Administration
For international students, visa requirements pose an additional hurdle during recruiting
Even after international students secure a sponsor for the H-1B visa, they still have to enter a lottery system for the visa which is known for having a low acceptance rate. In 2016, only 85,000 visas were granted out of 236,000 applications.
Six local eateries are slated to close by the end of June
At least 11 local businesses have closed in the past year, including Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar, Doc Magrogan's Oyster House, Bridge Cafe and the Fresh Grocer.
Penn named 'most beautiful college' in Pennsylvania
"Penn has it all," according to Travel + Leisure magazine, "eclectic and varied architecture, plenty of trees, and even a park with views of the Philadelphia skyline."
Penn Medicine receives $1.5 million state grant to promote 'safe sleep practices for newborns'
This grant-funded program will be "rolled out to hospitals, ambulatory care settings, communities, and homes," Penn Medicine said.
Penn professor calls on colleges to stop recognizing fraternities in op-ed
His opinion piece comes amid a national conversation on hazing and fraternity culture stemming from the death of Penn State University sophomore Timothy Piazza.
Key moments from Penn's 261st Commencement ceremony on Monday
For the 261st time, the University of Pennsylvania commissioned a new graduating class into the world.
Dean of the College Dennis DeTurck is stepping down at the end of June
Andrew Binns, a biology professor, will remain the interim dean until New Student Orientation.
Penn Medicine announces $1.5 billion Pavilion, the University's 'largest capital project' in history
The project aims to house inpatient care for heart and vascular medicine and surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, the Abramson Cancer Center and a new emergency department. This is Philadelphia's most "ambitious health care building project," Penn Medicine said in a statement.
A survey from a consulting club at Penn found that 64.5 percent of students are unsatisfied with the dining plan
Engineering freshman Eddie Hammond said he was disappointed by the results of the survey, since 25 percent of the student body is required to have one. “Freshmen get locked into the dining program," Hammond said. "Penn should be doing it’s best that students get their money’s worth."
Wendell Pritchett selected as Penn's next provost
Pritchett, a scholar of urban policy, education and race relations, is currently the Presidential Professor of Law and Education at Penn Law.
Greek organizations on campus just attended their first formal training session on mental health
Vice president of Sigma Alpha Mu and College junior Matt Foman said he felt the Greek community was a good place to start expanding mental health training. “I think that Greek life is a place where people can be very real with each other and aren’t really afraid to talk about more intimate things," he said.At a panel with other Phila. university presidents, Gutmann talked globalization and 'being left out of the American Dream'
It was the first time all these presidents came together in a public forum to discuss what the schools could do for Philadelphia, given that only 27.4 percent of the city's residents have a bachelor's degree and only 64 percent of graduates of Philadelphia-area universities stay in the city.
Here's why the high rises and the Quad will only have AC starting this Wednesday
The impending arrival of air-conditioning has given Quad residents something to celebrate. “I’m excited that AC is coming to the Quad,” Engineering freshman Colleen Campbell said. “Now I can sleep again.”
Task force formed after OZ email incident recommends new requirements for off-campus groups
One major recommendation involves the creation of a new category for off-campus organizations — called “Identified Off-Campus Groups.”
MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow Angela Duckworth will be this year's Baccalaureate speaker
There will be two Baccalaureate ceremonies held on May 14: one at 1:30 p.m. and another at 3 p.m.
An LPS student, 37, died of cancer, Penn announced on Wednesday
Abass Johnson was in the Master of Science in Applied Geosciences program and had last taken classes at Penn in spring 2016.
Two seniors will start a school in Senegal with funds from President's Engagement Prize
“We talked about a lot of social issues that lead to health issues,” College senior Selamawit Bekele said. “We realized that having grown up in two different countries, we knew of these types of traditional education systems that prompted these children to leave their homes."
Nursing seniors plan to revolutionize the way homeless individuals receive health care
Nursing seniors Marcus Henderson and Ian McCurry are recipients of the 2017 President’s Engagement Prize, which awards $100,000 to put towards their project.
Penn Seniors launch a tutoring program for 'often overlooked' Latino high school students
Announced as one of the winners of the President’s Engagement Prizes last week, the group of students behind Lanzado Lideres — a bilingual, community-based program for high school students in South Philadelphia — will focus on developing the project over the course of the next year.