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The University is in the final stages of fine-tuning a proposal that would grant students the opportunity to choose roommates of any gender. The practice -- known as gender-neutral housing -- will take effect in the upcoming academic year.
Reacting swiftly to a Pennsylvania court ruling earlier in the week, Harvard Law School became the first institution of higher learning to reinstate a ban on military recruitment on campus.
Love of the classroom first sparked Afia Ofori-Mensa's interest in graduate study. But only after the 2002 College alumna joined the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program at Penn did she firmly decide on the academic route.
In 1949, William Fontaine became Penn's first fully affiliated black professor. In 1963, he received tenure -- the first black person in the University's history to do so.
Two conferences, four presentations and three large meetings, spread among four states -- all on top of teaching and doing research.
Penn's track record in recruitment and retention of black faculty has been mixed at best recently, leaving some professors concerned about the University's approach.
When speaking about recruitment, a question of strategy usually arises: Should Penn aim to attract established star scholars and "public intellectuals," or should the University try to attract emerging scholars, with the intention of developing their talents?
For a long time, History professor Robert Engs personally knew all of the black faculty members on campus. He jokingly commented that through the '70s and much of the '80s all it would have taken was a single car crash for Penn to lose the demographic in its entirety.
The recent restrictions on campus poker tournaments -- most notably last week's cancellation of Phi Kappa Sigma's charity event -- represent not a new policy, but rather a growing awareness of gambling on campus on the part of University officials.
Phi Kappa Sigma's charity poker event, originally planned for tomorrow, was unexpectedly called off by the University earlier this week despite over a month of planning.
Upon its formation last fall, Student Movement for Change strongly advocated a variety of policy innovations, including increased funding for ethnic studies programs and renewed emphasis on the recruitment and retention of minority students. But recently the group has focused its energies on a single project -- advocating a proposal for a cultural analysis requirement.
One passion isn't enough, he says. So Glenn Bryan balances two of them: music and service to the community. He has played alongside saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. and renowned guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana. As Penn's director of city and community relations, he has worked to keep the dialogue between the University and the community open, engaging both sides in a productive relationship.
The area of 40th and Chestnut streets is scheduled for new development that entails the construction of medium-rise buildings on the block's northeast and northwest corners, along with the renovation of a handful of buildings that contain both commercial and residential units.
Despite the inconclusive results for national youth voter turnout, Penn clearly demonstrated its heightened political engagement yesterday when students voted in record numbers.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- In a tighter than expected senatorial race, Democratic Congressman Joe Hoeffel lost his bid to unseat the longtime Republican incumbent Arlen Specter.
Hundreds of flyers appeared across campus late last night, falsely claiming that out-of-state students who register and vote in Pennsylvania face losing state grant money.
Each summer, 30 minority high school students come together at Penn in a monthlong, highly intensive leadership program that introduces them to the realities of the business world.
The University of Michigan's first enrollment numbers since the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action show a 15 percent decline in the number of black freshmen.
The Board of Trustees met yesterday for the first time since University President Amy Gutmann took office to review financial planning and upcoming University affairs.
Disputes over Penn's role in the gentrification of West Philadelphia and the displacement of native residents, which have been raging for decades, were revisited again last night at a forum entitled "A Call for Shared Prosperity."