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(02/13/20 3:53am)
Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum will leave her position at the end of June to become the Provost’s Distinguished Senior Fellow of Student Engagement at the Graduate School of Education. She will be Penn's inaugural Vice Provost for Student Engagement.
(02/05/20 4:08am)
The Penn Wharton China Center, located in Beijing’s financial district, will remain closed until Feb. 10 at the earliest due to the coronavirus outbreak, as mandated by Chinese government regulations.
(01/30/20 4:17am)
In January 2019, Penn proposed a policy that would centralize sexual misconduct investigations into one office under a new administrative position, the Associate Vice President of Equity and Title IX Officer. On Nov. 11, the University appointed Michele Rovinsky-Mayer as the first AVP of Equity and Title IX Officer.
(01/28/20 1:48am)
SEPTA’s University City Station will be renamed Penn Medicine Station following a $3.3 million donation by the medical school, SEPTA announced Monday.
(01/27/20 3:27am)
Wharton’s Baker Retailing Center hosted its first Ideathon, a 24-hour challenge where Penn students pitched ideas to Ralph Lauren to solve business challenges, featuring VIP guest 'Shark Tank' investor and CEO of FUBU Daymond John.
(01/23/20 4:17am)
Residents at the Fairfax Apartments located at 43rd and Locust Street, many of whom are Penn graduate students, said unsafe living conditions and potential increase in rent may prompt them to move out of the building.
(01/16/20 3:17am)
Penn Medicine researchers have developed a method that may allow cancer patients to receive radiation therapy in less than one second rather than over the typical week-long period.
(12/10/19 3:13am)
The English department will offer a new Junior Research Seminar entitled “U.S. Border Narratives” in Spring 2020.
(11/25/19 4:20am)
Penn will create a committee of faculty members to address climate change and sustainability, Penn Faculty Senate Chair Steven Kimbrough said.
(11/25/19 4:44am)
In the past two years, the numbers of women and minority faculty members at Penn have slightly increased, according to a recently released diversity report.
(11/19/19 4:53am)
While some students praised a series of renovations in the ARCH building, others say the updates neglect the larger issue of giving students of color more prominent spaces on campus.
(11/14/19 4:07am)
Penn announced it would allow the three cultural houses to move out of the ARCH basement and occupy the entire building, including the upper floors. But Penn's main minority coalition groups — the 6B — are hesitant to move into the rest of the ARCH because their ultimate goal is to relocate to their own buildings on Locust Walk.
(11/12/19 12:26am)
New York University School of Medicine recently announced that it will be renamed in honor of Robert I. Grossman, a Penn Medicine graduate and former professor.
(11/13/19 12:29am)
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently conducted a study linking heart disease to an inability for the body to remove damaged mitochondria, Penn Medicine News reported.
(10/21/19 5:24am)
A student-run conference in the School of Nursing Saturday drew nearly 200 students and community members to talk about incorporating mental health awareness into health care.
(09/25/19 1:37pm)
Rapper and Philadelphia native Meek Mill donated 500 backpacks and a year’s worth of school supplies to 30 classrooms at James G. Blaine Elementary School in North Philadelphia.
(09/19/19 1:47am)
This month, the College of Arts and Sciences has organized a series of popup lectures to discuss an issue that affects students and faculty members in every discipline: climate change.