2008 Woodie Awards
When Mathematics professor Erik van Erp began teaching in America, he was struck by a focus on grades that didn't exist in his native Holland.
Astronomy professor Ravi Sheth was thrown off by students using teachers' first names - a norm not found in India, where he grew up.
It might be surprising that the Penn employee helping you plan your career also makes jewelry on the side for friends and family, but then again you probably haven't met Senior Associate Director at Career Services Kelly Cleary.
Raised not far from Philadelphia in Dallas, Pa.
Paper file folders are on the way to being a thing of the past in Penn's undergraduate admissions office.
Starting with the 2008-2009 admissions cycle, the office's internal workings will be almost entirely digital.
Currently, the entire application - including essays, transcripts and letters of recommendation - can be submitted online or electronically.
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Don't put a hotel on my block, some say
Proposed 11-story hotel on 40th and Pine will be debated at zoning hearing today
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The prospect of an 11-story hotel in a residential neighborhood near campus has become a contentious subject among residents.
Tonight, the Zoning Committee of the Spruce Hill Community Association is holding a meeting to discuss the proposed extended-stay hotel, which would be located at 40th and Pine streets.
Proposed 11-story hotel on 40th and Pine will be debated at zoning hearing today
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When times are hard and the fear of unemployment looms above, what do people do?
Go back to school and get an MBA.
According to an article in the Financial Times, deans and admissions officials at business schools say that MBA applications increase during or just before an economic downturn, such as the one facing the U.
When College alum Philip Rosen graduated last year, he started working in July but found that his job would not provide him with health insurance until October.
That left him in a predicament few students anticipate: how to obtain decent health insurance promptly after graduation.
Ex-prof gets prison time for sexual assault
McIntosh sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years
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Former Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison today for the 2002 sexual assault of his college roommate's niece.
McIntosh sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years
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Robbery Feb. 7 - Kumasi MkWelli, 60, of the 7800 block of Mercury Ave., was arrested by Penn Police for allegedly attempting to leave CVS, located at 3409 Walnut St., without rendering payment for items at about 7:15 p.m. Assault Feb. 6 - Michael Joyner, 31, of the 200 block of N.
Sometimes even trash can become a work of art - or be the cause for one.
Students from the Residential Advisory Board and the Penn Environmental Group painted murals in the trash room in Ware College House and outside the Starbucks under 1920 Commons, respectively.
HUP responds to Ryan lawsuit
Hospital's response motions to dismiss punitive damages, negligence claims
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Attorneys for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have filed their response to the lawsuit against HUP and several of its doctors filed by the family of College sophomore Anne Ryan. The response motions for the dismissal or modification of several of the lawsuit's claims.
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Interest up in Asian American studies
Department points to Kal Penn's class as a source of increased student enrollment
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When actor Kalpen Modi - more commonly known as Kal Penn - started teaching at Penn, students were bound to take notice.
Now, his class has attracted interest in a smaller University department: Asian American Studies.
Enrollment in ASAM classes has increased in number as a result of Modi's appointment to the department faculty, program administrator Fariha Khan said.
Department points to Kal Penn's class as a source of increased student enrollment
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Former prof faces resentencing
Closure could finally come after long legal battle in McIntosh sexual-assault case
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Tracy McIntosh, the former Penn Neurosurgery professor who pleaded no contest in December 2004 to sexually assaulting his college roommate's then-23-year-old niece in 2002, will be resentenced this morning in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
The resentencing should bring closure to a lengthy legal battle that began in March 2005 when McIntosh was sentenced to 11-and-a-half to 23 months of house arrest, probation and fines and restitution to the victim, who was about to enter Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Closure could finally come after long legal battle in McIntosh sexual-assault case
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