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Penn Med residents and fellows vote to unionize, first housestaff union in Pennsylvania
Following the 892-110 vote, 1,400 housestaff members will be recognized by the Committee of Interns and Residents.
A ballot guide to the 2023 Philadelphia primary election
In Pennsylvania, the final day to register to vote for this election is May 1, and the last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot is May 9.
Penn endowment receives 'D' grade in passing human rights standards, report finds
Penn, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, MIT, the University of Chicago, and the University of Texas in receiving a grade of D or F.
Penn Med takes legal action after TikTok video about understaffing at University hospital
A judge denied a motion to protect Penn Medicine from TikToks published by malpractice attorney Thomas Bosworth.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Helen Gym
The mayoral candidate was recently on Penn's campus to join a rally in support of resident advisors and graduate associates’ efforts to unionize.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Cherelle Parker
The mayoral candidate, who received her master’s degree in public administration from the Fels Institute of Government in 2016, said she views Penn as an “essential service provider in the Philadelphia area.”
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Allan Domb
The mayoral candidate, who recently attended a debate at an on-campus forum, said that Penn plays a strong and central role in Philadelphia.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Rebecca Rhynhart
Rhynhart said that she believes there are significant opportunities for the city to partner with Penn.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: James DeLeon
DeLeon said that Penn students are “very astute” at recognizing the issues facing Philadelphia and that the University community is “extremely important.”
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: David Oh
In January 2022, Oh spearheaded a bipartisan letter signed by 16 out of 17 City Council members asking Penn administrators to review the role of Amy Wax.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Warren Bloom
Bloom says on his website that he supports youth engagement through volunteer work intended to teach local high school students about public service and civic engagement.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Amen Brown
Brown has supported legislation for increased mandatory minimum sentencing requirements, according to The Philadelphia Citizen.
Meet the 2023 mayoral candidates: Jeff Brown
In a previous interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Brown said that he decided to enter politics after learning about food deserts.
FFP members object to proposed interpretation updates at Penn Committee on Open Expression hearing
Students from Fossil Free Penn objected to several clauses of the interpretation, urging The Committee on Open Expression to take a more active role in protecting students’ right to protest.
Penn has largest pay gap between graduate student stipends, presidential salary among Ivy League
Penn’s average Ph.D. student stipend is 1.23% of its president’s salary, while the Ivy League’s average graduate student stipend is 2.53% of the average president’s salary.
Hundreds of Penn graduate student workers rally for union recognition at campus demonstration
The group announced on April 24 that over 1,900 Penn doctoral, master's, and undergraduate student workers have signed authorization cards to form a union.
Penn sends disciplinary notice to student founder of dining swipe exchange platform
The platform, Swipe Exchange, allowed students to list and bid for meal exchanges at the retail dining location Houston Market.
Venture Lab awards Startup Challenge grand prize to renewable natural gas startup
Alongside the grand prize award, Venture Lab also awarded a number of other prizes to competing startups.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star Stephanie Hsu visits Penn for SPEC Connaissance event
This event comes after the cancellation of the previously scheduled SPEC event with Jonathan Majors on April 4 following his arrest on charges of assault and harassment.