Honorary Penn graduate Congressman John Lewis dies at age 80
Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.) has died at age 80, leaving behind a distinguished legacy as a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement and a longtime United States Congress member.
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Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.) has died at age 80, leaving behind a distinguished legacy as a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement and a longtime United States Congress member.
Penn submitted an amicus brief yesterday in support of the recently filed lawsuit by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over new Immigration and Customs Enforcement restrictions.
Although incoming first years recognize they will not have the semester they initially anticipated, students who are able to travel to Penn in the fall are relieved they will be able to experience their first taste of college on campus.
Penn admitted 196 students out of 2,506 transfer applicants for the 2020-2021 academic year, yielding a transfer student acceptance rate of 7.8%.
As the police killings of George Floyd and many other Black Americans remain at the forefront of Americans’ minds — with twelve consecutive days of protests in cities across the nation — the national conversation is expanding to include larger discussions about systematic racism and the current movement against police brutality.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States on Wednesday morning.
Students will be able to return to campus in June to retrieve their belongings, or have them shipped or placed in storage by the University.
The Wistar Institute announced on Wednesday that a study of its experimental coronavirus vaccine showed signs of prompting an immune response in animals.
As the Penn community remains dispersed across the world, members of the Class of 2020 and their families gathered online for the University's 264th Commencement ceremony on Monday morning.
After expediting the construction of the Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania amid the coronavirus pandemic, Penn Medicine has not needed to use the $1.5 billion building for any patients.
The School of Dental Medicine is planning for a possible return to clinical operations in late May for current third and fourth-year students, while incoming first and second-year Dental School students must return to campus by Aug. 17.
The Wistar Institute has begun human testing of its coronavirus vaccine at Penn Medicine, the second coronavirus vaccine to enter a phase one clinical study in the U.S.
With summer sessions online for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Penn will offer a limited summer work-study program for eligible students.
After Penn announced it would suspend the Dean's List for the 2019-2020 academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic, some students expressed frustration as they had dedicated efforts toward achieving the honor.
Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program will be conducted remotely this summer in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A team of four Penn graduates are putting their separate business endeavors on hold to mass-produce 3D-printed face shields for health care workers at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this semester, students studying abroad were taking classes at renowned institutions around the globe. Now, these students, who are taking online classes from their homes, reflect back on what was meant to be one of the most exciting semesters in college.
The coronavirus pandemic has altered plans for many students who had secured internships and programs this summer. Now, students are scrambling to find work due to cancellations or preparing for remote internships.
Students in lab courses are raising concerns over missing out on vital hands-on learning that cannot be reproduced via virtual experiments.
On Monday, Penn students attended class virtually for the first time since the University announced the cancellation of in-person classes due to the coronavirus outbreak. Many discussion-based classes were able to shift class to video conference platforms such as Zoom, but professors of lab-dependent courses have been scrambling to transition to hands-on learning online.