http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to overwhelming popular demand, GAPSA is releasing a limited number of additional tickets to the Black and White Formal this weekend. Tickets will be on sale at 9:00 tomorrow at the Grad Student Center until 1:00 or until tickets are sold out, whichever comes first (they may sell out ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3421 GAPSA is now collecting survey data from renters in the Philadelphia area. Only with your help are we able to publish statistically significant results on landlord ratings, which will help incoming and current students make better-informed decisions about housing. You can already see results from the last academic year - now ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3399 Be the first to know about upcoming events and network with your fellow Penn graduate students. Find us here! http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3227 Want to represent Grad Students to the University? Have an interest in how Penn deals with issues of equity, academic development or a variety of other issues? Apply for a GAPSA University Committee or Advisory Board seat! The deadline for priority applications is August 20th. ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3194 OUtgoing GAPSA Vice Chair for Student Life Nikki Thorpe (Design) and Outgoing Vice Chair for Social Activities Jessica Kim (Education) have both been selected to receive the President and Provost's Citation for Exceptional Commitment to Graduate & Professional Student Life. Also selected was former GAPSA Representative Brian Coleman (Social Policy ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/2613 The Division of Public Safety’s Commendation Ceremony is an annual event held during the spring conducted jointly with DPS, GAPSA and the Undergraduate Assembly (UA). Commendations of merit and commendatory letters will be presented to members of the University of Pennsylvania Police Department (including the Detective Unit), the PennComm ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3109 The GAPSA Executive Board is pleased to announce successful advocacy for graduate and professional students by way of a significant increase in funding for student government activity over the next three to four years. The increase will begin during the next fiscal year (FY10) in July 2009, when GAPSA ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3106 At the request of one of the school student governments, GAPSA has conducted a review of the apportionment of School Representatives seats in the GAPSA General Assembly in accordance with the GAPSA Constitution. The new seating will take place in September 2009 and will affect the following schools. The School of Veterinary Medicine (+1 Research ... http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3094 Congratulations to the student recipients of the 2009 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching! Roshan Abraham (Classical Studies) Roy Anati (Computer and Information Sciences) Philip Ernst (Statistics) Greg Hall (Philosophy & Law) Fern Lin (Marketing) Goran Lynch (Electrical and Systems Engineering) Laura Napolitano (Sociology) Jon Pogach (Economics) Nathaniel Prottas (History of Art) Shalini Roy (Economics) Charles Sharpe (History) Hannah Voorhees (Anthropology) http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/3017 GAPSA and the Office of the Provost are pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the GAPSA-Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation. Congratulations to these individuals and teams which will each receive a $6,000 summer research stipend! A detailed press release can be found here. http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/archives/2890