Administration
Student group Actively Moving Forward helped the administration craft a bereavement policy guide for students
The lack of a clear grieving policy at Penn prompted the group to work with Penn’s administration to coordinate more specific guidelines for bereavement and grief support issues for students.
University advises students from banned Muslim-majority countries to defer travel
The statement did not mention President Donald Trump by name, in keeping with Penn's pattern of declining to acknowledge their most famous alumnus even as he has assumed the nation's highest office.
Three days after his inauguration, Penn did not list Trump as a 'notable' alumnus involved in government
As of Jan. 23, he was omitted from the University Archives and Records Center's list of alumni heads of state or government. Trump's name was added on Jan. 24, after The Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board reached out to him about the issue.
NEC opens applications for seats for mis- and underrepresented student groups on the University Council
Every year, the NEC holds a semester long election process to allocate nine undergraduate seats on the University Council to representatives of Penn student groups that feel mis- or underrepresented.
These Penn Medicine researchers were just given $12 million to study diabetes
The Human Pancreas Analysis Program, led by Penn Medicine professors Ali Naji and Klaus Kaestner, will bring together researchers from multiple disciplines at Penn to analyze the human pancreas.Wage discrimination bill could address gender wage gap among Penn faculty
Wage discrimination, particularly the pay gap between white men and their female and minority counterparts, dominated conversations last election cycle.
More housing could increase future freshman class sizes, but Furda isn't making promises
Don’t expect an influx of students next year: Penn’s target freshman class size will remain at 2,445 students for the Class of 2021.
Penn Medicine dean is appointed for a second term
Jameson received a total compensation package of $2,665,721 in fiscal year 2014-15, making him the second highest compensated administrator at Penn after Gutmann.
Penn maintenance worker says he was sent to drown out religious protesters
A FRES employee told a Daily Pennsylvanian editor that he was instructed to drown out the protesters, but a Penn spokesperson denied any such command.
Amy Gutmann was there when Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Biden recently confirmed that he would be "based out of Penn for foreign policy" after leaving office on a hot mic at the mock swearing-in ceremony for senators.
With the help of cocoa and Amy Gutmann, this 2015 Penn graduate is promoting gender equality in Ghana
The tuition-free school and its companion community hospital were projects of 2015 President’s Engagement Prize winner and 2015 College graduate Shadrack Frimpong. The prize is a $100,000 grant from Penn to kickstart a student’s idea for a humanitarian project.
A new scholarship will support Penn's student leaders in mental health
This year, Penn will begin awarding a $150,000 scholarship to student leaders in mental health and wellness.
Newest Penn Integrates Knowledge professor is an expert in neuroscience
The PIK program, launched by Penn President Amy Gutmann in 2005, recruits faculty with expertise across disciplines to teach at Penn.
Here's who will lead the search for Penn's next provost
College senior Kat McKay, the president of the Undergraduate Assembly, will be among the student representatives.
Former members of Track and Field team lose federal appeal in case for athlete minimum wage
Taylor Hennig and Gillian Berger sued Penn and the NCAA, arguing that Division I student-athletes should be entitled to a minimum wage during their seasons.
Undocumented students meet with top administrators, but not Gutmann, in Wed. night meeting
Five undocumented students met with high-level administrators for two hours to discuss the University’s commitment to undocumented students.
Why a former Penn Police officer filed a lawsuit because he refused to shave his beard
Joseph Lewis had been a Penn Police officer for close to six years before his sergeant told him to shave or go home, according to his legal complaint.
Here's what Penn Chaplain Chaz Howard has to say about Trump's victory
Chaplain Chaz Howard weighed with his opinions about what the Republican's win means for the black community and social justice movements in the next four years.
How does Penn's 'sanctuary' campus status compare with other colleges?
With the recent addition of Swarthmore College, the list of “sanctuary campuses” in the U.S. now stands at seven.