News
Academics
Administration
Admissions
Identities
Science & Health
Politics
Philadelphia
Student Life
Business Data
Business Data
Richard Lugar dies at 87, will receive his honorary degree posthumously this May
Lugar, a former Republican senator from Indiana, was scheduled to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at this May's commencement ceremony.
From Angela Merkel to Bill Nye: commencement speakers across the Ivy League
Many universities chose commencement speakers who are also alumni, including 2002 Princeton graduate Ellie Kemper and 2001 Brown graduate John Krasinski.
NCHW construction pushes Hey Day from traditional beginning at high rise field
Although the high rise field is now closed off for the construction of New College House West, Penn's record-breaking $163 million new dorm, Class Board leaders said it will not affect the long standing tradition.
Penn Museum will move its 12.5-ton Egyptian Sphinx — the largest in the Western Hemisphere
The Sphinx is scheduled to be moved from the Museum's Egypt Gallery to its main entrance hall on June 12.
Rabbi Josh Bolton will leave Penn to direct Brown RISD Hillel
Bolton, known around campus as “Rabbi Josh,” has been at Penn Hillel for eight years.
Penn & Slavery Project finds profs collected body parts of enslaved people in the 1800s
Students part of the Penn & Slavery project presented new information related to their previous research that the University depended on funding from enslavers and collected body parts without consent from enslaved people.
Ramadan will fall during finals, leading Penn students to balance studying and observance
While University policy allows examinations to be postponed for religious observance and allows students to take make-up exams during the first week of the fall or spring semester, the exact details are left up to the faculty and students to decide, University Chaplain Charles Howard said.
William Cullina named new Morris Arboretum executive director
Cullina, an expert on North American plants, currently serves as the CEO of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Joe's leaving Penn for now. But the Biden Center isn't going anywhere.
Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote in an email to the Penn community Thursday that Penn Presidential Professor of Practice Joe Biden “will be taking an unpaid leave of absence from his work at the Penn Biden Center" throughout his campaign.
Penn study finds watching full second season of '13 Reasons Why' may decrease suicide risk
The study confirmed concerns that watching the show's first season increased suicide ideation but found that watching until the end of the second season had positive mental health effects.
Sweetgreen will accept cash again at all six Philadelphia locations starting in July
The change follows city legislation banning cashless stores due to low-income discrimination.
Bomb dogs and radiation detection: how local police prepares for Penn Relays
The security protocols were updated in the early 2000s to prevent terrorism.
From urban farms to nature walks, Penn picks three winners of wellness challenge
Penn launched the “Your Big Idea” challenge on Feb. 4, calling on all Penn-affiliated people to submit ideas to enhance wellness at Penn.
Professors and students weigh in on $2 million study of Philadelphia-Pittsburgh hyperloop
While Penn students from Pittsburgh said the hyperloop would provide a much-needed faster travel option, professors expressed skepticism towards the proposal.
Katherine Nathanson becomes Inaugural Pearl Basser Professor for BRCA-related research
The Basser Center’s work helps to prevent the development of BRCA mutations — the phenomena which make a person more susceptible to certain cancers, including breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer.
Philadelphia to stop burning its recycling by the end of April
As of now, half of the recycling is burned in Chester, Pa., and the other half is processed by Waste Management.
Penn professor Joe Biden announces 2020 presidential campaign
Penn hired Biden to become a Presidential Professor of Practice in February 2017 and he opened the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. a year later.
Greg Callaghan elected to lead graduate students as president of GAPSA
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly gathered to elect its next Executive Board in Irvine Auditorium’s Amado Recital Hall. The election took more than four hours.
In this week's crime log: two cases of aggravated assault and four liquor law violations
On April 13, a chair was thrown through a window at about 7:00 p.m. and caused damage at Zeta Psi.