Man with firearm prompts Monday night UPennAlert
(09/15/20 1:47am)
A man who displayed a firearm from a car on the 3900 block of Walnut Street prompted a UPennAlert Monday night.
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Assault at 40th and Spruce prompts Sunday evening UPennAlert
(05/04/20 2:48am)
An assault at the 4000 block of Spruce Street prompted a UPennAlert Sunday evening.
Sanders wants Biden in the White House. Penn for Bernie does not.
(04/13/20 8:53pm)
Less than a week after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign, he has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden – further paving the way for the former Penn professor to face off against 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump in November.
Penn will move first summer course sessions online as coronavirus spreads
(04/01/20 8:14pm)
Penn will continue remote instruction for summer academic sessions starting May 26 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Vehicle robbery at gunpoint prompts Wednesday evening UPennAlert
(03/26/20 3:18am)
A robbery of a vehicle at gunpoint on 37th and Market streets prompted a UPennAlert Wednesday evening.
Attempted burglary at 42nd and Walnut prompts Tuesday afternoon UPennAlert
(03/25/20 2:47am)
An attempted burglary reported in the 4200 block of Walnut Street prompted a UPennAlert Tuesday afternoon.
Two days before move out, campus housing rejections leave students with nowhere to go
(03/16/20 12:21am)
College junior Ennie Gantulga does not know where she will live after Tuesday.
Confusion, fear, and risky journeys: International students struggle to leave campus
(03/14/20 12:57am)
As Penn's campus empties out, students' evacuation plans are far from simple – for many international students, leaving Penn means making long journeys across the globe and through crowded airports during a pandemic.
Assault reported at 39th and Baltimore prompts UPennAlert Thursday evening
(02/13/20 11:26pm)
An assault reported in the 3900 block of Baltimore Avenue prompted a UPennAlert Thursday evening.
Bernie's 'momentum' vs. Buttigieg's 'movement': Youth voters sound off at competing rallies
(02/12/20 7:24am)
MANCHESTER, N.H. – They'd been standing for hours in Southern New Hampshire University's fieldhouse, but when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) walked on stage victorious, the crowd, made up of around 400 of his supporters, cheered with renewed passion.
Sanders, The Strokes, and AOC team up in N.H. to rally for free public college tuition
(02/11/20 7:36am)
DURHAM, N.H. – Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) final big campaign event before the New Hampshire polls open was as much a rock concert as it was a rally.
'Fake news,' 'promises kept,' and 'lock her up': The sights and sounds of Trump's N.H. rally
(02/11/20 7:36am)
MANCHESTER, N.H. – "God Bless the USA" blared in an arena of around 12,000 as 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump took the stage the night before the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary.
Penn for Bernie and Penn for Biden trek hundreds of miles to canvass for N.H. primary
(02/10/20 8:14am)
DOVER, N.H. — Braving sub-zero temperatures, remote rural roads, and strangers behind doors, undergraduate students from Penn for Bernie and Penn for Biden trekked from Philadelphia to New Hampshire to canvass for their candidates.
Former Penn prof. Elizabeth Warren tells the DP America needs to work for everyone
(02/10/20 8:19am)
LEBANON, N.H. – Former Penn Law School professor and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hosted a town hall for around 500 people on Sunday night in New Hampshire.
Penn student stranded in Wuhan says coronavirus outbreak is 'like a zombie apocalypse'
(02/03/20 4:25am)
Zhexuan Huang is stranded. Stuck in the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the College sophomore is unable to return to Penn from his home city of Wuhan, China.
Three Penn students diagnosed with mumps as statewide outbreak grows
(04/10/19 6:02am)
Two more Penn students have been diagnosed with mumps, just two weeks after the University announced the first case of mumps on campus. The cases follow an outbreak at nearby Temple University that has sickened at least 140 students.
Financial Services now guarantees summer funding for 'highly-aided' sophomores and juniors
(04/08/19 4:53am)
Starting this summer, "highly-aided" sophomores and juniors will be guaranteed funding up to $4,000 for unpaid or underpaid internships.
Hearing set for Wednesday canceled in lawsuit against Penn over Olivia Kong's death
(03/21/19 5:57am)
A lawsuit filed against Penn over the death of former Wharton junior Olivia Kong, who died by suicide in April 2016, is progressing into its discovery phase in which both parties compile and review evidence before the trial.
Furda says Penn will revisit admissions procedures in light of national bribery scandal
(03/14/19 4:12am)
In light of the nationwide bribery scandal involving admissions procedures at elite institutions, Penn Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said the University will once again consider revising its processes related to recruitment and evaluation. Penn hired an outside consultant to review procedures after former men's basketball coach Jerome Allen pleaded guilty in October 2018 to accepting bribes to help a current Penn senior gain admission.
Penn not among schools named in nationwide college admissions scandal
(03/12/19 9:20pm)
The University of Pennsylvania was not among the higher education institutions named in court documents unsealed by the Justice Department on March 12 charging 50 people — mostly parents, including two celebrities — for taking part in a far-reaching bribery scam to get prospective students into elite schools. This news comes only days after former Penn coach Jerome Allen testified that he took part in a similar bribery scandal in order to help a current Penn senior gain admission to the University.