Emilia Onuonga | Thoughts and prayers are not enough
(05/28/22 1:25pm)
My heart goes out to the families that are mourning and have been mourning their lost ones through gun violence.
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Varun Saraswathula | Psychedelics are redefining well-being; Penn needs to get involved
(04/26/22 11:28pm)
In 2016, a group of scientists out of Johns Hopkins University ran what was, at the time, a rather strange clinical trial. They gave doses of psilocybin, the psychoactive component in “magic mushrooms,” to 51 terminally ill cancer patients who underwent two “sessions” (i.e. administrations of the drug guided by a professional) over five weeks with a six-month follow-up. Most of the participants were “psychedelic naive,” or hadn’t used any psychedelic drugs in decades. The investigators were curious as to what psilocybin would do to a group of patients for whom death was on the horizon.
Wellness at Penn earns nation’s highest distinction for LGBTQ equality in health care
(03/31/22 6:19am)
Wellness at Penn — the University’s student medical care, counseling, and public health division — earned a perfect evaluation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year.
Wharton professor Sigal Barsade dies at 56
(03/15/22 4:34am)
Wharton School professor Sigal Barsade died at the age of 56 on Feb. 7 of brain cancer.
Penn graduate Elon Musk's brain chip company issues response to lawsuit alleging animal abuse
(02/23/22 5:15am)
Neuralink — a brain chip company founded by 1997 College and Wharton graduate Elon Musk — issued a response to a lawsuit alleging animal abuse by the company.
Geography of men's fencing: seven states and four countries
(02/11/22 6:00am)
Sixty percent of the Quaker men’s fencing team come from just four states, and that isn’t just a coincidence.
16 Penn Law Organizations | Statement in support of Lia Thomas
(01/26/22 2:00am)
On Saturday, Jan. 8, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and her teammates on the Penn women’s swim team competed against Yale and Dartmouth in their last home meet of the season. Some teammates, however, threatened to boycott the meet. They did so over what they perceive as the unfairness of allowing Thomas to compete (and, specifically, the perceived unfairness of allowing Thomas to beat them) in the sport she loves, and at which she works hard to excel.
Study finds more police leads to increased low-level arrests, slight drop in homicides
(11/29/21 3:54am)
A study conducted by Penn criminologist Aaron Chalfin and other researchers showed that increasing the size of police forces results in an increase in arrests for low-level offenses and a decrease in homicides.
Matthew Liu | Beware riders, high ride sharing prices are here to stay
(08/05/21 3:46am)
Uber and Lyft have claimed that recent surges in prices in Philadelphia and across the country are a pandemic anomaly. Supposedly, there is a lack of drivers, and as the COVID-19 restrictions finally ease up, drivers will return, prices will bounce back to their normal, affordable prices, and they will stay that way. However, this is blatantly false, and all part of these ridesharing companies’ carefully curated plans to make a profit — at the expense of the American people.
california wild fires.jpg
(07/22/21 4:20am)
The smoke from the west coast wild fires has spread rapidly across the United States in a jet stream and has settled down at a low altitude above Philadelphia and the East Coast. (Photo by Daria Devyatkina | CC 2.0)
Mapping U.S. colleges' COVID-19 vaccine requirement policies
(06/16/21 11:22pm)
As colleges across the country prepare to reopen and host largely in-person, on-campus semesters for the first time in over a year, many are weighing the decision of whether to require students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall. The Daily Pennsylvanian is tracking the vaccine mandate policies of over 200 colleges across each of the 50 states.
From poets to politicians: Meet Penn’s 2021 honorary degree recipients
(05/13/21 1:46am)
Penn will honor seven individuals with honorary degrees, celebrating their accomplishments in fields ranging from public policy to arts and entertainment.
Penn and USC establish Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication
(04/22/21 4:01am)
Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication and the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism are establishing a joint center to create a partnership between the two schools.
Penn Libraries receives donation of prints by renowned photographer Arthur Tress
(04/23/21 1:20am)
Penn Libraries recently announced an anonymous gift containing works from photographer Arthur Tress.
As variants and vaccinations increase, undergraduate COVID-19 case count decreases slightly
(04/09/21 3:57am)
Penn's undergraduate COVID-19 case count continued to decrease last week, after a spike in cases following the week of "Spring Stay" from March 14 to March 20.
Student-proposed UA resolution to define antisemitism tabled after debate over definition
(04/07/21 5:15am)
The Undergraduate Assembly indefinitely tabled a student-proposed resolution for Penn to adopt a definition of antisemitism after critics alleged the definition could censor criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights.
Daniel Gurevitch | The college admissions process needs an overhaul
(04/10/21 2:03am)
There are three ways to get into elite United States colleges and universities: the front door, the side door, and the back door. The front door admits students through the process most of us expect yet dread with college admissions: a slew of application essays, FAFSA documents, and standardized tests. Students who enter college through the front door are — at least in theory — judged on their merit and what they can add to a campus.
Penn accepts record-low 5.68% of applicants to the Class of 2025
(04/06/21 11:17pm)
Penn accepted 5.68% of applicants to the Class of 2025, a record low and a significant decrease from last year's 8.07%.
Philadelphia partially moves into Phase 1C of COVID-19 vaccine distribution
(04/06/21 3:29am)
Philadelphia expanded vaccine eligibility on Monday to include four more categories of essential workers.
Penn Medicine study finds over a third of Phila. COVID-19 cases are caused by variants
(04/05/21 1:30am)
A new analysis by the Perelman School of Medicine finds more than a third of new cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia are caused by more contagious variants of the virus.
