2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Philadelphia is going through a growth spurt, and it's taking University City with it.
As it stands now, the city is one of the smallest among its peers in terms of building height, especially when compared to cities such as New York and Chicago, where skyscrapers abound.
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Despite the heightened political excitement over the upcoming Pennsylvania primary, Penn's own student government candidates aren't getting as much of the spotlight.
Students running for positions on the 2008-2009 student government mingled in Houston Hall yesterday evening, surrounded by free pizza, pretzels, popcorn and Vitamin Water, at the annual "Get Out the Vote" election kickoff.
Sometimes, good can come from tragedy - and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is trying to make that happen more often.
In the last few years, HUP has made a concerted effort to raise its rate of organ donation. For the past two years, HUP's transplant program has received the Medal of Honor from the Department of Health and Human Services for having 75 percent of eligible donors do so.
'Era of doping' on the horizon in academia?
Some scientists say brain-enhancing drug use by students, profs will become more common
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As prescription stimulant use rises on college campuses, some neuroscientists think academia is entering an age of widespread drug-induced brain enhancement.
"An era of doping is probably looming in the culture, and academia is going to be a part of that," said Anjan Chatterjee, an associate professor of neurology at Penn.
Some scientists say brain-enhancing drug use by students, profs will become more common
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Last summer, College sophomores Elena Stein and Bryant Williams visited Guatemala, armed with entrepreneurial drive and creativity, to learn how they could help the Hogar San Francisco Xavier orphanage become self-sustaining.
The trip was part of a pilot project for Ties to the World, a nonprofit organization that helps Latin American orphanages become financially independent through the creation of social-entrepreneurial businesses.
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Penn's Information Systems and Computing staff is recommending a "wait-and-see" approach to updating to Vista's first service pack.
ISC advocated a similar approach when the Windows program itself was first released last year.
The service pack - which was released about a week ago - is mostly a compatibility, reliability and performance upgrade.
Harvard Med implements new aid plan
Effects of plan, which will eliminate family contribution for some students, still unclear
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Harvard University recently announced a new financial-aid plan for medical students, but it's not yet clear how widespread its effects will be.
In a plan outlined last week, Harvard Medical School committed an extra $3 million to its scholarship fund, an almost 40-percent increase from this year.
Effects of plan, which will eliminate family contribution for some students, still unclear
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The individual arrested in connection with Tuesday's attempted burglary in Rodin College House has been charged with aggravated assault, attempted burglary, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another and other related offenses.
The Daily Pennsylvanian is not printing the suspect's name because it has received different names from the Philadelphia and Penn Police.
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Next time your parents ask you why they are paying so much money for you to sleep through your morning classes, tell them you woke up for an educational program at 8 a.m. on a Saturday.
Tomorrow, Global Health Programs is sponsoring Global Health Career Day 2008 at the Biomedical Research Building of the School of Medicine.
Lights, camera, Penn: Festival comes to Philly
Six films by Penn students are among the 25 finalists at today's festival
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There won't be a huge "Hollywood" sign or sun-kissed celebrities, but movie magic comes to Philadelphia tonight for the third annual Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival.
And when the silver screen flickers on at the University of the Arts at 7 p.m.
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A marathon of a different kind
Kelly Writer's House holds all-day reading of Nabokov's Lolita in 10-minute segments
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Yesterday the main attraction at the Kelly Writers House was the cherry pie - and the pedophilia.
From noon until well into the night, relentless staff members, professors, students and members of the community alike read aloud Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in its entirety to a captive audience in the Arts Cafe.
Kelly Writer's House holds all-day reading of Nabokov's Lolita in 10-minute segments
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Jesus Week, an annual Penn celebration that begins on Sunday, will look a little different this year.
The week-long event, organized by PennforJesus and now in its 13th year, will focus more on engaging non-Christians at Penn than it ever has before.
And while not everyone is entirely comfortable with this year's proposed evangelism efforts, PennforJesus says its main goal is to raise awareness, not to convert the campus.
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