2008 Woodie Awards
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While the cost of attending Penn will rise next year, the jump is relatively small when compared to other institutions.
Penn's overall tuition increase of 4.4 percent for the 2008-2009 school year is slightly below the average increase at several peer institutions and well below last year's national average at four-year private schools.
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They've been together for two years, but they still can't hold hands in public.
Kate, a College sophomore, began dating Dan, a University of Charleston sophomore, while still in high school. Still together, their biggest relationship issue isn't that they are long distance - it's that they are a secret.
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Last week's announcement that Logan Hall will be renamed Claudia Cohen Hall has raised a few eyebrows.
Penn faculty and students expressed surprise that historic buildings such as Logan Hall could be renamed after donors.
Logan Hall, named after one of Penn's founding trustees, will be renamed this summer after Claudia Cohen, an entertainment journalist and a 1972 College of Women graduate who passed away last summer.
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Wharton is joining forces with investment bank Goldman Sachs for a unique philanthropic mission.
Goldman Sachs' global initiative, '10,000 Women,' will provide short-term business education programs over the next five years to provide approximately 10,000 women in developing countries with the skills to become successful entrepreneurs.
Upcoming development projects associated with Penn, including the $500 million Cira Center South towers, will be changing the face of University City for years to come.
But Penn isn't the only institution changing the landscape west of the Schuylkill. This month, Drexel University announced that it will commit more than $400 million to the construction of 11 projects that will be completed by 2013.
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Stress the top student health worry
Not many students seek help due to lack of awareness, stigmas surrounding issue
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Stress and college may seem like an obvious matrimony. But the rates at which college students nationwide regularly experience stress are higher than one might expect.
A recent study conducted by The Associated Press and mtvU found that 80 percent of 2000 university students polled reported experiencing stress on a daily basis.
Not many students seek help due to lack of awareness, stigmas surrounding issue
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Pre-law verdict: money matters
Study finds pre-med students interested in career to help others, pre-laws to earn money
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Doctors do it for love, while lawyers do it for money - at least according to a recent survey of almost 1,000 pre-law and pre-medical students.
Kaplan, the test-prep company, conducted a survey asking 914 students what role earning power played in their choice to pursue a career in either law or medicine.
Study finds pre-med students interested in career to help others, pre-laws to earn money
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Pennsylvanians - and Penn students - aren't waiting until the fall to voice their views on who should be the country's next president.
While final numbers are not yet available from the Pennsylvania State Department, it appears that voter registration has increased dramatically this year leading up to the state's April 22 primary.
One student is fighting for civil rights via economic justice. Another wants to change the face of foreign policy.
And now both have the support of the prestigious Truman Scholarship - awarded to juniors who show leadership potential and are committed to careers in public service - to help them realize their aspirations.
Planned partnership under fire
Initial proposal for Penn, Drexel to partner with a renovated U. City High criticized at public forum
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Penn officials have wanted to collaborate with University City High School for some time now, but many community members who attended a public forum last night say Penn's help is not welcome.
At the forum, held to share plans with the community about renovations, Philadelphia School District leaders officially said they have been in discussion with Penn and Drexel for the past two years about the possibility of a partnership with University City High once it is renovated.
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