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Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink moves towards conducting human trials
Musk, a 1997 College and Wharton graduate and the TIME 2021 person of the year, told the Wall Street Journal that Neuralink hopes to implant the device into human brains sometime in 2022.
Students, faculty discuss significance of Pennsylvania redistricting as debate continues
Pennsylvanian politicians are attempting to finalize district maps for the state to use based on 2020 census data. Penn Leads the Vote has been working to include the perspectives of more college-aged voters in the redistricting process.
Penn women’s swimmer Lia Thomas sparks national conversation on transgender athletes
Thomas broke meet, program, and pool records at the 2021 Zippy Invitational — which has since sparked a national conversation about transgender athletes in sports and current NCAA guidelines.
Penn's new indoor masking policy, explained
In a Jan. 7 email to the Penn community, administrators announced that all community members in campus buildings must either double-mask or wear a KN95 or N95 mask.
Penn reopens indoor dining as in-person classes resume
Students are expected to provide proof of vaccination in compliance with Philadelphia’s vaccine card mandate when dining at any of Penn's retail dining locations.
Penn Residential Services to be relocated to Sansom Place West before Stouffer renovations
Director of Residential Services Patrick Killilee confirmed that the relocation of the offices is not permanent and that they will return to Stouffer Commons following the renovations.
Penn Medicine's Drew Weissman, Katalin Karikó receive $3 million VinFuture Grand Prize
Two Perelman School of Medicine Professors were awarded $3 million dollars in Vietnam for their breakthrough mRNA research which led to the technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
NCAA announces new transgender athlete guidelines, defers authority on a sport-by-sport basis
After Penn swimmer Lia Thomas broke meet and program records at the Zippy Invitationals, the NCAA's policies on transgender athletes have drawn national attention.
Dartmouth includes international students in need-blind admissions
This change means that Dartmouth will no longer consider an applicant's ability to pay in evaluating international students, as well as U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
COVID-19 cases fall citywide, indicating that Omicron peak may have passed in Philadelphia
New daily infections in Philadelphia, the neighboring counties, and South Jersey seem to have peaked between Jan. 9 and 12, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The average daily cases in Philadelphia have dropped by 40% over the course of this past week.
Penn confirms in-person classes will resume Jan. 24
In an email sent to the Penn community on Thursday morning, Penn administrators pointed to indicators that the peak of the Omicron variant has passed, following a surge of cases in the region.
Number of students in Penn's COVID-19 isolation housing surges, despite declining case count
Penn’s weekly COVID-19 case count and positivity rate subsided while the number of students in isolation continued to surge in the week prior to on-campus move-in.
Market values in University City rise as residents struggle to stay in their homes
Market value and the total taxable land increased more in University City compared to other areas of Philadelphia from 2015 to 2021.
Wharton professor Gwendolyn Gordon dies at 41
Gordon was an Assistant Professor in the Wharton School's Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, and held a secondary appointment in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, according to the Penn Almanac.
Penn plans to invest over $4 million in West Phila. elementary school
The Philadelphia School District school board is set to vote on Jan. 27 on a policy that would enter the district into an agreement with Penn worth $816,500 a year over the course of five years.
Harvard ends university-provided isolation housing and COVID-19 contact tracing
Students who test positive for the virus will be required to self-isolate in their dorms for five days, according to the Harvard Crimson.
Penn’s political clubs look forward to reconvening in person, when COVID-19 guidelines allow
Leaders from Penn Government and Politics Association, Penn Democrats, College Republicans, and Penn Justice Democrats agreed that it is essential to follow Penn's new guidelines for campus events and gatherings outlined in their most recent statement due to the surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide. They expressed that they hope that it will be safe to return to face-to-face meetings and events in the upcoming weeks.
Penn Law to begin sanctions process against Amy Wax, citing 'increasing' promotion of white supremacy
In the statement, Penn Law School Dean Ted Ruger wrote that complaints from Penn community members about Wax, who is a tenured University professor, motivated his decision to initiate the sanctions process.
Meet five members of the Class of 2026 admitted via Early Decision
Penn accepted 15.63% of early decision applicants to the Class of 2026. Admission was offered to 1,218 students, comprising around half of the Class of 2026.