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Penn sets Guiness Record: Who says size doesn’t matter?
It’s 15 feet 9 inches long and Penn just set a guiness book record that belonged once to Harvard. You’ve got to click here to find out what it is! On October 14, 2006 the Harvard University set a new world record for the largest conductor’s baton with a baton nearly 12 feet in length. […]
A new way for undergrads to find jobs!
Most brothers fight with their young siblings. While Austin Lavin (C’06) may fight with his younger 16 year old sister, it’s probably over something having to do with the new web business they started together, http://www.myfirstpaycheck.com/. Per Austin, this job posting site for high school and college students is a valuable resource for Penn students […]
Michael Highland (SEAS’07) wants to show you his reprogrammed brain
Michael Highland (SEAS’07) wants to show you how videogames have reprogrammed his brain. Michael’s film, As Real as Your Life is a 22 minute film chronicling Michael’s own addiction to video games and the effect they have had on his life so far. This is pretty cool in a Clockwork Orangey kind of way. From […]
Aint Easy Being Green for Stephen Morse (C’07)
Can a non-Whartonite undergrad get funding from Wharton to create a documentary? Sure can. Ask Stephen Morse (C’07, Daily Pennsylvanian). Through the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, recent grad (and Pennfest 2007 selectee), Stephen Morse (C’07, Daily Pennsylvanian) was able to start Morse-Levin Productions and create Ain’t Easy Being Green, his documentary about the controversial 2006 […]
Alex Weinress chooses a favorite son
Hi Matt,Thanks again for your email. My apologies for the delay…I graduated from Penn in 1994 with a BA in Political Science and Environmental Studies. I also took a number of film related courses (Penn-In-Cannes).In 1997, I produced and directed a mock documentary feature, SUPERPHAN, in collaboration with Penn alum VInce Mola (C’96). In 1999 […]
Don’t call this Penn spoken word poet “granola”!
The more I write about alumni and undergrads, the more I’m realizing that not only is there a lot of talent out there, but our Penn folk have some powerful opinions and voices. One such alum is Caroline Rothstein (C’06, The Excelano Project), a spoken word poet currently living in New York City. Her poetry […]
