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While juniors miss out on red shirts, canes, and hat-biting, Hey Day proceeds virtually
Class Board 2021 President and Wharton and College senior Lizzie Youshaei said Class Board 2021 plans to hold an on-campus Hey Day when it is safe to do so.
Students at Columbia and Cornell file lawsuits against their schools for tuition refunds
Anastopoulo Law Firm, based in South Carolina, set up a website to afford students forced to leave their college campuses the opportunity to seek compensation
Penn Global Seminars plan to operate as normal despite uncertainty of fall semester
Penn Abroad will monitor the pandemic and international travel policies in the coming months, but is optimistic students will be able to travel safely by winter break.
NEC elects first all-women executive board for 2020-2021 school year
With the outgoing executive board consisting of three men and four women, incoming and outgoing board members said they are excited to see women holding all positions on the seven-person board.
Emeritus Penn Trustee and philanthropist Madlyn Abramson dies at 84
After surviving cancer herself, Abramson and her husband donated $100 million to establish the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at Penn Medicine.
Local universities plan tuition freezes to ease financial strain of pandemic on families
Temple University, Penn State University, and Rutgers University have recommended a tuition freeze for the next academic year to their respective Boards of Trustees.
Wistar Institute and Penn Medicine start testing coronavirus vaccine on humans
The Wistar Institute's vaccine is the second COVID-19 vaccine to move into clinical testing in the U.S.
Disillusioned students consider gap semesters if fall courses are held online
University administration said they have no plans to amend the current leave of absence policy for the fall semester.
Brown University president says colleges must reopen in the fall to avoid financial crisis
Brown University President Christina Paxson wrote that universities remaining closed would lose tuition revenue, which is a primary source of income for higher education institutions.
Penn for Bernie becomes Penn Justice Democrats, a leftist group for progressive activism
The group hopes to diversify what it feels is a dominant pre-professional atmosphere on campus by fostering electoral engagement and progressive activism.
Penn considers combination of virtual and in-person classes for fall 2020
Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote in an email to the Penn community on Monday that the University has established a Recovery Planning Group to determine when students will be able to return to campus.
Graduating into a pandemic leaves students uncertain about job prospects
Coronavirus has hit industries ranging from entertainment to retail to academia, leaving students scrambling to navigate an unpredictable job market.
Two Penn juniors win Truman Scholarship to fund grad studies for public service careers
College juniors Annah Chollet and Camilo Duran are among 62 winners selected from a pool of 773 candidates nationwide.
Elusive federal funding leaves West Phila. small businesses scrambling
Over a month after lockdown, West Philadelphia businesses struggle to receive loans and grants – and even they manage to do so, it is often not enough.
Penn students launch a letter-writing initiative to thank frontline healthcare workers
Lockdown Letters, founded by six Penn undergraduates and one Cornell student, is an initiative encouraging people to write customized letters of appreciation to healthcare workers.
Penn offers limited summer work-study program amid coronavirus pandemic
Work-study students will receive $3,000 for either six-week summer session or $6,000 for both summer sessions.
Penn rejected $9.9 million – here's how other Ivies are handling federal coronavirus aid
Here’s how all eight Ivy League universities are using — or not using — their CARES funding.
Wharton will offer quantitative finance major for MBA students starting this fall
Although Wharton currently offers a finance major to MBA students, new courses have been created specifically for the quantitative finance major, including classes in data science, asset pricing, and financial engineering.
NCHW construction remains on schedule for fall 2021 occupancy despite coronavirus pandemic
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered many construction projects and “nonessential” businesses to immediately shut down, but NCHW construction has been approved to proceed in order to stabilize and weather-proof the site.