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More than 50 students attended a town hall hosted by Penn's main minority coalition last Monday to discuss relocating the three cultural centers in the basement of the ARCH building.
Penn is under agreement to purchase the McDonald's located on 40th and Walnut streets at an unspecified future date.
Earlier this year, Penn was the subject of national controversy when it was discovered that the Penn Musuem was in possession of the remains of a victim from the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Penn's main minority coalition groups, commonly known as the 6B, have expanded to include Natives at Penn.
Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Penn Police Maureen Rush will retire from Penn at the end of December.
On Monday morning, more than 25 members of the Penn community marched on Locust Walk, urging the University to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day, and also to increase institutional support for Indigenous community members on campus.
Penn's minority student coalition groups, known as the 6B, are continuing to advocate for more University-allotted resources for their constituents this fall. The 6B comprises the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latinx Coalition, Penn Association for Gender Equity, the United Minorities Council, and UMOJA.
Update: On January 31, 2023, the Municipal Court of Philadelphia found that the individual accused of engaging in the alleged assault described in this article, Nicholas Hamilton, was not guilty of any misconduct. Further details of the DP’s coverage of that individual’s exoneration can be found here.
The Division of Public Safety announced on Tuesday new measures to increase the transparency of its operations and improve its accountability to Penn and West Philadelphia communities.
Although Penn’s campus is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with disabilities are struggling to find accessible entrances, navigate buildings without elevators, and secure accessible on-campus housing.
More than 225 instructors have signed a petition urging Penn to allow instructors to make their own decisions about whether to teach in person or virtually — but administrators insist students should remain in the classroom.
With just a week until fall classes begin, some instructors are improvising their own COVID-19 classroom safety measures while asking for further guidance from Penn.
Black Ivy Stories, a viral Instagram page that recounts experiences of Black individuals in the Ivy League, is launching a time capsule project to archive content created within the past year.
Following nationwide protests in response to the murder of George Floyd and criticism of policing on campus, Penn commissioned an independent review of the Division of Public Safety one year ago, in July 2020. The report — which was compiled after a panel heard hours of testimony and reviewed hundreds of DPS documents — recommends a major overhaul of campus policing.
More than 300 West Philadelphia and Penn community members gathered outside the Penn Museum on April 28 to demand the immediate return of the remains of victims killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing and to honor the lives of Tree and Delisha Africa, whose remains the Africa family believes were held by the Museum.
A week after news broke that remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing were held at the Penn Museum, which embroiled the University in controversy and nationwide backlash, members of the Penn and West Philadelphia community are calling for the remains to be returned to the Africa family.
The Penn Museum apologized to members of MOVE and the University community for its possession of the remains of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing, rather than returning the remains to the Africa family.
Days before the verdict is expected to be announced in the trial of Derek Chauvin, Penn administrators released an email affirming the University's commitment to advancing racial equity.
For the first time in 159 years, the Penn Glee Club — the University's oldest student performing arts group — is opening its choir to singers of all genders.
The Undergraduate Assembly indefinitely tabled a student-proposed resolution for Penn to adopt a definition of antisemitism after critics alleged the definition could censor criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights.