Gutmann salary increased to $2.82 million in most recent data
(09/02/14 10:18pm)
For the first time, Penn President Amy Gutmann is the highest-compensated University employee.
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SAS appoints 22 new faculty members for the academic year
(09/01/14 11:51pm)
A crop of new professors will join the School of Arts and Sciences for the academic year. The school has appointed 22 new members to its faculty across several departments.
Food and opportunities fill Penn's first health and wellness fair
(08/30/14 7:39pm)
In keeping with Penn’s Year of Health theme, the Penn Undergraduate Health Coalition hosted the University’s first Health and Wellness Fair Friday night.
Penn field hockey begins anew after significant roster shakeup
(08/20/14 10:44pm)
Fresh off a second-place finish in the Ivy League a season ago, Penn field hockey is hoping to build on that success with another winning season in 2014.
Jonathan Iwry | Occupying the past
(07/25/14 4:24pm)
When I was young, I would listen with awe as my family described the historical landmarks of their younger days. My dad would reminisce about how '60s activist group SDS stormed University Hall and how his prom date had to wake her father up late at night to inform him that his boss, Robert Kennedy, had just been shot. My mom would joke about getting lost in the Eastern Bloc as an American during the Cold War. My aunt still never misses a chance to kvell about Woodstock.
Jonathan Iwry | A war on ennui
(06/26/14 12:09am)
B laise Pascal once wrote that when a soldier complains about his difficult life, “try giving him nothing to do.”
Philadelphia lands spot on short list to host 2016 Democratic National Convention
(06/18/14 10:13pm)
Philadelphia could be the scene of the next Democratic presidential nomination.
Kathy Change: Her legacy burns on
(05/01/14 12:27am)
“I’ve tried to do this several times before,
Senior column by Ernest Owens | The road that was made
(04/30/14 10:14pm)
L i ke most of my high school literature, I remember reading something profound from some old prestigious white man. This time it was Robert Frost.
Penn men's lacrosse beats St. John's for sixth straight win
(04/28/14 12:17am)
The Quakers took the end of the season by storm — literally.
Guest column by Jennifer Toth | Clinicals — to me, they mean everything
(04/27/14 11:47pm)
L ast Thursday, like thousands of other people on campus, I looked forward to reading 34th Street’s spring shoutouts. Unlike most other students on campus, though, I did so after a 12-hour-long day of clinical — physically and emotionally exhausted but proud of the work I had done. So you can imagine my surprise and disappointment when I read: “To the Penn nurses: A two–year associates degree will get you the same job. But keep talking about those clinicals like they mean something.”
The Healthy Food Truck Initiative hosted its first panel on Thursday
(04/18/14 1:10am)
Healthy usually doesn’t describe food trucks.
A new pipeline to healthcare careers
(04/16/14 11:18pm)
Some West Philadelphia high school students are using Jell-O and Play-Doh to learn how our bodies work.
Upcoming West Philly rapper inspired by hometown
(04/10/14 8:50pm)
Hip-hop artist Sterling Duns wants to create good vibes in West Philadelphia.
Approaching race as a social rather than biological construct
(04/08/14 8:26pm)
In 1851, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine graduate Samuel Cartwright delivered a report to the Medical Association of Louisiana claiming that blacks’ health was improved by slavery.
Natural Science's evolving hiring practices
(04/02/14 5:35pm)
The Natural Sciences division of the School of Arts and Sciences is participating in the Evolution Cluster, a program that would make Darwin proud.
Penn baseball sweeps doubleheader from Brown
(04/01/14 10:32pm)
Penn baseball is getting its spring cleaning done early this year.
Grad students refurbish homes in West Philadelphia
(03/31/14 8:51pm)
Friday marked the start of a project by Penn graduate students partnering with a local nonprofit to repair 12 different houses of low-income homeowners in Mantua.
Higher Ed Roundup: March 28
(03/28/14 2:57am)
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'Homologous Hope' sculpture combines art and science to celebrate cancer research
(03/26/14 12:55am)
Blurring the boundaries between art and science, a monumental new sculpture was unveiled on March 12, inspiring hope for cancer research.
