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Penn Law professor Amy Wax’s anti-Asian comments spark national scrutiny
An online petition calling on Penn to suspend Wax and reform the University's tenure policy has been signed by over 800 people.
Penn moves classes online for first two weeks of spring semester, delays campus move-in
On-campus housing move-in, which was previously scheduled to begin on Jan. 8, will begin on Jan. 15 and in-person classes will resume on Jan. 24.
Penn requires all eligible community members to receive COVID-19 booster vaccine by Jan. 31
All eligible students, faculty, postdoctoral students, and staff must receive the booster shot by Jan. 31.
Penn enters agreement to purchase McDonald's on 40th and Walnut streets
The location will be renovated into a mixed-use office building, according to Executive Director of Real Estate Ed Datz.
Penn accepts 15.6% of early decision applicants to the Class of 2026
Penn released its early admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.
Cornell shuts down campus, moves finals online amid rising COVID-19 cases
Cancellations include a Dec. 18 graduation ceremony, athletic competitions, the closure of campus libraries and fitness centers, and transition of final exams to an online format.
Penn moves final exams online for week of Dec. 20
Finals scheduled through Dec. 17 will continue in person, while finals during the week of Dec. 20 will be online.
Amy Gutmann praised, but questioned about Penn’s ties to China at ambassadorship hearing
Gutmann faced questions about the millions of dollars in donations that the University has received from China during her time at Penn.
Two men shot at 38th and Chestnut streets Monday night
Police said the two victims were in their car when the two gunmen jumped out of their car and proceeded to fire "at least 15 shots."
Penn’s former director of Financial Aid William Schilling dies at age 76
Schilling entered Penn in 1962 as an undergraduate student and remained at Penn until his retirement from being director of Financial Aid in 2012.
Penn’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies director James McGann dies at 66
McGann dedicated most of his life’s work to the development and interconnection of think tanks on a global scale.
Amy Gutmann to appear before Senate committee Tuesday in first ambassadorship hearing
After the Dec. 14 hearing, the committee will schedule a vote to submit Gutmann’s nomination to the Senate — favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation.
Hundreds petition Penn to move finals online after University bans indoor social gatherings
The petition calls for final exams for large lecture classes to be moved online, citing several grievances with the enforcement of the PennOpen Pass self-reporting system and difficulties with social distancing in classrooms.In Photos: 2021
The world ebbed and flowed with its fair share of monumental events in 2021. Riding alongside the waves, the Penn community lived no exception. The Daily Pennsylvanian’s photographers documented the stories of 2021, at Penn and beyond, as they marked history in their stride.
Two Penn graduates and one student named Schwarzman Scholars
College senior Daniel Ruiz de la Concha and 2019 Wharton graduates Shuxi (Shirley) Liu and Heather Tang were awarded the scholarship to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Wharton study finds energy-efficient technologies can help families save money
The study found that energy-efficient technologies can help families in low-income countries save a significant amount of money.
Penn study finds that focusing on short-term smoking effects reduces youth smoking
The results showed that young people will take greater measures to stop smoking due to the short-term consequences, such as being judged by friends, developing headaches, and inhaling chemicals, than long-term outcomes.
Year in Review: A look back at the stories that defined 2021
Penn community members coped with the ever-changing pandemic and associated losses, and they managed a complicated and often stressful return to in-person classes and exams.
Here's everything you need to know about Penn's indoor social gatherings ban
Dubé said the decision to prohibit indoor social events was preventative in nature and was made in an effort to avoid the need for further restrictions on campus movement, which could jeopardize the University's academic mission.