2008 Woodie Awards
Today is the day to think about love.
But this Valentine's Day, some social scholars are taking a new perspective: they want to know what love means and where traditional notions of it have gone, especially on college campuses.
What is love at Penn? Hard to define, if anything.
The School of Arts and Sciences received a $15 million donation this month from alumnus Christopher Browne to establish five endowed professorships across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
"I'm completely delighted," SAS Dean Rebecca Bushnell said.
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Penn plans to work with interest groups in order to modify the Higher Education Act so the legislation corresponds with the University's interests, according to Bill Andresen, head of Penn's office in Washington.
The Higher Education Act was renewed by the U.
Wharton senior Lisa Jiang wanted to take her business education outside of Huntsman Hall and into Philadelphia.
Jiang and four other classmates founded the Social Impact Consulting Group, an organization that offers free consulting services to local non-profit organizations, which include conducting cost analyses and coming up with marketing strategies.
Legal proceedings against Wharton junior Felix Qu are continuing, as a trial date has been set for this spring.
Qu was arrested and charged with simple assault and reckless endangerment of another person after an argument with his girlfriend over winter break allegedly turned violent.
Ex-prof gets prison sentence for sex assault | w/ Interactive Feature
McIntosh receives up to seven years in prison for 2002 sexual assault of college roommate's niece
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Former Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh was sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison yesterday for the 2002 sexual assault of his college roommate's niece. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe delivered McIntosh's court-ordered new punishment, after his original sentence of 11 1/2 to 23 months of house arrest was vacated by the state Superior and Supreme courts.
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Blogging, to make a print text better
Publishing industry debates merits of trading peer review for online comments
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Grand Text Auto is a blog, but it's also at the forefront of a new method of editing print publications.
University of California at San Diego communications professor Noah Wardrip-Fruin is publishing his in-progress manuscript on the blog - which he helps run - in addition to submitting it through the traditional peer review system at MIT Press.
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Anti-rape group reaches out to fraternities
One in Four seeks frat brothers' help in supporting rape victims
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"We're not like those anti-rape guys on campus. We want to be the pro-women guys."
So declared College freshman and Phi Kappa Sigma member Matt Amalfitano. He is an active member of One in Four, a national organization that aims to reduce sexual assault by empowering both men and women.
One in Four seeks frat brothers' help in supporting rape victims
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Area 'unanimously' opposes hotel
At three-hour zoning meeting, neighbors largely hostile to proposed hotel at 40th and Pine streets
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Area residents are still up in arms about a proposed hotel at 40th and Pine streets - and they don't seem to be backing down.
At a zoning committee meeting of the Spruce Hill Community Association, developers presented their proposal for an 11-story extended-stay hotel that would be located at 40th and Pine streets.
At three-hour zoning meeting, neighbors largely hostile to proposed hotel at 40th and Pine streets
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A central component of University President Amy Gutmann's Penn Compact is engaging globally. Now, a former U.S. President wants to help colleges to do just that.
Next month in New Orleans, Bill Clinton will launch the Clinton Global Initiative University, or CGI U, a project aimed at bringing students, faculty and global leaders together "to discuss [global] problems and take action," he announced in a conference call yesterday.
