2008 Woodie Awards
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced his support for Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign yesterday in a news conference at City Hall.
Clinton, a Democrat from New York, made a last-minute trip to Philadelphia to speak at the event. Rendell was also joined by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who had already announced his endorsement of Clinton.
Last Friday, members of the Service Employees International Union and their supporters gathered to protest a speech by David Rubenstein, co-founder of the private equity firm, the Carlyle Group.
Rubenstein was a keynote speaker at Wharton's 14th annual private equity and venture capital conference.
Penn to up local food options
Despite high costs, efforts made to double local food in dining halls by next year
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White Dog or Whole Foods? Local or organic?
As students begin to rack their brains to find alternative food options, Penn Dining has responded, making a slow but concerted effort toward sustainable dining.
Dining Services general manager John Cipollini attributed the recent student and staff interest in food quality to the diatribe against our eating culture found in The Omnivore's Dilemma, the Penn Reading Project book for the class of 2011.
Despite high costs, efforts made to double local food in dining halls by next year
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If Greek architecture is a riddle, producers of PBS' NOVA series think one Penn professor might have cracked it.
That's the reason, they say, for featuring Art History professor Lothar Haselberger as a primary expert in their "Secrets of the Parthenon" special, premiering Jan.
For Soniya, age 11, interacting with the police is all about cheerleading and homework.
At the Police Athletic League's after-school program, Soniya practices her cheerleading and does her homework with around 60 other kids who participate.
The Tucker PAL Center, where Soniya spends her afternoons, is located in the Alexander Wilson School on 46th Street and Woodland and is one of the 27 branches of the Philadelphia Police Athletic League.
Zhu elected to lead UMC for next year
Junior wants to raise UMC's visibility, unite minority groups
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The United Minorities Council elected College and Wharton junior Lisa Zhu, who is also a DP columnist, as its new chair at the Greenfield Intercultural Center yesterday evening.
The DP met with Zhu after the election to talk about her plans for the council.
Junior wants to raise UMC's visibility, unite minority groups
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5,151 is a big number.
When translated into meals, it is enough to feed roughly half of the undergraduate class.
It is also enough to feed an extra 5,151 hungry mouths.
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The appointment of Eric Furda as dean of admissions last week came faster than Penn President Amy Gutmann had predicted, and also marked a deviation from industry standards. From the search committee's first meeting in October to the announcement of Furda as the new dean last week, Penn's formal search process took just over three months, a pace experts say is fast but not unheard of.
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Penn's admissions office is changing how prospective students can apply to the University.
For the 2008-2009 admissions cycle, Penn is eliminating its own application and adding the Universal College Application as an option for students. Applicants will be able to use either the UCA or the Common Application, the latter of which the University first accepted last year.
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The Hub, the colorful apartment and retail building on the corner of 40th and Chestnut streets, will soon be expanding across the street.
Teres Holdings, LLC, the developer behind The Hub, is currently planning the construction of Hub II, which will be built on the other side of 40th Street, at 4001 Chestnut St.
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