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Fraternities at the University of California, Los Angeles were banned on Jan. 16 from hosting events in-house with alcohol, following an alleged sexual assault, ABC7 reported.
A new public survey on sexual harassment in higher education has pointed toward a range of alleged incidents at Penn. One respondent said her Penn professor hugged her and caressed her neck even when she tried to break free; another wrote that "in a sick moment, [her professor] stuck his tongue inside [her] mouth."
Larry Wittig, a longtime rowing coach who rose to a top leadership role in the Pennsylvania education system, resigned from his position as chair of the state Board of Education this week after The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on multiple allegations of sexual misconduct that occurred while he worked as a coach affiliated with Penn.
Activism has been a cornerstone of the Penn student experience for years, and 2017 was no different. Throughout the year, undergraduate and graduate students penned more than a dozen strongly worded letters and collected thousands of signatures for a wide range of issues.
One of the founders of the viral #MeToo movement, who were honored by Time Magazine last week, has her roots in Philadelphia.
A former Penn doctoral student has accused literary critic and Stanford University English professor emeritus Franco Moretti of making inappropriate sexual advances towards her, The Stanford Daily reported.
After a semester of student backlash to Penn's new policies governing social events, administrators and students say they are getting used to the campus regulations. Data from the University also suggest groups largely have been following the guidelines.
In its second event of the semester, Penn Women SPEAK gathered on Nov. 30 to discuss how to respond to the controversial protesters on Locust Walk that may make students feel uncomfortable or offended.
A Princeton professor found responsible of sexually harassing his graduate student in June has been allowed to keep his job after completing eight hours of training, The Huffington Post reported.
A prominent scholar and professor of geology at Boston University, David R. Marchant, has been found responsible for harassing a former Penn assistant professor years ago during a research trip to Antarctica.
Eleven faculty members at the Berklee College of Music were terminated in the past 13 years for sexual assault, according to an open forum held in early November.
Lehigh University announced on Friday that it would not revoke the honorary degree awarded to President Donald Trump. Wagner College also recently decided that it would not rescind the honorary degree it awarded Trump in 2004, Inside Higher Ed reported.
Amid the ongoing fallout from investigations into Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment, the student group Penn Women SPEAK held a discussion on sexual harassment both across the nation and on campus.
Three Dartmouth College professors are currently under criminal investigation for sexual misconduct.
Harvard University's Athletics Department has launched a series of mandatory training programs for student athletes, coaches and department staff in response to a series of scandals involving sexual harassment and sexism, according to a report in The Harvard Crimson, the university's student newspaper.
By Provost Wendell Pritchett's account, the administration's series of policies regarding alcohol use and student social events have been implemented this semester with hardly a concern.
Under the Obama administration, the “Dear Colleague” letter of April 2011 set guidelines for how universities were required to handle sexual misconduct on campus. What Penn students might not know is that many of these requirements apply even when students face sexual misconduct off-campus.
Penn’s student body now has a new mode of communication at its disposal with the introduction of the anonymous messaging application Tik Tak.
Today, Penn's three high rises are home to nearly 2,400 students, but much has changed since they started housing undergraduates in the 1970s.
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