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Twenty Penn students recognized as UN Millenium Fellows
The UN Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long leadership development program, selects students based on their merit and commitment to impactful social initiatives aligned with the UN's 17 Seventeen Development Goals.
Annual Diwali event promotes cross-cultural learning among Penn community
The event began with a 15-minute presentation on the background of Diwali for different South Asian religions, followed by a puja honoring the goddess Lakshmi.
Wharton ranks No. 4 on LinkedIn's list of top MBA programs in the U.S.
Harvard Business School took the top spot, followed by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College at second and third, respectively.
Penn Med researchers awarded $5 million grant to study Alzheimer's disease, related dementias
Six million people in the United States currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy Body dementia.
Inside Penn's $600 million new phase of campus development, including renovations to DRL
The DP spoke with University Architect Mark Kocent about the latest phase of campus development, its current timeline, and how it will affect the University and Philadelphia communities.
Penn graduate students, University disagree on inclusion of student researchers in union hearing
Penn argued that first- and second-year biomedical graduate students and educational fellowship recipients working on lab rotations should not be included in the body.
Penn Labs releases new features for fitness monitoring, schedule sharing, student polling
Penn Labs is a group of student engineers, developers, and designers that create products to improve student life.
Hundreds of faculty across country petition for Penn to defend pro-Palestinian staff, students
The letter included signatures from 44 Penn affiliates at the time of publication and was made public on Nov. 20.
Wellness at Penn hosts COVID-19 booster clinic, vaccinating around 1,000 attendees
The clinic — which was hosted in partnership with Sunray, a local pharmacy — provided COVID-19 boosters to members of the Penn community from Nov. 8 to Nov. 10.
Freedom School for Palestine sit-in enters second week despite threats from Penn officials
The group has outlined three key demands towards top University representatives: ceasefire in Gaza now, the protection of freedom of speech at the University, and the institution of critical thought on Palestine.
Penn LGBT Center hosts vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance
The vigil honored the transgender community and transgender lives that were lost in the past year, and the LGBT Center is organizing a family dinner on Nov. 29 to end Transgender Awareness Month.
The Southeast Asian Circle at Penn unites students in business and culture
As Penn's first organization of its kind, the SEAC aims to unite Southeast Asian communities through cultural and social events while also offering consulting services and volunteering opportunities to Southeast Asian organizations both locally and globally.
Penn President Liz Magill opens applications for advisory group focused on Jewish student experience
The advisory group will assemble the perspectives of Jewish students at Penn to discuss “issues of concern,” according to an email to the Penn community on Nov. 16.
Who are the alumni that have joined the donor backlash against Penn leadership?
The DP researched some of the most notable donors to understand their backgrounds, Penn leadership roles, and level of generosity to Penn during their time as alumni.
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie calls for Magill to resign from Penn presidency
Christie spoke about antisemitism on college campuses and said Magill, in addition to the presidents of Harvard and Cornell universities, should be fired.
Mask and Wig's 'An Ivy League of Their Own' merges baseball and comedy in fall production
The show, reminiscent of "Saturday Night Live," featured a series of short, humorous sketches, musical parodies, existential satire, and pop-culture references, all set against a baseball-themed backdrop.
Penn student co-creates AI-translator to spread awareness about Lenape language, history
LenaGPT allows users to pose questions and receive comprehensive answers, drawing on expertise and collaboration with the Lenape community.
Rowan, Lauder, and Huntsman companies have donated over $50,000 to Republicans critical of Penn
Over half of the Congress members who have publicly criticized Penn's response to Hamas' attack on Israel have received campaign support from withdrawn Penn donors and their affiliated companies.
Asian American Studies undergraduate board hosts conference on displacement struggles in Phila.
Called “Roots of Residency: Gentrification and Displacement in Philadelphia,” the conference focused on continued intergenerational organizing efforts throughout the community.