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Police Free Penn advocates for campus police abolition in new lecture series
Police Free Penn, a social justice group formed in June, plans to continue to host informal lectures, or teach-ins, throughout the semester.
Students and faculty honor life of biochemistry program ‘mom’ and poet Leslie Shinn
Eighty-eight current and former Vagelos MLS students and faculty convened over Zoom on Sept. 6 for a virtual memorial service.
Hundreds petition Penn to extend widespread COVID-19 testing for the entire fall semester
The University will invite specific asymptomatic members of the Penn community, including students, faculty, and staff who are deemed have a higher exposure risk, to enroll in surveillance testing protocols once Penn has finalized the details of the program.
Penn will not create an ethnic studies, anti-racism requirement despite community support
Emory University, the University of Pittsburgh, and California State University — the largest public university system in the United States — have all recently required students to take a class on ethnic studies and anti-racism.
Hundreds march in Center City against police brutality in response to Jacob Blake shooting
The rally, which was endorsed by campus groups Penn Community for Justice and Police Free Penn, included an hour of speeches in front of City Hall before the crowd marched to the Philadelphia Police headquarters.
Trump and Biden will visit Pennsylvania for 9/11 Flight 93 Memorial
The Flight 93 National Memorial marks the field where an airplane crashed as passengers and crew fought hijackers over control of the plane, thwarting an attempted attack on the U.S. Capitol building on September 11, 2001.
Penn Medicine hospitals named 2020 LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leaders
Penn’s six hospitals were among 495 given the highest designation of Healthcare Equality Leaders by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
A virtual brotherhood: Greek life changes for fall 2020
While some fraternity members are living off-campus together, IFC fraternities plan to hold fall recruitment online with hopes for in-person rush this spring.
Nursing students publish open letter condemning Penn Nursing admin’s response to COVID-19
Nursing students used iHuman, an online nursing simulation, and listened to a free podcast called "Serial" in lieu of in-person clinical rotations this past spring and summer terms.
Penn Dems and Penn for Biden gear up for election season through a virtual format
Penn Democrats have seen over 150 sign-ups after posting about it in the Class of 2024 Facebook group, along with many new Facebook likes and follows on their social media pages.
Student government candidates will campaign entirely online in fall elections
The Nominations and Elections Committee plans to hold the postponed spring elections for upperclassmen in September, but will delay elections for first years until likely the spring
Temple moves classes online after more than 200 students test positive for COVID-19
Temple's decision comes several weeks after other Philadelphia colleges, including Penn and Drexel University, decided to conduct the fall semester remotely.
Penn Museum is offering free student admission as part of back-to-school initiative
Students can visit for free on Tuesdays through Fridays between 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Penn instructor releases book analyzing successful outsider campaigns in Phila. elections
The book, titled Philadelphia Battlefields: Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City, hit shelves in August.
Phila. anti-capitalist group appears responsible for unrest, property damage near campus
A group of approximately 60 people gathered in Clark Park on 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue last Wednesday night and proceeded to damage several buildings and properties along 40th Street.
First years tackle virtual NSO with Zoom panels and remote Quizzos
First years praised the overall NSO experience despite its completely remote status. Some, however, encountered difficulties accessing certain events online and wished events allowed for more communication amongst students.
Penn will now pay to ship students’ spring dorm items home following student pushback
The shipping process will begin around mid-September and take several weeks to complete, Penn Business Services Director of Communications and External Relations Barbara Lea-Kruger wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian on Monday.
‘You really can’t distance to play slap cup’: Off-campus parties spark social media outrage
Penn currently reports at least 42 active coronavirus cases in the community, but many students fear potential virus clusters in the next fews weeks and are taking to social media to share their concerns and call out partygoers.
At least 42 Penn students tested positive for COVID-19 on campus in the past two weeks
Penn has administered 7,140 COVID-19 tests in Houston Hall's Hall of Flags since beginning to test students returning to the Philadelphia area on Aug. 1.