2008 Woodie Awards
Whether you're looking to "jazz it up" or simply to dispel the winter blues, the Philadelphia Flower Show with this year's "Jazz It Up" New Orleans theme offers classical jazz music, the largest indoor garden exhibit of its kind and a worthy cause.
From this Sunday, March 2 to March 9, the Philadelphia Convention Center will host the 179th -annual Philadelphia Flower Show.
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Although the University recently increased graduate students' stipends, other sources of funding they rely on may be shrinking.
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Research Student Travel Grant helps defray the costs - including travel, hotel and participation fees - of students presenting their work at academic conferences.
College junior Sarah Kaminetsky resigned from the Undergraduate Assembly Monday night.
"Due to other school-related and extracurricular commitments, I don't feel like I can devote 110 percent to the UA, and … there are other people who may be able to devote more time to the UA," said Kaminetsky, who is also a member of the Junior Class Board.
Five years after the United States invaded Iraq, America's justice system often finds itself struggling to cope with returning soldiers.
Incidents such as the case of Joseph Cho, a former Penn Law student who is also a military veteran facing charges of attempted murder, have cast questions on the role of post-traumatic stress disorder in the legal process.
The new substance-free residential program at Fisher Hassenfeld College House has entered its second semester with no reported violations.
The program stipulates that residents will not use or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol while in the hall.
Although only about half of the residents on floors where the program is in effect signed up for the program, students and supervisors report that the program has created a sense of community and mutual respect in those two halls.
Although Penn Park will not open for two more years, the decision to hire Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, as the designer has set the wheels in motion.
Anne Papageorge, vice president for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services praised the firm's expertise and vision.
For the past week Irvine Auditorium has boasted a number of notable political figures including Karl Rove, Bill Clinton and after last night, Penn alumnus and former Congressman Harold Ford Jr (D-Tenn.).
For more than 600 visiting high-school students, Ford's visit marked the beginning of Penn Model Congress - a program that offers them a chance to jumpstart their political futures.
Junior pleads guilty in computer-hacking scheme
Goldstein admits he helped cause 2006 SEAS server crash
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Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein admitted in federal court Feb. 29 that he helped hack into a computer network, causing the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server to crash in February 2006.
Goldstein pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, a federal misdemeanor.
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Group protests casinos
Casino-Free Philadelphia launches new campaign highlighting hidden casino costs
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Anti-casino activists are hoping to score a royal flush with their latest campaign launched this week.
On Wednesday, Casino-Free Philadelphia kicked off its campaign against construction of casinos in the city - called Operation Hidden Costs - with a visit to the Governor's office at Walnut and Broad streets.
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Former President Bill Clinton, introduced by Penn President Amy Gutmann as an "extraordinary leader devoted to healing inequalities," gave the opening address for the Kerner Plus 40 Symposium to a packed Irvine Auditorium yesterday morning.
Engineering freshman Aditya Kaji, like many others, waited in line for hours to get a pass for the speech, but he thought it was well worth the wait.
Wharton MBA students are getting an early introduction to the competitive world of business with their class registration.
When selecting courses, students don't merely rank their preferences - they bid on them.
At the start of their first year in the MBA program, students are given 5,000 points, which they use to bid on elective courses through an auction system.
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Dental students had something to smile about last month when Penn's School of Dental Medicine opened its new periodontal clinic.
The new clinic for periodontics - the branch of dentistry dealing with gums and the supporting structures for teeth - was long overdue.
For students, finding dollars for drinking not a problem
Party-goers not worried about financial consequences of Feb Club, other nightlife
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No surprise here - Penn students still love their booze. But despite sometimes costly bar tabs, students remain unfazed and uninhibited.
Between financial assistance from parents, rationing of summer job money and school-year employment, students have found ways to keep their finances in check.
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