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(10/05/20 4:14am)
Before this fall semester, MATH 104: Calculus, Part I — a course widely taken among first-year students — consisted of sections for any students in College, Wharton, and Nursing and one section specifically for Engineering students called MATH 104E. Now, all MATH 104 sections are taught under the MATH 104E curriculum, prompting student backlash and concerns about the course's increased difficulty.
(09/24/20 4:19am)
The National Institutes of Health awarded a Penn Engineering lab and Penn-based startup $667,000 to improve COVID-19 detection technology.
(09/15/20 4:36am)
Some Penn professors have designated their course on Penn InTouch as "asynchronous," removing the meeting time from students' schedules and allowing for greater flexibility during the course selection period, which ends on Tuesday.
(08/28/20 3:34am)
Penn students will be able to virtually "shop" for classes during the two-week course selection period with access to courses' Canvas pages.
(08/20/20 5:17am)
With nearly all classes conducted virtually this fall, students and professors who took part in lab courses this summer offer a preview into what labs will look like in a completely remote setting.
(03/02/20 4:25am)
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning on Friday against all nonessential travel to Italy, Penn advised all students studying abroad in Milan – the center of Italy's coronavirus outbreak – to leave the country.
(02/20/20 4:55am)
Legendary sociologist and writer W.E.B. Du Bois notably worked at Penn over a century ago, and his legacy is celebrated at the University with the dorm that bears his name. But the experience of one of America's foremost Black thinkers at Penn is fraught with more discrimination than is often recognized.
(02/17/20 3:23am)
Nursing professors view assignments that ask students to track their daily diet as a critical tool to teach nutrition. But some students worry the practice will trigger disordered eating.
(02/10/20 2:50am)
Studies conducted by Penn assistant professor Mary Regina Boland found links between the environmental conditions of a person's birth month and a variety of health conditions, Penn Medicine News reported.
(02/10/20 2:53am)
Researchers at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine discovered that genetically-edited immune cells can survive in cancer patients, Penn Medicine News reported.
(02/10/20 1:52am)
Penn Global will relocate two of its Global Research & Internship Program cohorts from cities in China to Seoul, South Korea in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
(02/03/20 4:00am)
With 11 coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States, the Wistar Institute is among the leading laboratories working to develop a vaccine for the virus.
(01/31/20 1:15am)
Popular annual hackathon PennApps will not host its annual spring competition. Instead, PennApps will hold a smaller workshop for amateur engineering projects and a startup incubator.
(01/24/20 4:38am)
Although the actuarial science concentration was removed from Wharton's homepage late last semester, Penn will continue to offer the program after students expressed concerns to administrators.
(01/24/20 4:16am)
New York University became the first top United States medical school to cover tuition for all students over two years ago. But according to a recent national survey, it is unlikely this model will come to Penn – or any other medical school in the country – in the near future.
(01/17/20 4:42am)
Prosecutors arrested former Drexel University professor for using cancer research funds at strip clubs, sports bars, and for other personal uses.
(11/25/19 3:00am)
Amid bloody protests that disrupted everyday life in Hong Kong, Penn mandated that its three undergraduate students studying abroad at partner universities leave the city. Two Penn Law students remain in Hong Kong, however, and are not leaving their programs early.
(11/18/19 1:22am)
Penn replaced its timesheet system this summer with Workday@Penn after over a decade. Months later, some students have expressed frustration, saying the new system is missing key features, while others say they are hopeful that the system will continue to improve.
(11/06/19 1:11am)
The Wharton School recently hired award-winning professor Cait Lamberton from the University of Pittsburgh to teach in its Marketing Department.
(11/04/19 1:41am)
A recent Wharton study showed that practicing mindfulness for just a few minutes a day can significantly improve students' academic and professional performances.
