Thursday Morning: New initiative helps Penn athletes cash in

Thursday, February 1

Good morning, Penn.

Happy February! Starting this Monday, Feb. 5, you'll receive this newsletter each morning the exact same way — with the exact same essential Penn news — but under a new name. Stay tuned for the official reveal in your inbox and on the DP's social media.

In today's headlines, Penn is now one of few schools that still face ongoing legal action in a January 2022 price-fixing lawsuit alleging that the University colluded with other institutions to artificially raise tuition costs, and a second-year Penn Med resident created an app to ease physicians' administrative work.

Also, guest columnist and former Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok raised various difficulties that the University may face in its search for a new president to replace former Penn President Liz Magill on a permanent basis.

But first, Penn will be instituting its own version of Name, Image, and Likeness for student-athletes: Penn-I-L. Let's take a look.

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☀️ TODAY'S TOP STORY

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Penn institutes new NIL policy for student-athletes

Penn will be instituting its own initiative to provide student athletes with a streamlined mode of communication and mode of payment between student athletes and brands. It comes after the implementation of the NCAA's Name, Image, and Likeness policy. Students have already expressed support for the policy, calling it a "game changer."

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FOUR MORE BIG STORIES

Here's the latest on a price fixing lawsuit alleging that Penn collaborated to shortchange students from the financial aid packages that they should have received. Many universities who were also involved in the suit have already settled.
A Penn study identified several genetic variants associated with glaucoma in people of African ancestry
A second-year resident at the Perelman School of Medicine built an AI dictation software designed to ease administrative tasks for physicians.
The Nudge Unit of Penn Medicine is launching new projects new projects, with targeted goals including the healing of opioid use disorder and alcohol-related mortality.

📰 MOST READ

Penn Medicine hospital cited for two safety violations within month, one resulting in patient death

OPINION

In a guest column, FORMER CHAIR OF PENN'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCOTT BOK calls for difficult questions to be answered before launching a search for the University's next president.
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SPORTS

Penn football welcomes former Johns Hopkins head coach Greg Chimera to the staff as the team's new offensive coordinator.

TODAY IN DP HISTORY

Last year, the DP reported on various new restaurants' openings near campus, including the long-awaited Five Guys on Spruce Street. This year similarly features many new restaurant openings, including Van Leeuwen Ice Cream.
Photo by Abhiram Juvvadi.

🧩 TAKE A BREATHER

Click here to play today’s DP mini crossword, which was constructed by Garv Mehdiratta.

FROM 34TH STREET MAGAZINE

You've definitely seen the artwork of Alyssa Chandler. From the Save Chinatown movement to the University City Townhomes protest, this Penn senior is using art as her medium of activism.
Thriller-mystery meets friends to lovers meets Anne Hathaway … what more could you ask for? Street has much to say about the film adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel "Eileen."

FROM UNDER THE BUTTON

Internship this, internship that. Everyone needs one, yet Management 1010 does not seem to have provided us with the relevant skills to get one! Don't worry, Penn's esteemed alumni base is there to help all those who know about it. Except in this tragic case, it did not. Send help or contracts via email.

Today's newsletter was copy edited by Nicholas Maharaj.

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