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Academics

There’s always something new going on at Penn’s four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate schools. Look here for information on upcoming academic initiatives, new classes and research conducted by professors and students.

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The museum's renovations in the Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries are the second part of the Museum’s Building Transformation project, which began in 2014 and reimagines 75% of the museum’s footprint.
03/13/25 12:03pm
Jameson will continue to lead the University — and shed his previous interim title — at a time of intense political scrutiny and mounting financial uncertainty. 
03/04/25 11:23pm
Lynne Farrington, the Director of Programs for Penn Libraries, told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the programming was created with the intention of “bringing people together and figuring out ways to make this commemoration the best it can be for the Penn Community.” 
03/03/25 11:19pm
The Board of Trustees met over the course of two days on Feb. 27 and 28 at the Inn at Penn for one of three annual stated meetings.
03/03/25 10:14pm
Multiple faculty members told The Daily Pennsylvanian that AI has forced them to change how they grade and teach their courses. 
03/03/25 1:54am
The book talk started out with a lecture from Nesbit before opening up to a roundtable discussion.
03/03/25 1:53am
Browne read excerpts from his book and detailed sources of inspiration for the story in a discussion moderated by Anthony DeCurtis, a distinguished lecturer in the creative writing program.
02/27/25 9:41pm
The Feb. 26 panel – titled “The Price of Knowledge: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?” – was the second iteration of the Faculty Senate’s three-part colloquium series “The Future of American Universities.”
02/27/25 1:29am
Penn undergraduates won $10,000 in the 2025 Y-Prize competition with their proposal for an adjustable bile duct technology that maintains bile flow without the need for additional surgeries.
02/27/25 1:28am
The new courses will take students across four continents and span a variety of disciplines, from reproductive health to engineering. 
02/25/25 11:49pm
Stuart Weitzman School of Design students traveled to Senegal for eight days as part of their studio class curriculum. 
02/25/25 12:18am
The email noted that the school has admitted an average of 307 students in recent years, but this year plans to admit 201 — a 35% reduction.
02/21/25 10:29pm
Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs — a decision faculty members say will force them to rescind offers from newly-accepted students.
02/20/25 9:29pm
During the spring 2024 semester, students participated in a preservation project of Stuart Weitzman Hall through a course titled "Documentation, Research, Recording II." 
02/20/25 9:11pm
The conference was co-hosted by various conservative and Republican student clubs at Harvard University and The Harvard Salient, a conservative campus publication.
02/20/25 2:34am
The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts opened a recreation of a colonial coffeehouse last week in recognition of the Semiquincentennial: the 250th anniversary of America’s birth. 
02/18/25 2:21am
The course is a collaboration with Penn English Language Programs, an intensive English-language curriculum for international students and professionals.
02/18/25 2:04am
The submatriculation process, which allows students to obtain an undergraduate and master's degree simultaneously from one of Penn's 12 graduate schools, is available to all students at Penn regardless of their school.
02/11/25 10:09pm
The event, which took place at Houston Hall, celebrated the work of SCUE members and acknowledged the contributions of various advisors and partner organizations in the creation of the white paper.
02/09/25 4:08pm
Students can access the Path Plans tool by selecting the “Primary Plan” button on the Path@Penn webpage.