Administration
How the Penn Wharton Budget Model became a player in the debate on the GOP tax bill
The Penn Wharton Budget Model's study has been cited numerous times in media organizations and has even been the subject of many news stories published in news publications.
MindCORE, Penn’s new interdisciplinary program, focuses on “integrative study of the mind”
The Center for Outreach, Research, and Education — the newest of Penn's neurological, behavioral, and intelligence-based research initiatives — is launching this January.
At Penn's annual MLK Day of Service, organizers stress the importance of public education in Phila.
“It really should not matter what your family means are or what you were born into, but that a good education should always be accessible,” an administrator from the School of Social Policy & Practice said.
Here's how Penn decides whether to suspend operations for bad weather
There is a minimum number of school days which all universities must meet, and that often influences the decision of whether or not to suspend operations.
The search begins for Penn's new vice provost and director of libraries
Carton Rogers will retire in June. He has worked in Penn Libraries since 1975, becoming the vice provost and director of libraries in 2004. In his role, he oversaw 18 separate University libraries.
Penn Medicine officially incorporated the Princeton HealthCare System
This is a marker of a greater shift toward incorporating small hospitals into larger health systems in order to provide more specialized and efficient care, experts say.
At a memorial service, friends gathered to honor the life of College freshman William Steinberg
Along with his parents and his two brothers, Steinberg was one of 10 American tourists who died in a plane crash while sightseeing in Costa Rica on Dec. 31.
Penn announced a new executive director of Student Registration and Financial Services
Matt Sessa, who has worked with federal and state financial aid programs for over two decades, will take on his role at a time when SRFS policies are a hot topic of discussion at Penn.
A Penn Medicine laptop with private patient information was stolen from a car
The patients whose information was contained on the non-encrypted laptop were notified of its theft via letter from Penn Medicine.
Under the final GOP tax plan, Penn will pay a landmark excise tax on its endowment
The final bill omitted a tax on graduate student waivers, which experts predicted would have hiked student fees by up to 300 percent.
This Penn study found that studying art can make for more attentive physicians
The study compared 36 students who took six 90-hour art observation courses at the art museum with other students who did not take any of the courses.
This Penn study addresses hunger pains and how to suppress them
Because of the association between food and decreasing hunger, even seeing food can indicate to the brain that the body is receiving the nutrients it needs, suppressing the desire to eat.
Trump’s repeal of DACA: inside the movement to support Penn’s 'dreamers' in 2017
Even though the Penn administration has expressed support of its DACA students, dreamers have no concrete path that would preventing them from deportation.
The office that helps Penn international students with visas is moving next semester
The last day for international students to request travel signatures is Dec. 15, since the ISSS office will be closed for advising after this Friday.
The year in free speech at Penn: Trump, neo-Nazi flyers, and 'bourgeois values'
From NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to the anti-LGBTQ preachers on College Green, free speech dominated national and local headlines this year.
Joe Biden came to Penn for the fourth time in 2018. Here's his role on campus, explained.
Students still swarm the former vice president nearly every time he appears on campus, and events where he has spoken have drawn hundreds on campus.
At this town hall, Penn grad students brainstormed ways Penn could protect them from GOP tax bill
The House of Representatives passed a version of the $1.5 trillion tax plan on Nov. 16, and it included a provision taxing tuition waivers for graduate students.
As Pottruck becomes less affordable, the 'space crunch' for performing arts groups worsens
Pottruck has phased out a discount offered to student performing arts groups to reserve rooms, which has resulted in a dramatic increase in cost of the rehearsal space.
Meet the four administrators who took on new roles at Penn this year
Over the past year, Penn has appointed a new provost, College dean, LGBT Center director, and chief diversity officer.
