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Renowned architect Peter Eisenman wins medal for excellence from Weitzman School of Design
The medal is awarded to “an architect who has changed the course of design history, with a particular focus on the areas of energy conservation, environmental quality, and/or diversity,” according to the Weitzman School of Design.
Penn Medicine named one of Healthcare's Most Wired for eighth straight year
Penn Medicine's Information Services was named one of Healthcare's Most Wired health systems for maximizing technology use to deliver better care.
Philadelphia records deadliest year for shootings since 2007
Shooting incidents are up 57% over 2019 rates and the city is on par to pass 450 murders by the end of the year, 6 ABC reported.
Phila. Fed president and former Wharton dean predicts full economic rebound by 2023
Harker said his prediction depends on a sustained decline in the rate of new infections, the availability of a vaccine by the end of 2021, and an additional trillion-dollar stimulus package.
Annenberg launches new lab to study addiction and emotions in adolescents
Led by Annenberg Assistant Professor David Lydon-Staley, the lab researches short-term dynamics of behavior, particularly in adolescents
Diplomats urge United Nations members to collaborate amid global crises at Penn event
The panelists argued that since recent crises like the pandemic and climate change are global in scale, U.N. members must collaborate to solve these issues
New Vice Provost for University Life begins job, prioritizes meeting students virtually
This semester, VPUL Mamta Motwani Accapadi hopes to provide students with the resources they need to vote in the upcoming presidential election and help the Penn community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wharton MBA students petition for lower tuition to offset limited in-person networking
Many students said the remote semester greatly diminishes the MBA experience where students can no longer network in-person or take advantage of Wharton-sponsored traveling and co-curricular activities.
Phila. councilmember, Penn alum Helen Gym urges her alma mater to pay PILOTs amid pandemic
While Gym believes Penn has made great contributions to Philadelphia, she thinks the University has an unfinished role in uplifting one of the poorest cities in the country.
RAGAs to begin dining indoors at Penn as part of four-day pilot program
RAGAs can reserve a 30-minute time slot on the Penn Eats mobile ordering app to eat their meals at 1920 Commons.
Penn prof. wins up to $150,000 from Rita Allen Foundation to fund neuroscience research
Abdus-Saboor, the Mitchell J. and Margo K. Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology, will receive grants of $50,000 annually for up to three years to fund his pain research.
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Penn’s endowment increases by $200 million to $14.9 billion
This year's endowment had a return rate — the percent of growth from investing the endowment funds — of just 3.4%, continuing the downward trend in return rates since fiscal year 2017 which recorded a 14.3% return rate.
After opposition to homeless people in NYC mounted, two Penn profs. stepped up to help
English professor Melissa Sanchez and Business Economics and Public Policy assistant professor Corinne Low won the award for leading the Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative, which Low co-founded.
Two Penn Med professors win total of $8 million in grants from National Institutes of Health
Brian Litt, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and bioengineering, and Gregory Corder, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry, are two of this year's 85 recipients.
Monument Lab, founded by Penn profs., wins $4 million grant for art and justice projects
The grant will support an audit of monuments throughout the nation, the opening of ten Monument Lab field research offices, and the hiring of the Monument Lab’s first full-time staff.
Disorientation Guide for first years critiques Penn’s impact on students, staff, and Phila.
The guide, published annually, was written by various student groups including Penn Community for Justice, Police Free Penn, the Penn Slavery Project, Fossil Free Penn, Philly Jobs with Justice, and the Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault.
Pennsylvania produces second most pumpkins annually of any state, study finds
Pennsylvania pumpkin farms total 6,871 acres, second only to 17,399 acres in Illinois. New York follows in third place with 5,592 acres devoted to pumpkin farming.
In this week's crime log: Smashed car windows and 30 missing sports drinks
Theft and burglary dominate this week, along with two reports of disorderly conduct.
Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power hits Trump for neglecting diplomacy at Penn event
Power condemned the Trump administration's lack of international cooperation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.