2008 Woodie Awards
As food prices increase nationwide, students and West Philadelpia residents are feeling the strain on their purse strings. The price of many food staples, including milk, eggs and bread, rose drastically in 2007, resulting in higher prices at grocery stores and restaurants.
Overall crime in the Penn patrol zone increased by 10 percent over the past year, but the biggest jump was seen in thefts, rather than violent offenses.
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It's going to be a busy year for newly inaugurated Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and with his recent staff appointments, the same will be true for several Penn faculty and graduates.
Nutter, a Penn graduate himself, vowed this fall to include university minds in shaping his policy and tackling the major problems in Philadelphia.
MBAs sing their way to success
A capella 'Whartones' bring fun and networking opportunities to grad school
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Think Wharton grads can only talk the stock market? Think again: at least 19 of them also know how to sing.
They call themselves the "Whartones," the co-ed a capella group for MBA students and their partners. And when it comes to a capella, this singing group means business.
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As Grey's Anatomy draws more prospective doctors every year, Law and Order fans seem to be turning to other fields.
In a survey of 190 law schools conducted by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, half of the schools reported a decline in applications during the past two years, with a 17.
The good old days are gone
Study finds grad students have difficulty making connections to campus activities
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Savor your club meetings now, because as a graduate student those days might be over.
Graduate students simply aren't as involved on campus as most undergraduates, according to recent studies conducted by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research.
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University appoints new admissions dean
Eric Furda, 1987 College graduate, comes to the Penn from Columbia University
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The University announced earlier today that Eric Furda, the vice president for alumni relations at Columbia University, will take over as the new dean of admissions at Penn on July 1, 2008.
Furda served as the executive director of undergraduate admissions at Columbia from 1995 to 2004.
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Student arrested for assault still enrolled at Penn
Qu, a Wharton junior, allegedly punched his girlfriend during a fight about spring classes
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Wharton junior Felix Qu was arrested in connection to a domestic assault over winter break, but remains a student at the University.
The arrest occurred after Qu, 20, got violent during an argument with his girlfriend about what courses to take for spring semester, Lt.
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The lights are on but nobody's home...
Harnwell tries to increase campus awareness of energy consumption
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Even in the dead of winter, campus is getting greener.
Beginning in February, highly sophisticated sensors installed in 12 Harnwell rooms will monitor occupants' energy usage as part of the Harnwell Energy Monitoring Project, designed to promote awareness of conservation around campus.
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After other schools drop early apps, Penn is largely unaffected
Students, counselors say binding program is a major factor
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After Harvard and Princeton eliminated their early-application programs last year, many students scrambled to apply early to another institution.
Penn's numbers of early-decision applicants and admitted students, however, remained steady and were seemingly not affected.
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