Campus & Community

You know that old proverb, “He who fails to plan, plans to fail”? When planning your next event at Penn, the only thing that is guaranteed to happen is what you arrange to happen. Take this short “True or False” quiz to discover how much you know about planning events on campus:

SEOUL, KOREA –- The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) announced today two gifts totaling $7.5 million that will greatly enhance its Korean Studies Program, one of the oldest of its kind in North America.

SEOUL, KOREA –- In a ceremony today at Seoul National University (SNU), the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and SNU announced an agreement recognizing shared academic interests between the two universities.

Sometimes a day at the salon is anything but superficial. It’s essential. Throughout the course of their treatment, many cancer patients watch helplessly as their bodies undergo a host of physical changes. For women, hair loss and the deterioration of skin tone can exact a particularly emotional toll.

National Bike to Work Day gets underway on Friday, May 20, and Joy Cannon, a researcher at Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, is inviting fellow bicyclists to sign up for this year’s Commuter Challenge.

The Key, WXPN’s online site focusing on Philadelphia’s best local music, has launched a new audio stream called “Songs In The Key Of Philly: Volume 1,” featuring two hours of new local music selected by WXPN’s Helen Leicht and Y-Rock on XPN hosts John Vettese, Kate Bracaglia and Jake Rabid.

Leanne McCarron’s typical day is so packed her schedule looks like that of two people.

Seth Dunipace, a 2011 Penn Vet graduate, is the first veterinary student in more than 15 years to be awarded the prestigious Fulbright research grant. He will be spending the 2011-2012 academic year studying and conducting research in Denmark.

Penn’s School of Nursing and the School of Nursing at Peking University in Beijing have established a Memorandum of Understanding, creating a partnership and a formal research relationship between the schools.