Senior Column by Caroline Simon | Relying on ourselves
(05/09/18 1:00pm)
Whenever someone asks me for my opinion of Penn, I typically give them two somewhat conflicting answers.
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How Amy Gutmann is — quietly — leading Penn through political tumult
(04/03/18 3:16am)
On Nov. 9, 2016 — the day after Donald Trump stunned the nation by winning the United States presidency — Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania was packed to the brim. That day’s University Council meeting, a routine administrative gathering of Penn’s student, faculty, and staff leaders, had become a hotly anticipated event.
The Paradise Papers found that Penn dodges taxes by sending money abroad — here's what that means
(11/18/17 11:29pm)
Movie stars, business magnates, and princes aren’t the only ones who take advantage of offshore tax havens to hide their money and grow their wealth. Universities like Penn do it too.
Penn settles lawsuit with student who accused the U. of mishandling sexual misconduct case
(11/28/17 4:00am)
Penn has settled a lawsuit with a former student who took legal action to protest the University's handling of a sexual misconduct investigation last year.
Penn reconvened its mental health task force a year ago. Here's what it concluded.
(09/16/17 4:26pm)
Following Wharton junior Olivia Kong's death by suicide in 2016, Penn reconvened a Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare. The task force concluded its work about a year ago but has not released any public report on its findings or offered any recommendations that directly sparked policy changes.
Inside Wharton's years-long effort to court Donald Trump's billion-dollar fortune
(08/07/17 5:15pm)
In 1987, the Penn Board of Trustees voted to appoint a new member to the Wharton Board of Overseers for a three-year term.
Penn's million-dollar lobbying operation
(04/27/17 12:53am)
Penn spends over a million dollars each year trying to influence legislation on the state, local and national level — and that’s almost twice as much as any of its peer institutions.
Students just flyered the LOVE statue to protest the University's response to neo-Nazi 'hate speech' on campus
(04/26/17 8:32pm)
A group of students covered the LOVE statue with flyers early Wednesday to protest the recent neo-Nazi recruitment flyers around campus that contained phrases such as “stop the blacks” and “join your local Nazis.” These flyers on the LOVE statue have since been taken down.
Task force formed after OZ email incident recommends new requirements for off-campus groups
(04/19/17 8:40pm)
A University task force recommended that Penn register off-campus groups, expand education on anti-hazing efforts and update the alcohol and other drug policies, in a report issued Wednesday afternoon.
New report shows Ivy League schools get more federal funding than some states
(04/12/17 8:03pm)
A newly released report sheds light on enormous sums of money the federal government provides to Ivy League universities — and how that money is handled.
Prestige draws Penn students to finance and consulting after graduation — but at what cost?
(04/26/17 4:58am)
Penn students rarely bat an eye when they see clusters of their suit-clad peers rushing off to Huntsman Hall, clutching leather-bound folders.
Ivanka Trump at Penn: polished, removed and 'destined for success'
(04/03/17 2:58am)
On Sunday, May 16, 2004, hundreds of newly minted Wharton graduates received their degrees at a ceremony on Franklin Field, about to start prestigious first jobs throughout the business world. Those graduates, now in their thirties, have risen to top positions at investment banks, earned Ph.D.s and founded their own companies.
Penn Nursing and Wharton Business School take top spots on college rankings
(03/15/17 7:34pm)
Penn's School of Nursing and the Wharton School of Business have both snagged top spots in this year's university rankings.
Penn just reaffirmed its objection to Trump's immigration ban
(03/07/17 1:38am)
Penn reaffirmed its opposition to President Trump's immigration ban in a University-wide email sent late Monday afternoon, repeating the sole political stance it has taken against the policies of its most famous alumnus.
College student's death was an apparent suicide
(03/01/17 7:56pm)
Aran Rana, a member of the Class of 2019 in the College of Arts and Sciences who was on a leave of absence from Penn, died on Monday at his home in Hong Kong. The death was an apparent suicide, according to one of Rana’s classmates from secondary school and media reports in Hong Kong.
Inside the challenges international students face navigating mental health at Penn
(02/22/17 4:41am)
College senior Riya Chandiramani was working out at Pottruck Health and Fitness Center when she got a text from her dad. Now, she can’t remember what the text said. But she thought she’d done poorly on a quiz in her marketing class, and seeing the text from her dad — a successful man who’d always held her to high standards — was too much.
Transferring your SHS health record just got a lot easier
(02/17/17 4:32am)
Student Health Service has updated its online system to facilitate easier transfer of student health records.
Trump's presidential win is throwing seniors' career plans into uncertainty
(02/16/17 3:45am)
The results of the 2016 presidential election are changing lives across the country — and at Penn, they’re even changing students’ job opportunities.
How will sexual assault policy at Penn change under Trump?
(02/02/17 2:48am)
For college students across the United States, the sexual misconduct policies introduced by President Obama are now in jeopardy.
Sen. Cory Booker, a frequent Trump critic, to speak at 2017 Commencement ceremony
(01/31/17 2:23pm)
Cory Booker, the junior senator from New Jersey and a rising star in the Democratic Party, will give the address at Penn's 2017 Commencement ceremony.