04/27/10 5:20pm
At a public information session today, university officials said there was no new information concerning the death of Wharton junior and football team co-captain Owen Thomas.
04/15/10 6:27am
Penn Med rose to second for research, Wharton fell two spots to fifth, and Penn Law rose one place to seventh from 2009.
03/28/10 9:50pm
College junior Matt Amalfitano won the first-ever election for Undergraduate Assembly president. College junior Mark Pan will serve as the first vice president.
03/19/10 7:17pm
Stephen Starr, who owns Pod on Penn's campus, has 13 other restaurants in the city. He is known for unique decor and distinct menu themes.
03/10/10 9:00pm
Penn’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Fry was named president of Drexel University on Wednesday, March 10.
03/04/10 2:00am
Professor William LaFleur of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department died suddenly from a heart attack on Feb. 26, according to the Office of the Provost. He was on leave this semester.
03/03/10 6:11am
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday charging the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with denying a patient care because he did not have health insurance.
02/17/10 10:56pm
The supermarket at 40th and Walnut closed due to electrical problems. Around 1 p.m. it began experiencing refrigeration problems, which led to cash registers shorting out.
02/10/10 10:43pm
Douglas Sheppard, a native of Rutherford, N.J., received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and would have graduated from Wharton this year.
01/29/10 4:46am
Penn's loan program will switch to Direct Lending from the government, which will allow students quicker access to funds and provide a small reduction in fees.
01/15/10 5:29am
Evan taught sociology and management at the University for over 50 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from Penn in 1946.
01/12/10 11:22pm
A special H1N1 vaccine clinic will be held Friday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Houston Hall.
01/12/10 11:03pm
Penn is noticeably absent from the 2010 Princeton Review and USA Today rankings of “Best Value Colleges.”
12/14/09 12:58am
The revised GRE will be administered beginning in the fall of 2011 to the approximately 630,000 students who take the test annually.
12/04/09 3:31am
Westboro Baptist Church will protest Monday outside Hillel at 11:30 a.m., speaking out against Judaism and homosexuality.
12/04/09 3:22am
For the first time in three years, the number of early decision applications to Penn has increased. The Admissions Office received 3,842 early applications this year.
11/25/09 6:17am
When my only option seemed to be living with Mom and Dad in the ‘burbs and earning “regular” status on the SEPTA R5, I became my own personal real estate agent.
11/25/09 3:35am
Penn tuition has a reputation for being excessively pricey — but experts think otherwise. The University was recently ranked eighth on Kiplinger’s 2009-2010 list for Best Values in Private Universities.
11/23/09 5:13am
College sophomore Alex Ryles died Sunday, University spokeswoman Lori Doyle confirmed. No further details about Ryles' death were available Sunday night.
11/19/09 11:58pm
A car was on fire outside of the Radian on Walnut Street tonight at about 6:15 p.m. The Philadelphia Fire Department put out the flames about 20 minutes later. No one was injured.
