Sitting down with Penn's new president: M. Elizabeth Magill
After serving as University of Virginia provost, Stanford Law School dean, and a law clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsberg, M. Elizabeth Magill is set to become Penn’s ninth president.
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After serving as University of Virginia provost, Stanford Law School dean, and a law clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsberg, M. Elizabeth Magill is set to become Penn’s ninth president.
TIME Magazine named Penn graduate and entrepreneur Elon Musk as 2021 Person of the Year and Penn Medicine vaccine researchers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman as Heroes of the Year.
Penn will conduct all classes online for the first two weeks of the spring semester and delay on-campus housing move-in by one week.
Penn will require all eligible community members to receive a COVID-19 booster shot by the end of January amid rising campus positivity rates.
Wendell Pritchett will return to campus in January as senior advisor to the president, though he will not continue in his previous role as provost.
The University is adding multi-stall, all-gender bathrooms for future buildings on campus, but student groups are still advocating for renovations to existing buildings that are popular among community members.
Some students seeking appointments with Counseling and Psychological Services counselors this semester have faced wait times as long as one month.
The United States Senate confirmed 1981 Penn Law graduate and former Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen as the next U.S. Ambassador to Canada.
Several professors have kept pandemic-inspired changes to midterms this semester in efforts to help students, but both professors and students are still struggling with the added stress of adapting to in-person exams after three virtual semesters.
After long pandemic isolation periods, weak immune systems and the spread of non-COVID-19 viruses among kids are causing inpatient occupancy rates to soar at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — reaching near or above capacity.
Wharton professor Eric Orts is suspending his bid to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, his campaign announced today in a press release.
Penn will start monitoring wastewater in the College House system to detect and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
International students largely support in-person learning and Penn's COVID-19 mandates, but some want the University to implement more frequent testing and flexible learning options.
Despite Penn's decision to resume an in-person semester, some professors are teaching virtually this fall due to health concerns and departmental decisions.
Harvard University announced that it will let its remaining investments in the fossil fuel industry expire, eventually resulting in divestment. At Penn, spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy declined to comment on whether the University will follow suit.
Two weeks after diving back into in-person classes, first years and sophomores expressed excitement about the opportunity to have shared on-campus experiences with others.
After over a year of pandemic-induced shutdowns, first-year students are excited to navigate a seemingly normal campus environment buzzing with parties and in-person classes.
Fall 2021 undergraduate courses are set to be primarily delivered in person with limited exceptions, remaining in line with administrators' original plans announced in April.
Penn will honor seven individuals with honorary degrees, celebrating their accomplishments in fields ranging from public policy to arts and entertainment.
All eight Ivy League student body presidents signed a joint resolution authored by Penn's Student Sustainability Association calling for each school to fully divest from fossil fuels.