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Penn Announces Part-Time Option for Master's Program in Non-Profit and NGO Leadership
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice will offer a part-time master’s degree in non-profit and non-governmental organization leadership beginning in the fall of 2009.
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University of Pennsylvania "Commons" Creates Global Learning Connections for Environmental Sustainability
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies has launched the LPS Open Learning Commons, an interactive online learning platform that incorporates social networking.
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Penn President Amy Gutmann and Penn Experts to Discuss the Economic Crisis and Its Aftermath at University-Wide Forum
PHILADELPHIA –- University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and a panel of Penn faculty will explore the causes of the economic and financial crisis, as well as its short- and long-term impacts on the world, at the inaugural David and Lyn Silfen University Forum. “After the Fall: A World Transformed?” will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Zellerbach Theater in Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.
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Penn Student Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA – University of Pennsylvania senior Alexander Jacobs has been selected to receive a 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. He becomes the 16th Penn student to win the award since it was established in 2001.
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For Philly, tough choices ahead
The economy is not improving. In fact, it appears to be getting a whole lot worse.
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The age of AIDS
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Nearly three decades have passed since the discovery of HIV, and James A. Hoxie, director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn CFAR), has been involved with the epidemic from the beginning.
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The benefits of cohabitation
For years, researchers have known that with age comes a decrease in fertility. What they haven’t been able to figure out is how to stop or slow down this decline.
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How do I get a locker at the gym?
Dear Benny: I recently began working out at the Pottruck Center. It is an amazing facility but I noticed that there are very few unoccupied lockers. How do I go about getting one? —Health Nut Dear Health Nut, Men’s and women’s locker room locker rentals are made available through a general lottery system each summer.
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A stronger, divided Iraq?
America’s presence in Iraq should end, says Brendan O’Leary. But it shouldn’t happen the way many might prefer.
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Staff Q&A/Emily Plowman
Photo credit: Mark Stehle On Inauguration Day, Emily Plowman stood among thousands on the National Mall. She saw people clapping, hugging, crying and, eventually, listening in hushed silence to Barack Obama’s first speech as President of the United States. It was a sight she’ll never forget.