2008 Woodie Awards
To Penn students interested in foreign languages, learning a language without words is as foreign as you can get.
But for the approximately 125 students who study American Sign Language each semester or those who are deaf or hard of hearing, there are not many movies that target deaf culture - until now.
A group of students got to be lobbyists for a day as part of Penn Israel Coalition's trip to Congress to round up political support for Israel.
28 students - most of whom are members of PIC - traveled to Washington D.C. on Wednesday. They met with ten different Congressmen and 13 other congressional staffers for photo opportunities and to discuss various bills that concern Israel and are currently on the floor of the House.
For Wharton freshman Aneesh Jain, the Philadelphia Film Festival, which kicked off last night, is a "forced good opportunity."
Jain - who is required to attend the festival for a Cinema Studies class - is just the type of viewer festival organizers say they are trying to attract.
Penn students with internships in New York City this summer will have no guessing to do when it comes to calorie counting.
With a new regulation by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, scheduled to take effect on April 15, all New York branches of national chain restaurants must post calorie counts on their menus.
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Walking-escort use is down for the year, but went up in March.
Thus far this year, 2,376 walking escorts have been used. At this point in 2007, 2,985 walking-escort requests had been made.
In March this year, 874 escorts were used compared to 840 last March.
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All patients are not completely satisfied with their treatment at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, but the hospital scored above average on a recent government survey of patients.
On average, 67 percent of patients surveyed nationwide said they would definitely recommend their hospital to others.
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From microfinance institutions in Beijing to hotel management in Guatemala, one student group is mixing business and charity to assist developing enterprises all over the world.
Penn International Business Volunteers is one of Penn's few undergraduate organizations that combines economic consulting with philanthropy.
Next year's student leaders elected
College freshman disqualified from race; charge against freshman class pres. candidate dropped
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The Nominations and Elections Committee announced the results of the 2008-2009 student government elections last night after two violation charges postponed the results from Tuesday.
The Nominations and Elections Committee disqualified Class of 2011 College representative and UA candidate Lauren Albert following a violation brought by College freshman Marcus Goodwin, who also ran for College representative.
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As the Pennsylvania primary heats up, it may be a former Quaker and Clinton supporter who holds the key to victory for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
At a number of Pennsylvania rallies, Gov. Ed Rendell - a 1965 Penn alumnus - has used his energy and organization to turn out support for New York Sen.
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HIV cocktails - on their way out?
Researcher works on a gene-therapy treatment for HIV that could slow the disease's spread within the body
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While many researchers say an AIDS vaccine is distant - and some declare the prospect unrealistic - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine professor Carl June is pioneering a new gene therapy that could convert the HIV virus in a patient's body into a less harmful form.
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Despite recent attention from the Division of Public Safety on unattended theft, the number of theft-related crimes has skyrocketed so far this year.
DPS officials said there were 30 reports of thefts during the month of March, bringing the total to 97 for 2008 so far.
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"We are not on the West Bank; we are in West Philadelphia."
So said Sam Adelsberg, a College sophomore who organized a discussion that took place between the Penn Israel Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine last night in Huntsman Hall. This marked the first time that PIC and SJP have come together to jointly sponsor an event.
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