Amjad Hamza | Don’t donate to Penn; the world needs your dollars

Guest columnist Amjad Hamza argues that Penn students and current donors should redirect their donations to the world’s most effective causes. 

With clock ticking, professors scramble to shift all classes online

Many professors expressed concern for possible technological and logistical difficulties and disappointment that students would lose the experience of being in a classroom setting.

Fearing spread of coronavirus, student organizers cancel 2020 Penn Wharton China Summit

The summit, which annually attracts over 1,500 people, was scheduled to be held in Irvine Auditorium and The Annenberg Center from April 10 to 12.

Calls to MERT increased during the fall 2019 semester

MERT Chief and College junior Andrew Lam attributed the rise in number of calls to increased efforts to educate students about their services. 

Michael Horowitz named director of Perry World House

Horowitz has served as interim director of PWH since July 2019 and will succeed PWH’s founding director, Penn Law professor William Burke-White.

Student leaders welcome PVP's return to Locust, but insist it is only the first step

Students and PVP staff said although the move will improve the program's ability to increase accessibility to anti-violence and sexual assault resources, there is a need to hire more full-time staff members and increase funding for PVP.

IFC increases its education program's attendance requirements for new fraternity members

The six-week program consists of workshops conducted by Counseling and Psychological Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, Campus Health, and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault for new members before being officially initiated into their chapter.

Panhellenic recruitment registration fell approx. 8% this semester

This year, sororities saw an approximately 8.3% decrease in registered students, with only approximately 550 registered for rush, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. 

Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault ends anonymity with first public town hall

Founded in spring 2019, CAFSA's mission includes expelling fraternities from their houses on Locust Walk and replacing them with cultural centers and wellness spaces, including Penn Violence Prevention, which was moved off campus in September.

Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault ends anonymity with first public town hall

Founded in spring 2019, CAFSA's mission includes expelling fraternities from their houses on Locust Walk and replacing them with cultural centers and wellness spaces, including Penn Violence Prevention, which was moved off campus in September.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Penn's oldest black fraternity, celebrates centennial with MLK Day vigil

The chapter celebrated its 100th anniversary with events over the weekend to commemorate its founding on Jan. 21, 1920, including a candlelight vigil on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Planning on rushing a fraternity? Here’s what you need to know

Those who look to join an organization in the Interfraternity Council will begin open recruitment on Thursday.

Student group unveils new product to help boost credit scores of Penn students

SFCU’s new product is designed to help raise a consumer's UltraFICO credit score.

Wharton study abroad expanded to Stockholm, Sao Paulo, and Barcelona in fall 2020

As early as fall 2020, students will be able to spend a semester abroad at the Stockholm School of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, or Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. 

Trader Joe's opens its second Philadelphia location in Center City

The new store opened on Oct. 22 and is located at 1324 Arch Street across from the Philadelphia Convention Center — around two miles from Penn's West Philadelphia campus. 

Penn offers free flu shots for its second year in a row with plans to increase turnout

This is the second year that flu shots are free for all Penn students, a policy that SHS and Campus Health plan to continue in the future. 

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.

At Chabad House dinner, guest speaker debunks myth that Judaism promotes anti-vaccination

During the dinner, guest speaker Rabbi Shlomo Minkowitz, an assistant professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, gave a lecture on the safety debate around vaccinations and its relation to Jewish law.