Philadelphia
Penn prof's Mural Arts Program: a deterrent for graffiti
While graffiti is on the rise in Philadelphia, Penn professor and Mural Arts Program Executive Director Jane Golden is working with Penn students and the city to create public art that benefits the community.
CVS tobacco ban has minimal effect on Penn
Despite pulling tobacco products off its shelves, CVS hasn’t ruffled many feathers at Penn.
Proposed 40th and Pine apartment building gets another round of approval
Penn's plan to build an apartment complex at 40th and Pine streets is one step closer to becoming a reality, but there is still much opposition to overcome.Student fundraises for family of eight-year-old girl who died
The fundraising campaign has raised $4,020 as of publishing time.
Green Eggs Café, a popular brunch spot, now serving drinks
The popular brunch spot Green Eggs Café, located on 13th and Samson, recently received its liquor license, and will start serving alcoholic beverages this weekend.
40th St. Trolley Station on the way to becoming a community plaza
With a recent award of $6,500 from PECO and Natural Lands Trust, University City District is slowly coming closer to redeveloping the 40th Street Trolley Station.
New Lea Principal aims to increase academic achievement
Graduate School of Education student Jennifer Duffy is the third principal of the Lea School in three years
Girl dies after fall from 42nd and Locust apartment
An eight-year-old girl died earlier today after falling out of an apartment building blocks away from campus, CBS Philly first reported Wednesday morning.
?Eastern edge of campus to become pedestrian-friendly
UCD is studying urban revitalization methods in order to create a more welcoming environment on the streets leading into campus.
New Drexel project and Pennovation Center to inject innovation into University City
Drexel University has employed JLL to advise in the formal search for a master developer of its Innovation Neighborhood.Parents sue Pa. over alleged school district investigation failures
Seven school district parents with the group Parents United for Public Education filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that the Pennsylvania Department of Education has failed to investigate complaints about “curriculum deficiencies” in the School District of Philadelphia.
Nonprofit called Resource Generation helps wealthy students provide for others
In 2011, Holly Fetter joined Resource Generation after experiencing a conflicting sense of identity within the national economic system.As the Occupy movement illuminated the disparity between the 1% and the 99%, Fetter, a junior at Stanford University at the time, felt disillusioned by her privilege.
Penn Medicine gives nonprofit group WePAC $1,200 grant to fund local libraries
Borrowing books from the school library is a thing of the past for many Philadelphia pubic school students these days?and not for the technological reasons you might be hoping.
West Philadelphia artist fights city for his studio
West Philadelphia artist and 1977 PennDesign graduate James Dupree is fighting to save his art studio from the city’s seizure of private properties in Mantua.
Schuylkill River Trail extension to improve city connections
A 2,000-foot-long boardwalk will run along the eastern shore of the river.PennPraxis leader to head to Drexel
Drexel University will announce to trustees and senior staff tomorrow that Harris Steinberg, currently executive director of PennPraxis, will head the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, according to an article in Philadelphia Magazine.Liquor police cracks down on underage drinking in Phila. as college semesters start
The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement is cracking down on underage drinking at Philadelphia colleges as the fall semester begins, although it is currently unclear whether the BLCE will patrol near Penn during New Student Orientation.PennDems hopeful for 2016 national convention in Philadelphia
The Democratic National Committee named Philadelphia as a finalist to host the 2016 Democratic convention, where delegates will officially nominate the party's candidate for President.
Executive order cuts Saturday SEPTA strike short
Obama stepped in at the request of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, ordering a presidential emergency board to help negotiate an agreement between SEPTA and the two unions representing its locomotive engineers and electrical workers.
