported yesterday.
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After hacking incident, server security boosted
Large volume of traffic led to server crash allegedly caused by Engineering junior
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Although the University improved computer security after a Penn student allegedly caused a server crash in February 2006, a similar type of attack could still cause problems for even the largest Web servers.
Large volume of traffic led to server crash allegedly caused by Engineering junior
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A new Web site is giving students an educational and charitable way to procrastinate.
By playing vocabulary games on a new, non-profit Web site called Freerice.com, students can do community service from their computer.
For every correct word in the game, twenty grains of rice are donated to help end world hunger through the site's partnership with the United Nations World Food Program.
It took some practice, but 2006 Penn alumnus Pierre Gooding has the essentials of being a teacher down pat.
He's learned how to take attendance, field requests to go to the bathroom, write on the chalkboard like a pro, check-up on nightly homework assignments and, most importantly, teach his students the English skills they will need for life.
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