Politics
From financial aid to health care: what the endowment tax means for Penn
The final version of the bill places a 1.4 percent excise tax on endowments of private universities with endowments of more than $500,000 per student, which will include Penn.
One year into Trump's presidency, students and faculty notice shifts in classroom dynamics
“All of a sudden there were students in the room who were worried about their immigration status, who worried about their ability to express their thoughts or their feelings about their identity,” Parish said.
Inside the exclusive clubs where Penn alumni can mingle with Obama and Tyra Banks
There are Penn alumni clubs across the globe in 37 states and 52 different countries. Some locations have illustrious histories and some contain fewer than 10 members.
Since the 2008 recession, Phila.'s housing market hasn't improved much, a new report shows
The Reinvestment Fund released a study that analyzes the recent 2016 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data and looks into the local mortgage lending environment in Philadelphia.
‘Fire and Fury’ author revealed his inside scoop on ‘stupid people’ in Trump’s White House
Kelly Writers House "writer in residence" Dick Polman moderated the event, which was the first stop on bestselling author Michael Wolff's national book tour.
Marijuana policies nationwide are changing. Here's why Penn's are not.
According to Director for the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives Noelle Melartin, Penn's campus follows federal laws on marijuana in order to maintain federal funding.
Students and faculty at Penn reel from Trump's decision to end TPS status for El Salvador
The protected status for Salvadorans will officially end Sept. 9, 2019.
How the Penn Wharton Budget Model became a player in the debate on the GOP tax bill
The Penn Wharton Budget Model's study has been cited numerous times in media organizations and has even been the subject of many news stories published in news publications.
The new Phila. DA just fired 31 staffers in a week. Penn students disagree on what this means.
“You’ve got to look at the dismissals in context: It’s one part of a much larger package that’s going on,” Civil rights attorney and senior fellow at Penn Law David Rudovsky said.
Some dreamers at Penn find little comfort in the recent blocking of Trump's DACA reversal
A federal judge issued the injunction blocking the Trump administration from rescinding DACA and said safeguards against deportation must remain in place.
College and Wharton grad Geoffrey Berman joins other Penn grads appointed by the Trump administration
Berman was one of the 17 lawyers selected to be interim U.S. Attorneys by the Trump administration, as reported in a Jan. 3 press release by the Department of Justice.
Pa. government will give control over the Phila. school district back to the city
Gov. Tom Wolf announced the move last month after gaining approval from Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera.
A former Penn women's rowing coach faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct
Larry Wittig, a longtime rowing coach who rose to a top leadership role in the Pennsylvania education system, resigned from his position as chair of the state Board of Education this week after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
Ed Flanagan, the first openly gay statewide-elected lawmaker and 1973 College graduate, died at 66
Flanagan's deteriorating health condition was a result of a 2005 car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury.
Under the final GOP tax plan, Penn will pay a landmark excise tax on its endowment
The final bill omitted a tax on graduate student waivers, which experts predicted would have hiked student fees by up to 300 percent.
Biden on Trump's stance on Russia: 'Even if the president refuses to act, we can'
Senior Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement Michael Carpenter co-wrote the essay with former Vice President Biden.
Trump’s repeal of DACA: inside the movement to support Penn’s 'dreamers' in 2017
Even though the Penn administration has expressed support of its DACA students, dreamers have no concrete path that would preventing them from deportation.
From Trump’s executive order to the SCOTUS ruling: how the travel bans affected Penn in 2017
In 2017, travel bans became the biggest topic of discussion in federal immigration policy, forcing some international students at Penn to reconsider their futures in the United States.
The year in free speech at Penn: Trump, neo-Nazi flyers, and 'bourgeois values'
From NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to the anti-LGBTQ preachers on College Green, free speech dominated national and local headlines this year.