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(01/19/21 4:45pm)
In a shocking video posted to Twitter, tenured Penn professor Robert Schuyler was recorded using a Nazi salute and rallying cry at a virtual archeology conference. Since the incident, widespread student outcry has called for the professor’s dismissal, arguing that white supremacist and antisemitic sentiment has no place at the University. Meanwhile, the professor and his defenders have cited freedom of speech as a protection in this case.
(01/17/21 8:30pm)
Robert Schuyler (left) and Amy Wax (right) are both tenured professors at Penn.
(01/14/21 5:17am)
Last Wednesday, Anthropology professor Robert Schuyler participated in a Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) annual conference, where he used a Nazi gesture and phrase directed at another panelist. When University of York Ph.D. candidate Liz Quinlan, who was speaking about increasing the accessibility of the SHA, deemed Schuyler’s question not relevant to her presentation, he replied, “I’m sorry, but I have freedom of speech, and you’re not going to tell me it’s not the place to bring this up.” He then held his arm up in a Nazi salute and stated, “Sieg heil to you,” a victory slogan originally used by the Nazi Party and later adopted by white supremacists in the United States.
(01/12/21 3:19am)
Anthropology professor Robert Schuyler is also a co-curator for the Penn Museum.
(01/12/21 3:25am)
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.
(01/11/21 2:10am)
(01/11/21 3:36pm)
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.
(01/10/21 6:09am)
Robert Schuyler, who teaches anthropology and holds a position at the Penn Museum, held his arm in a Nazi salute and said “Sieg heil to you” after a speaker told him that the meeting, a Society for Historical Archaeology conference plenary session, was not the place for him to discuss a question he had raised about membership.
Video contributed by Liz Quinlan
(01/10/21 3:00am)
Penn anthropology professor Robert Schuyler at the virtual Society for Historical Archaeology conference plenary session. (Photo from Liz Quinlan)
(01/10/21 5:27am)
A Penn professor used a Nazi phrase and salute during a brief altercation with a speaker at a national archaeological conference on Wednesday, outraging colleagues.
(01/10/21 6:03am)
In the wake of President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump's incitement of the Jan. 6 breaching of the United States Capitol, Penn alumni are renewing already fervent calls for the University to revoke Trump's degree, with some citing Penn's unique silence regarding his actions as reason to cut their donations.
(12/07/20 5:56am)
The Penn professor who heads the NBC News Decision Desk said the Associated Press and Fox News made a "terrible call" by projecting Joe Biden as the winner in Arizona just hours after the polls closed on Election Day.
(11/25/20 2:27am)
Expectations were high for the Penn Quakers coming into the 1986-1987 season.
(11/19/20 11:42pm)
Graduate School of Education professor Robert Zemsky co-authored "The College Stress Test."
(12/04/20 5:00am)
A Penn Graduate School of Education professor released a set of prediction trends about topics such astransforming typical college curriculum and adding three-year undergraduate degrees, that will influence higher education decisions in 2021.
(11/09/20 2:17am)
Robert Marshak was Penn Vet's ninth dean.
(11/09/20 1:29am)
After creating a Penn men’s basketball all-time starting five, with so many talented players coming through the program over the decades, it only makes sense to present a second (small-ball) lineup that is arguably as good as or better than the first.
(11/09/20 3:37am)
The Annenberg School for Communication hosted a panel of professors to discuss how the Kardashian family appropriated and repackaged Black culture for a white audience to build their media empire.
(11/09/20 7:28am)
Robert Marshak, the former dean of Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, died on Oct. 20 at age 97.
(11/05/20 7:08am)
Along with 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump's presidential campaign, there are 16 other Penn graduates who are running for governmental office across the country. They span across six states and the majority are running for seats in the United States House of Representatives. Nine are incumbents, while seven are running for the first time.
