Administration
Penn slow to change alcohol policy
Major changes proposed to Penn's alcohol policy by the Interfraternity Council were met with resistance from administrators.Small department to see large reshuffle
Nathan Ensmenger’s departure from the STSC department after being denied tenure is not the only faculty change that will affect the department next year.Political Science professor Henry Teune dies at 75
Henry Teune, professor of Political Science, died on April 12 at the age of 75.University appoints Ensmenger replacement
PIK professor Jonathan Moreno was chosen to replace STSC undergraduate chair Nathan Ensmenger Wednesday, following Ensmenger's recent tenure denial and decision to leave Penn.Title IX investigation at Yale raises concerns
It is unclear how an ongoing Title IX investigation at Yale University might affect other Ivy League campuses.Penn simplifies housing process
On March 30, Penn Housing Services will introduce the first fully-online housing application, among other changes, to all incoming students.
Payroll Office to phase out paper checks
Starting in April, Penn's Payroll Office announced that it will only pay employees — including students and staff — through direct deposit or a new automated system.Hoax email sent to Engineering School
A fake email sent to the Engineering community by a faculty member Monday morning announced that classes before noon in the Moore Building were canceled due to an electrical failure.Penn puts study abroad in Japan on hold
In response to a potential nuclear crisis in Japan, the Office of International Programs announced Wednesday that all upcoming Penn Abroad programs in the region have been put on hold.Penn pulls students from Japan
Following one of the worst natural disasters in Japan’s history, Penn Abroad is asking students who have not begun their semester abroad in the country to return home.Annenberg visits the Middle East
Annenberg's Adam Levin is teaching in Kabul to lay the foundations for a media infrastructure in Afghanistan, despite facing life-threatening security concerns every day.
Students call for increased diversity
Penn President Amy Gutmann announced at a forum Wednesday that she and the Provost will release an action plan to increase faculty diversity by the end of this academic year.WikiLeaks comes to college campuses
UniLeaks announced its aim to expose “corruption and mismanagement” in United States colleges in an open letter to university presidents on Monday.Insurance coverage still limited for transgender employees
In the minds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, two University policies stand in the way of true equal rights.
Gutmann bridges University, D.C.
While Penn president Amy Gutmann travels to often as part of her state-wide involvement and work on national commissions, she makes sure to put Penn first.HUP may stop hiring smokers
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is considering a policy of no longer hiring smokers, according to HUP spokeswoman Susan Phillips.Trustees talk finances, neighbor relations
Penn's Board of Trustees met with Penn President Amy Gutmann last week to discuss the University's finances, academic policy and campus and neighborhood relations.Gutmann appointed to national commission
In Washington, D.C. on Feb. 17, Leslie Berlowitz — president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences — named Gutmann and Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson to the academy’s new Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences.
SEAS dean agrees to extend term
After extensive consultation with University leaders, Eduardo Glandt will now keep his deanship until 2015.