Articles by Britney Firmin
12/05/18 8:05pm
Wharton professor found small but significant link between brain size and intelligence
Wharton professor Gideon Nave discovered the connection when he controlled for more variables than previous studies had. 11/13/18 7:44pm
Former UN Commissioner will visit campus and co-teach Penn Law class as new PWH Leader-in-Residence
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014-2018. 10/31/18 11:13pm
Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan will no longer recruit sophomores for summer internships
Barbara Hewitt, Executive Director of Penn’s career services, said she welcomed the change and hopes that other companies will follow suit. 10/25/18 6:33pm
Forbes 400 wealthiest ranking includes 19 Penn alumni this year
The annual list included many high-profile Penn graduates like Elon Musk, Laurene Powell Jobs, and President Donald Trump. 10/22/18 9:37pm
Penn researchers helped develop an algorithm to help predict depression from Facebook posts
Screening Facebook language data and linguistic cues could help clinicians detect depression symptoms, Johannes Eichstaedt, founding scientist and postdoctoral fellow at Penn, said. 10/09/18 11:19pm
From mold to frozen pipes: a review of this year's on-campus housing mishaps
Just this past year, the campus has experienced widespread issues in buildings, from burst pipes and mold growth to collapsed ceilings. 09/27/18 11:37pm
Penn alum makes Forbes’ List of top 50 chief marketing officers
While at Penn, Anderson was a member of the Varsity Tennis team and Delta Psi Fraternity. 09/21/18 5:51pm
Penn architect and father of postmodernism Robert Venturi dies at age 93
The Philadelphia native completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton in 1947 and later received a Master of Fine Arts from Princeton in 1950. He received an honorary degree from Penn in 1980. 09/03/18 7:04pm
Sorry soda lovers, Penn Medicine will no longer offer sugary drinks at its buildings
According to Philly Mag, the initiative will make Penn Medicine 'the first health system in Philadelphia to eliminate sugary drinks.' 08/23/18 2:56pm
Pennsylvania is one of the least affordable states in the country for college, GSE study shows
The study from the Penn Graduate School of Education ranked Pennsylvania as 48th in the nation for affordability. 07/29/18 1:12pm
Former Temple Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity president on trial for 7 charges of sexual assault
On May 15, Temple University senior Ari Goldstein was arrested for attempted rape, according to Philly Voice. 04/25/18 4:46pm
Meek Mill released from prison on bail following #FreeMeekMill movement
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Mill bail, overturning the 2-4 year sentence he received for parole violations in November from Court Judge Grenece Brinkley. 04/18/18 9:12pm
Student arrest at Harvard University sparks controversy over claims of police brutality
In a letter signed by over 90 student organizations at American universities, the Harvard Black Law Students Association claimed that the arrest was a 'a brutal instance of police violence.' 04/16/18 11:23am
Penn awarded $1.533 million by Mellon Foundation for academic project
The project, called Inclusive City: Past, Present and Future, is a multidisciplinary exploration, drawing on collaboration from departments including Architecture, Fine Arts, and History. 04/08/18 3:30pm
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill denied bail again despite increase in public support
Mill’s longstanding probation case has proceeded since 2008, when he was first accused of involvement in an illegal drug sale. 03/28/18 3:20pm
University of Pittsburgh names a Penn grad as the new Dean of Dental Medicine
Bernard J. Costello graduated from the School of Dental Medicine in 1997 and later went on to complete his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at Penn. 03/22/18 4:58pm
Philadelphia college student dead in Bermuda following his rugby tournament
Students at Saint Joseph’s University remembered Mark Dombrowski in a prayer service held by the university's chaplain on March 19. 03/18/18 9:05pm