University operations will continue during Super Bowl parade on Thursday
The City of Philadelphia will host a parade to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles' first ever Super Bowl win on Thursday at 11 a.m., officials announced this morning.
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The City of Philadelphia will host a parade to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles' first ever Super Bowl win on Thursday at 11 a.m., officials announced this morning.
Euphoria spread across the wet streets of Philadelphia last night as the clock on the Super Bowl ran out, and it became clear that the Philadelphia Eagles had beaten the New England Patriots 41-33 in Minnesota. Penn students, staff, and faculty joined thousands of Philadelphians in every corner of the city as they celebrated the team’s first ever Super Bowl win.
The 1959 Wharton graduate and namesake of Huntsman Hall at 37th and Walnut Streets, Jon Huntsman Sr., has died at age 80. The Utah billionaire, who was one of the most generous donors to Penn, died after a battle with prostate cancer, reported The Salt Lake City Tribune.
Nearly a week after reports emerged of a decades-long pattern of alleged sexual misconduct by former Penn Trustee Steve Wynn, the University announced on Thursday that it will revoke Wynn’s honorary degree, which was granted in 2006, remove the name “Wynn Commons” from the common area outside Houston Hall, and remove Wynn’s name from the scholarship fund that he established by donation.
The signage for Wynn Commons, which is named after former Penn Trustee Steve Wynn, was defaced earlier today.
Samuel Woodward, the man charged with murdering College sophomore Blaze Bernstein, was part of an extremist, neo-Nazi group, according to a report published by the nonprofit news organization ProPublica on Jan. 26.
Jan. 20 2018 marks exactly a year since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, beginning one of the most turbulent, controversial administrations in U.S. history. It also marks a full year since Penn has had a graduate in the country's top office; a full year since "the Wharton School of Finance" and the Penn brand in general has inevitably been pulled into a national discussion surrounding Trump and his credibility as a leader.
In the latest update to the homicide case of College sophomore Blaze Bernstein, the Orange County Register reported on Jan. 15 that Bernstein was stabbed over 20 times in what authorities suggest was "an act of rage."
After being reported missing a week ago, College sophomore Blaze Bernstein, 19, has been found dead in a park in Orange County, Calif.
A Penn student from Orange County, California has been missing for three days, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
College freshman William Steinberg, 18, was among 10 American tourists who died in a fatal plane crash on Dec. 31. Steinberg, who was traveling in Costa Rica with his family, died when his plane, which was traveling from the resort town of Punta Islita on the Pacific coast, crashed into a mountainous region.
College freshman William Steinberg and his family died in a plane crash on Dec. 31.
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.
Edward Flanagan, the long-serving Vermont lawmaker and 1973 College graduate, died at a nursing home in New Hampshire on Nov. 3. He was 66 years old.
This year marked the first time that Penn had a graduate in the country’s top office. And regardless of what students, alumni, or faculty thought about President Donald Trump’s first year, the Penn brand has inevitably entered the national discussion surrounding Trump’s administration, personal background, and combative late-night tweets.
Former Vice President Joe Biden was back on campus for the fourth time this year. The Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor was at the University for the high-profile Perry World House colloquium featuring National Security Advisors Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and Susan Rice.
Few issues in Penn’s history have affected Penn's community as profoundly and as relentlessly as those surrounding mental health on campus. In 2017, the conversation around stress and mental illness remained prominent throughout the year.
Fourteen Penn students have died by suicide since February 2013, but by student accounts, Penn administrators have never acknowledged this directly to the student body — even to those who have been intimately affected by these deaths. While students say they recognize the complexities of navigating a discussion on this issue, many want the University to provide more transparency and clarity in their efforts to support those who need help.
When former College student Aran Rana of the Class of 2019 died in Hong Kong this year, his closest friends found out in the same way and at the same time that over 10,000 other undergraduates did: five paragraphs in an email notification from the University.
Henry Rogers, a Wharton senior studying finance and marketing, died the morning of Oct. 9, according to an email notification from Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum.