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Racially motivated violence has become extremely prevalent this past year. But how much do you know about violence against Asian Americans? As we reach the one-year anniversary of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American hate has skyrocketed like never before — an issue that has unfortunately been overlooked by many.
In the wake of the protests and racial activism of last summer, Penn women's soccer, along with the other seven Ivy League teams, formed the Justice Coalition to further their commitment to advancing social justice issues in their communities.
After one year of the pandemic, first-generation, low-income students are still facing a variety of challenges — some of which they say stem from Penn's high-pressure culture and a lack of institutional support from the University.
The NBA All-Star Weekend typically marks the halfway point in the professional basketball season, coming as a welcomed break to the draining 82-game season. Though this year’s mid-season All-Star Game will arrive a bit early amid controversy, the Memphis Grizzlies, coached by Penn alumnus Taylor Jenkins, will rejoice at the opportunity to regroup before a loaded back half of the season.
When people refer to the “good old days,” they usually refer to something that’s a bit more hardcore and dangerous. Well, those traits are steeped in the legacy of one of Penn’s oldest traditions, the Rowbottom.
Wharton Management Club hosted former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for a discussion on the field of finance and modern political moment on Feb. 11.
Despite pandemic-related health restrictions, Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team is still operational and prepared to respond to emergencies in the Penn community this semester.
Justin Watson didn’t play a single down of football in Super Bowl LV, but that didn’t stop him from making history.
Wednesday, October 16, 1912. Fenway Park, Boston, in the legendary field's inaugural season. Bottom of the 10th inning, in Game 8 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Giants. Game tied, 2–2. On third base, Steve Yerkes takes a lead.
Penn professor Robert Schuyler has retired after facing backlash for his use of a Nazi salute and phrase during a virtual archaeology conference earlier this month.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine found that opioid overdose deaths increased among Black Philadelphians during the pandemic, while decreasing among white residents.
Penn's decision to bring thousands of students back to campus during the pandemic's deadliest season has flung thousands of West Philadelphia residents into increased risk of transmission. After being blindsided by the buzzing campus, members of the local community believe the University made the wrong call.
Penn professor Robert Schuyler used a Nazi salute and phrase at an archaeological conference earlier this month in an attempt to reference free speech suppression in Nazi Germany, sparking widespread backlash. Now, his colleagues — including the speaker he interrupted at the conference — plan to send an open letter to the University demanding his termination.
Penn canceled Anthropology professor and Penn Museum co-curator Robert Schuyler’s classes for the spring semester as he faces widespread backlash and continued calls for his firing for his use of a Nazi phrase and gesture at a conference last week.
Students are calling on Penn to fire a professor after a video of him using a Nazi phrase and salute at an archaeological conference gained attention on social media on Saturday.
The seemingly never-ending story of the biggest scandal in Penn basketball history has had yet another chapter added to it on Tuesday night.
Coming off their third consecutive Ivy League championship, Penn men's basketball entered the year with a 43-game winning streak in the Ivy League dating back to March 7, 1992. After losing stars Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney to the NBA, however, there were big questions about how the Red and Blue would hold up.
Although Penn announced a $100 million contribution to the School District of Philadelphia, the University did not pay Payments in Lieu of Taxes, financial contributions that property tax-exempt organizations voluntarily make to local governments, this year. While students have been calling on Penn to pay PILOTs for decades, demands were reignited by the Black Lives Matter movement and protests against systemic racism this summer.
Unprecedented. Tragic. Revolutionary. Exhausting. Inspiring. Historic. 2020. The world has experienced some of the most extraordinary events in modern history this year, and the Penn community has been impacted by it all.
On May 25, George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. Floyd's death, and the killings of many other Black people at the hands of police, sparked a nationwide movement for racial justice — including protests on Penn's campus, more than 1,100 miles from Minneapolis. Philadelphia's protests over Floyd's killing lasted for more than a week straight.
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