2008 Woodie Awards
When University City District Executive Director Lewis Wendell exited the subway station at 40th and Market streets for the first time three years ago, he was greeted by an unwelcoming scene.
He contrasted the "uninviting" area with what is otherwise a "relatively vibrant city.
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Penn is leading the way in learning how the mind works.
The University is part of a consortium that received a $10 million grant for five years from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to establish a 21st Century Center for Cognition and Science Instruction.
Graduate students in Penn's nine Ph.D.-granting schools will enjoy longer childbirth leaves and increased faculty support under two policies recently revised by the Graduate Council of the Faculties.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association is "very excited," chairman Andrew Rennekamp said.
On Monday, 22-year-old Jocelyn Kirsch, a former Drexel University student, pleaded guilty to six counts of criminal activity - all of which were committed with collaboration from '05 Penn alumnus Edward Anderton.
Anderton also pleaded guilty last month to the same six counts, which include money laundering and identity theft.
Owen Walker - the New Zealand teenager who admitted to hacking into the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server in February 2006 - was fined more than $11,000 Tuesday in a New Zealand court, according to The Associated Press.
Walker, 18, who is better known online as AKILL, had earlier pleaded guilty to criminal charges, but was spared a conviction because he agreed to work with New Zealand police to solve computer crimes.
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On July 8, Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse opened its doors for the first time at 18th and Lombard streets, the site that previously housed Graduate Hospital.
The $70 million facility - which has a specific focus on rehabilitative services - is the result of a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network.
Las Vegas is typically known as "America's Playground," but for a group of Penn School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner students, it was the site of the culmination of months of hard work and diligent research.
Graduate students Rebecca Hogan, Lisa Cantore, Ellen Clore, Amy Felix, Anne Grifo, Michelle Haimowitz and Megan Kinnear were awarded first prize for their research poster, "Assessment of the growth, nutrition knowledge, activity level and type 2 diabetes risk factors of children in the community," which they presented at the 24th Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference in Las Vegas.
College students often flaunt their school spirit with sweatshirts, flip-flops and face paint. Now, popular retailer Victoria's Secret is offering another outlet through which women can show school pride: their underwear.
The brand's new PINK Collegiate Collection line, launched this month, features lingerie and loungewear with the logos of 33 colleges and universities including Penn State and Boston College.
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Theft
July 10 - Natalie Klett, 21, unaffiliated with the University, was arrested for allegedly leaving the Penn Bookstore, located at 3601 Walnut St., without paying for merchandise at about 4:30 p.m.
July 8 - A secured projector was reported to have been removed by an unknown suspect from an office in the Life Science Building at 2 p.
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This fall, students need look no further than 34th Street for their chocolate fix.
The popular chocolatier Naked Chocolate Cafe will open a store at 34th and Walnut streets in September. The cafe will replace University Jewelers, which closed in May of this year.
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Prof. denies rumors of assistance in torture techniques
New book cites professor's psych research as influential in torture
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Recently published book The Dark Side by author and New Yorker writer Jane Mayer ties the work of Penn professor and psychologist Martin Seligman to interrogation techniques used by the CIA to extract confessions from detainees allegedly linked to al Qaeda.
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Last March, Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke to a small crowd at Houston Hall about the housing crisis. That same month, Chelsea Clinton came to Wynn Commons to talk about issues relevant to students during the campaign. Almost a month later, Clinton held her final rally before the Pennsylvania primary at the Palestra with her family cheering behind her.
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