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Wharton MBA Class of 2021 reports highest-ever median salary at $155,000
Ninety-nine percent of MBA students who sought jobs after graduating from the Wharton School in 2021 received at least one offer.
Bipartisan federal infrastructure package will fund SEPTA and Delaware River watershed
The funding will primarily go towards local bridges, highways, and public transportation.
As temperatures dropped, parts of David Rittenhouse Laboratory were left without heat
The heating in several math professors' offices stopped working on Nov. 3 — as temperatures outside reached a low of 37 degrees.
Philadelphia City Council advances legislation to make outdoor dining permanent
The proposed bill would allow streeteries to permanently set up in Center City, University City, business districts in Fishtown, and other areas.
Penn will continue hybrid work for staff next spring, extend employee winter break
Winter break will be extended by two days to include Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 as a show of gratitude, University administrators announced.
DPS recommends Penn community stay indoors following junkyard fire, but doesn't cancel class
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is testing air samples for toxic pollution and recommended that those with heart or lung problems avoid exerting themselves in areas with smoke.
Penn’s COVID-19 case count remains low, but many students still at risk of testing noncompliance
While the overall case count remains low, thousands of students — including 2,856 undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences — are at risk of receiving noncompliance red PennOpen Passes on Nov. 16 due to testing noncompliance.
Penn students voted at record-high rate in 2020 election, awarded Best Campus Action Plan
Nearly 77% of eligible Penn students voted in the presidential election — a 9.2 percentage point increase from the 2016 election and a 23.1 percentage point increase from the 2018 midterm election.
Machine learning improved Greece’s border screening for COVID-19
A Penn professor collaborated with Greek researchers during the summer of 2020 to evaluate the effectiveness of Eva, a machine learning tool designed to track data on travelers’ COVID-19 screening results.
Penn students, staff reflect on working for the NBC News Decision Desk on Election Day
Members of Penn’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies helped the NBC News Decision Desk call races on Election Day.
Rep. Krajewski announces $99,500 grant for restoration of The Woodlands cemetery
The grant will be used to improve infrastructure for the cemetery, including the re-pavement of roads and refurbishment of the cemetery’s gates.
Student groups criticize Penn for stopping short of divestment in latest climate policy update
Penn administrators announced late last week that the University will halt commitments to private equity vehicles dedicated to investments in fossil fuel production.
Penn Engineering professor's work featured at Falling Walls Science Summit
His research in the summit focuses on photophoretic levitation, a type of light-powered flight.
Wharton professor wins NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award
The Young Explorer Award was launched in February 2021, and is presented jointly by the NOMIS Foundation and Science Magazine.
Study finds Penn Med's triage tool effective at determining severity of COVID-19 symptoms
The Triage Tool was delivered through a chat box on the Penn Medicine website and patient portal.
Philadelphia makes COVID-19 vaccine available to children ages five to 11
The City of Philadelphia announced that the Health Department is working with vaccine providers to get children vaccinated in the same facilities as adults.
Penn monitoring closely after four Ivy League universities receive bomb threats
Columbia, Cornell, and Brown universities received bomb threats over the weekend, and Yale University received one on Friday, forcing campus evacuations of several buildings.
GAPSA holds food pantry to address food insecurity among grad students
The initiative was led by GAPSA's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership Council and took place in Houston Hall on Nov. 5 and 6.
Penn study finds correlation between diversity of surgical faculty and medical students
The study finds many racial and ethnic groups still remain underrepresented in surgical faculty, which correlates with an underrepresentation in medical students.