For the first time in history, Wharton's MBA program will enroll more women than men
(08/02/21 4:26am)
For the first time ever, the Wharton School's MBA program will enroll more women than men in its incoming class.
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Philadelphia City Council passes 2022 budget with emphasis on violence prevention
(07/15/21 12:43am)
The Philadelphia city budget has passed with a total of $155 million alloted to work against gun violence and $22.3 million towards police reform.
Republican lawmakers threaten to cut funding from Penn Vet due to COVID-19 vaccine requirement
(06/21/21 3:01am)
Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are threatening to cut $32 million in funding from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine for requiring employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
CHOP ranked second best pediatric hospital in the country by U.S. News and World Report
(06/17/21 3:47am)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was ranked No. 2 on the U.S. News and World Report's 2021-2022 list of best pediatric hospitals in America.
Philadelphia lifts all remaining COVID-19 capacity and social distancing restrictions
(06/07/21 3:29am)
Philadelphia lifted all COVID-19 capacity restrictions and social distancing guidelines for restaurants and large venues.
Penn Wharton Budget Model predicts remote learning will harm labor productivity, GDP
(06/03/21 3:27am)
A new Penn Wharton Budget Model study predicts that the effects of pandemic-related school closures and remote learning will cost the American economy 3.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2050.
United States to allow some international students to come to campus in the fall
(04/29/21 3:07pm)
International students from several countries including China and the United Kingdom will be able to enter the United States for the fall semester.
Penn researchers find evidence of racial bias in models used to allocate limited resources
(04/16/21 4:38am)
A study by Penn researchers found evidence of racial bias in models used to allocate limited health care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Penn Medicine study finds over a third of Phila. COVID-19 cases are caused by variants
(04/05/21 1:30am)
A new analysis by the Perelman School of Medicine finds more than a third of new cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia are caused by more contagious variants of the virus.
Penn Law study finds increase in illegal terms in residential leases for Phila. tenants
(03/19/21 4:07am)
A Penn Law School study found an increase in illegal terms in residential leases for Philadelphia tenants.
Biden announces that U.S. will have enough vaccines for every adult by end of May
(03/04/21 5:29am)
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult in the United States by the end of May.
Philadelphia will likely not expand COVID-19 vaccine access until April
(02/22/21 5:21am)
Philadelphia will likely not expand access to COVID-19 vaccines beyond phase 1b until mid-April.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia partners with city to distribute vaccine to school staff
(02/11/21 2:56am)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will help the city's health department administer COVID-19 vaccines to teachers and school staff.
Penn expands summer funding to include middle-income students
(02/11/21 3:55am)
Middle-income students pursuing summer internships and research opportunities can now receive financial support from Penn's Summer Funding Program.
Pa. expands COVID-19 vaccine to more residents — but guidelines don't apply in Philadelphia
(01/21/21 3:50am)
Pennsylvania expanded COVID-19 vaccine access to everyone over age 65 and people 16 and older with high-risk medical conditions — but the new guidelines do not apply in Philadelphia.
New Jersey votes to legalize recreational marijuana, putting pressure on Pennsylvania
(11/05/20 6:22am)
New Jersey residents approved a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in Tuesday's election, which The New York Times reported will put pressure on Pennsylvania.
Two Penn Med professors win total of $8 million in grants from National Institutes of Health
(10/08/20 3:36am)
The National Institutes of Health awarded its Director's Awards, which include a combined $8 million in research grants to two professors at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.
Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous
(03/29/17 11:29pm)
The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission. In The Daily Pennsylvanian, Taylor Becker extols “free speech and the competition of ideas” along with “intellectual rigor” as crucial to the University. Yet, as Julia Lesko explained in her Feb. 28 column, the University Board of Trustees attempted to extinguish this competition of ideas by rejecting fossil fuel divestment on the basis of a 19-word claim sans data and analysis. More than fundamentally contradicting Penn’s academic stature, this anti-intellectualism by the Board of Trustees has harmed the endowment’s financial returns.
Guest column by Connie Chen, Will Johnson and Thomas Lee| Five myths about fossil fuel divestment
(02/25/15 5:14am)
Fossil fuel divestment is often misunderstood by opponents, so we’re here to debunk common myths.
Guest column by Will Johnson and Thomas Lee | Gutmann’s climate plan is not enough
(10/29/14 3:13am)
L ast Tuesday, President Amy Gutmann sent an email to the Penn community about the launch of Climate Action Plan 2.0. Despite its account of previous accomplishments and plans for the next five years, CAP 2.0 falls short of the mark. To be a genuine climate action leader, Penn must divest its endowment from fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy.