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The petition, which was sent to Penn administrators on Aug. 22, is inclusive of tenured and non-tenured faculty, adjunct professors, lecturers, and graduate student instructors.
While students have eagerly awaited a return to in-person campus life, some are also feeling a sense of anxiety associated with in-person interactions.
With Penn's campus once again populated with students, many local restaurants have reopened their doors, and some have normalized their capacities and hours after closing or limiting operations due to COVID-19.
The Sheraton University City Volleyball Invitational was a success for the Red and Blue's women's volleyball team, who won all three of their matches and swept the tournament. The star of the show was junior captain Autumn Leak, who finished the weekend with 50 kills and a .311 hitting percentage.
After missing in-person New Student Orientation last fall, the Class of 2024 became the first sophomore class to attend a specialized second-year orientation program.
The event, titled “Annenberg Conversations on Gender: From Algorithm Audits to Accountability,” featured conversation about implicit biases in Google Image Search results.
The UA internally elected College and Wharton junior Carson Sheumaker as speaker, College sophomore Pranav Tadikonda as secretary, and College junior Sarah Ramadan as treasurer.
Despite the best efforts of Penn women's soccer's newest athletes, the Quakers were unable to stave off their first loss of the season at the hands of No. 25 Hofstra.