Articles by Urooba Abid
05/17/21 10:48am
Urooba Abid | Love your neighbors, and strangers too
Columnist and graduating senior Urooba Abid reflects on how she came to understand love and justice at Penn. 02/27/21 12:57pm
Urooba Abid | Philly schools are reopening. Penn should provide testing.
Columnist Urooba Abid argues that Penn has an obligation to support the School District's reopening plan by providing testing for staff and students as they return to in-person schooling. 01/19/21 11:45am
Urooba Abid | Penn's Tenure Policies Enable White Supremacy
Penn's antiquated tenure policies have protected professors from blatant acts of hate. It is time for them to be revised for the modern age. 11/02/20 9:28pm
Urooba Abid | We Must Do More than Vote
Change never happens on Election Day. It happens in the intermediary moments — in the days, weeks, and years between elections. 07/09/20 10:47am
Urooba Abid | Ivy League admissions are structurally racist
While Ivy League universities boast their students as the nation's most accomplished, public universities are actually accomplishing much more in terms of achieving equity. 05/20/20 10:53am
Urooba Abid | Ramadan holds new meaning in quarantine
Quarantine has left time for many of us to do what our overstimulated society so rarely leaves time for — reflection. Coincidentally, this is the main goal of Ramadan. 02/16/20 11:37pm
Urooba Abid | Penn students should support universal child care
While this issue may seem like a far off worry for Penn students, child care should be of significant concern to us as we enter the workforce. 12/01/19 10:44pm
Urooba Abid | The Harvard-Yale protest gives me hope
This is our future on the line. We do not have the luxury of waiting to be the leaders of tomorrow. 11/10/19 9:25pm
Urooba Abid | Muslim students need space on campus
Space on campus will not exclusively offer support for Muslim students. 10/13/19 8:10pm
Urooba Abid | As you sign your lease this year, consider the Philadelphia eviction crisis
One in fourteen Philadelphia faces an eviction filing yearly. 09/23/19 7:48pm
Urooba Abid | Wharton must have an environmental course requirement
Given the critical role financial industries play in climate change, climate education and corporate environmental responsibility must be Wharton’s priority. 09/08/19 11:15pm
Urooba Abid | Getting sick at Penn opened my eyes to a broken health care system
Ultimately, growing up in America makes it impossible to ignore the inequities in the health care system for long. 04/21/19 7:26pm
Urooba Abid | Penn, make summer courses more accessible to students from all backgrounds
The entire system of summer courses at Penn benefits mainly wealthy students. 04/01/19 5:17pm
Urooba Abid | I’m embarrassed to wear the Penn logo off campus
For many Philadelphia residents who struggle to get by, Penn is a full view reminder of a system that isn’t designed for them. 03/10/19 3:57pm
Urooba Abid | Why I'm grateful for Wharton's presence on campus
Wharton is consistently ranked one of the best business schools in the world. Attending a school like Penn gives us an unparalleled opportunity to learn from elite business professionals, in the shape of both peers and faculty. 02/10/19 6:21pm
Urooba Abid | All Penn alumni should send their kids to public schools
With a Penn education comes a very real responsibility to make sure every child in this country is receiving an adequate education, regardless of their economic circumstances. 08/28/18 1:50pm
Pritchett appoints two faculty directors to lead new Penn First Plus office
Some student leaders in the first-generation, low-income community have expressed concern about the lack of student input in forming the office. 04/01/18 8:54pm
From Seoul to Baltimore: Meet some of Penn's new baby Quakers
There was a 6 percent increase in the number of admitted international students, who are from 104 different countries, and one in every seven admitted students is the first in their families to attend college. 03/24/18 5:57pm
'Choose me over a gun’: Penn students, profs march with Philadelphia to end gun violence
Across the world, there were 800 marches planned for this one day. Along with two high school students, Penn College senior Jana Korn organized Philadelphia's march. 03/23/18 10:41pm