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Penn alum creates app for users to track number of spotted lanternfly kills
"Squishr" features a ranking system that tracks the number of lanternflies a person has killed. Users with the highest number of kills can make the “Today’s Top Squishers" list.
Penn researchers develop model to predict brain activity
Penn researchers created a model to accurately predict the activation of various regions of the brain in response to an electrical stimulation, which could help tailor brain stimulation therapies to individual patients.
Avan Jogia discusses “Mixed Feelings,” his book on multiracial identity, at Penn Bookstore
Jogia read and discussed excerpts of "Mixed Feelings," his new book that explores race and identity through poems and imagery.
Weekly Fossil Free Penn sit-ins demand a public town hall on University's investments
The first sit-in took place on Sept. 27 outside the office of President Amy Gutmann, with about 40 students and faculty members in attendance.
Penn reports endowment return rate as 6.5% – a drop from 12.9% last year
The decrease in the endowment return rate compared to last year's marks a trend across Penn's peer institutions.
Penn Political Coalition loses funding, leaving political groups to worry about events
The organization’s membership includes Penn Democrats, College Republicans, and the Government and Politics Association.
Penn professor Emily Wilson awarded the MacArthur 'Genius' grant
Wilson will receive a $625,000 stipend paid in quarterly installments over five years by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Penn Labs launches website with details on dining halls, study spaces, and facilities
The website, known as Penn Basics, will include features such as setting laundry timers and finding off-campus study spaces.
Penn students analyze political cartoons and satire in this communication class
Students in the class analyze political cartoons and videos to explore a satirist’s role in society, both politically and culturally.
Penn Dining will replace all plastic straws with paper ones by 2020
Even in the dining locations that have introduced paper straws, plastic straws are still offered instead on some days depending on supply.
LPS and Engineering School will launch cybersecurity boot camp for tech professionals
Beginning Nov. 12, students in the program will attend classes on Penn's campus three times a week during evenings and weekends, a 10-hour weekly commitment.
In this week's crime log: a smoking code violation and six bike thefts
On Sept. 19, the complainants reported that an unknown suspect entered the women’s locker room and removed cash and a phone charger from unattended bags in the room. The incident occurred at the Palestra at about 4 p.m.
Poet Ahmad Almallah speaks about living between languages at Penn Book Center event
At the event, Almallah read several poems aloud from "Bitter English," an autobiographical collection of poems he wrote over four years that was published earlier this month.
Philadelphia ranked 11th best coffee city in the United States by new report
The ranking puts Philadelphia up three spots from last year’s report, when it came in at 14th.
Penn Med study finds competition promotes exercise more than fitness trackers alone
The study, published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine, tracked 602 employees who were classified as overweight or obese.
Temple to offer Headspace meditation app to student athletes for free
Headspace offers many guided tutorials for meditation and mindfulness, and it is available for phone or computer with a focus on meditation on-the-go.
HUP faces discrimination lawsuit from former transgender employee
The former employee, who identifies as a transgender woman, claims she was mistreated after a routine medical procedure at HUP.
Dean Furda's Eagles tirade featured on Stephen Colbert's late-night show
“Plot twist: turns out that man is Eric Furda, the University of Pennsylvania’s dean of admissions,” Colbert said to horrified laughter from the audience.
Penn graduate students start new advocacy group against sexual misconduct
The organization, called the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct, began as an off-shoot of Graduate Employees Together – University of Pennsylvania, the graduate student advocacy group.