Education, Business, & Law

By the time Janeé Franklin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May, she had already built an impressive resume. The 21-year-old Virginia Beach, Va., native credits Penn’s financial aid program with helping her to work her way through college in meaningful jobs directly related to her career interests.

Fellowships from the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton will enable two University of Pennsylvania professors to pursue their research full time this year.

It’s a momentous day when a foster child graduates from high school.  But, now what? One center at the University of Pennsylvania is working to address the needs of this under-the-radar population by stimulating a shift in higher education policy.

The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety will hold its annual Open House on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 4040 Chestnut St.

Jessica King, 20, who calls herself  “a child of public school,” is on a path to become the principal of a charter school. King was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an early-decision applicant.

Thanks to a generous boost from its founders, the Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania will be able to prepare even more students for lives of leadership and service.

Camille Z. Charles, professor of sociology and Africana studies in the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named as a 2013-14 Fellow by the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice at New York University.

Heading to college for the first time can be an anxious time. Beyond the hard work of packing and moving to campus, nerves can be frazzled. For some, it is the first time they’ll be living away from home. There are the emotional goodbyes, roommates meeting for the first time and a whole new campus to navigate.

There are about 4,000 alternative currencies in use around the world, and they vary widely. In Zimbabwe, a country with so much hyperinflation that it hasn’t had a national currency since 2009, people create colorful non-bank notes and barter for goods and services.

With the signing of an agricultural conservation easement this week, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has ensured that 145 acres of its New Bolton Center Campus will be protected from development and will continue