Articles by Harry Trustman
12/06/17 5:52pm
A Penn graduate is one of three women accusing this Stanford professor of sexual harassment
"I rebuffed him, but he continued to press his case and tried to touch me," Penner told The Stanford Daily. "I continued to say no and asked him to leave." 12/02/17 3:02pm
Penn raised its general fees by 12.5 percent — students want to know where that money is going
For the 2018 academic year, the Recreation Fee was eliminated and included under the General Fee category for the first time. 11/28/17 8:11pm
Penn is launching a coding bootcamp for students and working professionals
Penn will become the first Ivy League institution to offer this coding course in partnership with Trilogy Education Services, a New York startup. 11/19/17 4:04pm
Why this Asian advocacy group is calling the Common Application discriminatory
In a letter, the Asian American Coalition for Education called on the Common App to "stop the practice of subdividing Asian American applicants into 10 subcategories." 11/15/17 3:58pm
Penn received a record-breaking number of Early Decision applicants for the Class of 2022
The University received 6,731 applications, a 9.5 percent increase from last year's record-breaking number of 6,147 applications. 11/08/17 11:29pm
Penn extends Early Decision deadline to Nov. 10 for students affected by natural disasters
Other schools like Yale and Cornell have also extended early admissions deadlines for students affected by natural disasters. 11/03/17 5:49pm
Penn is opening a food court with 'fresh and local' options at 3401 Walnut St.
Of the seven planned food stands, five have been confirmed: Goldie, Pitruco Pizza, Kensington Quarters, Little Baby's Ice Cream, and The Juice Merchant Juicery and Café. 11/02/17 4:56pm
Nursing sophomore punched by an unaffiliated woman at 37th and Walnut streets
The woman who punched Nursing sophomore Heidi Chiu was taken into custody by Penn Police officers. 11/01/17 10:47pm
Common App director says claims that the platform is a 'cartel' are 'frivolous'
"Our non-profit membership association has spent several million dollars defending itself against these frivolous claims by a for-profit, privately-held company." 10/28/17 12:21am
These Penn professors want to lower the rankings of schools that underpay adjunct faculty
"Administrators do care about these rankings," said English professor Nancy Bentley, who signed the petition calling on the USNWR to alter its ranking criteria. 10/26/17 12:48am
How Amy Gutmann and other Phila. leaders are wooing tech giant Amazon for HQ2
The company has promised more than $5 billion in investments and 50,000 jobs for the city that wins the bid for its second headquarters. 10/20/17 10:27pm
How a Cornell student group sparked debate over who qualifies as an 'underrepresented black student'
The group wrote that the definition of “underrepresented black students” should apply only to those whose families have been in the United States for more than two generations. 10/17/17 6:10pm
UPDATE: Penn announces a 'campus conversation' to discuss tragedies on campus and across the nation
This event is the first of its kind that students have seen. It comes after four Penn students have died in the span of two months. 10/15/17 6:46pm
The Common App has been accused of running a 'collusive cartel' in the admissions industry
Dean of Admissions Eric Furda was on the organization's board of directors when it first received this legal complaint. 10/15/17 3:57pm
How Penn and other universities assess and admit home-school students
A freshman who applied to the University of Rochester as a home-school student was recently expelled for falsifying her transcript. 10/08/17 5:23pm
Penn alumna fired after saying she was unsympathetic to the Las Vegas shooting victims
Hayley Geftman-Gold, a top lawyer at CBS who graduated from the College in 1997, was fired after posting on Facebook that she wasn't sympathetic for victims of the Las Vegas shooting. 10/01/17 9:24pm
Penn welcomes the Coalition App — an admissions platform designed to increase accessibility
Some higher education experts said the new platform may just add to the list of things prospective students have to do, instead of easing the admissions process. 09/14/17 11:00am
DeVos wants to change how sexual violence is investigated on campus. What does that mean for Penn?
DeVos' announcement came just days after the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education gave Penn a failing grade for protecting due process in cases of sexual assault. 09/12/17 1:26pm
Penn keeps its No. 8 spot in latest U.S. News rankings
In the 2017 ranking, Penn tied with Duke University for the eighth spot, but Duke dropped to No. 9 this year. 08/30/17 10:47pm