Also, a brush fire broke out near Penn Medicine Station yesterday.
Thursday, March 6
Good morning, Penn.
Happy Thursday! I hope your shoes aren’t too soggy from yesterday’s rain — spring break is just a day away!
A brush fire broke out near Penn Medicine Station yesterday, and an Annenberg School for Communication study revealed how mainstream media underemphasizes coverage of chronic illnesses.
But first, the University struck multiple proposals demanding protections against discrimination and harassment during negotiations with Penn’s graduate student union.
Penn struck out multiple provisions against discrimination and harassment from Graduate Employees Together — University of Pennsylvania’s contract proposal during negotiations in what one union organizer called an “attack on DEI.”
GET-UP, which represents 3,700 student workers, first voted to unionize in May 2024 before beginning negotiations with Penn administration. The bargaining committee first signed its proposal on demands against harassment and discrimination titled “Prohibition Against Discrimination, Unlawful Harassment, and Abusive Conduct” — which defined the union’s vision for professional discourse — in October 2024.
The 13 provisions from the bargaining committee included requests for pregnancy-related accommodations, protection from harassment by Penn Police, and access to gender-neutral bathrooms.
Penn women’s lacrosse senior midfielder Anna Brandt sits alone atop the mountain after breaking the record for goals scored as Quakers.
As the Gymnastics East Championships approach, Penn gymnastics continues to fly high above the competition.
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The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence 
A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication discusses how mainstream media 
Penn women’s lacrosse senior midfielder Anna Brandt 
As the Gymnastics East Championships approach, Penn gymnastics 
