Spring Break
The College of Information and Science Technology hosted a rededication for the Rush Building's Alumni Garden Sept. 27. The re-landscaped garden now includes a waterfall, bike rack and picnic tables equipped with wireless Internet and power outlets.
Residents of West Philadelphia will soon be getting their cable television and Internet services from another provider.
Stanley Gwiazda, dean emeritus of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies, passed away Sept. 12. He was 84.
The first-floor bathrooms of East Hall were flooded by sewage water Aug. 26 at approximately 12:30 a.m.
Horacio Sosa, associate dean of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies, has left the University to take a position at Rowan University.
The Office of the Provost has introduced a newly revised Academic Standing (Probation) Policy, effective at the beginning of the current fall term.
Elizabeth Dale has been appointed the senior vice president for institutional advancement at the University, replacing the position's interim holder, Peter Frisko. Dale's previous position was that of vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Adele Barbato was recently appointed the new vice president of Human Resources. Barbato comes to the University from MedQuist, where she served as the senior vice president. MedQuist is the nation's largest clinical health information and medical transcription company.
The University City Lighting Consortium dedicated the neighborhood's new streetlights at an official ceremony Oct. 3 at the University of Pennsylvania's Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services on 3160 Chestnut Street.
University President Constantine Papadakis was appointed by Mayor John street to lead a task force for the Philadelphia School District, Sept. 29.
