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(06/04/18 1:57am)
A flyer criticizing the limited availability of restrooms for women, trans and nonbinary individuals was recently posted in David Rittenhouse Laboratories. The flyer, which was spotted on May 31, was taped to the door of a second-floor male restroom in the building.
(05/29/18 2:40am)
As a growing list of research universities enter into an agreement to help Facebook develop new technologies, Penn remains absent from the list.
(05/15/18 12:40am)
Early on May 14, graduates in black gowns, colored hoods, and caps filed down Locust Walk to attend Penn’s 262nd Commencement ceremony at Franklin Field. Speakers from a range of fields talked about the importance of unity, engagement, and facts to a stadium packed full of family and friends.
(05/02/18 9:02pm)
Penn psychology professor Robert Kurzban has stepped down from his role as the president of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, according to a recent email from the former HBES president Elizabeth Cashdan to members of the society.
(04/24/18 5:08pm)
Penn will institute the position of a chief wellness officer, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced in an email to all Penn undergraduate students on April 24.
(04/12/18 1:36am)
The former Undergraduate Chair of the Psychology Department Robert Kurzban had a sexual relationship with an undergraduate female student while he was her instructor, according to three sources close to the student. Kurzban’s alleged behavior directly violates University policy, which has stated since 1995 that sexual relations between teachers and students are prohibited "during the period of the teacher-student relationship."
(04/11/18 1:00pm)
The lawsuit filed against Penn by the parents of former Wharton junior Olivia Kong, who died by suicide in April 2016, reveals a new level of information on the alleged extent of University knowledge of Kong's suicidal intentions in the days leading up to her death.
(04/08/18 5:47pm)
Controversial Penn Law Professor Amy Wax is set to receive an award in New York City on April 12.
(04/03/18 5:30am)
Aspiring student leaders took to the floor on Monday and Tuesday to debate hot-button issues ahead of the Undergraduate Assembly elections this week. In between discussing their platforms, student leaders raised a range of critiques on the current state of affairs, from University initiatives to school culture.
(03/24/18 9:57pm)
At Philadelphia's "March for Our Lives" event on March 24, thousands of students, teachers, and other Philadelphia residents packed the march route, carrying painted signs and chanting slogans against gun violence.
(03/23/18 11:08pm)
Controversial Penn Law School professor Amy Wax has spoken out for the first time since she was barred from teaching first-year law students.
(03/22/18 9:38pm)
Bill Cosby's attorneys have filed a motion calling on the presiding judge, Steven O'Neill, to recuse himself from the sexual assault case citing a conflict of interest linked to O'Neill's wife, Deborah O'Neill, who is a counselor at Penn's Counseling and Psychological Services.
(03/20/18 3:46pm)
Flyers satirizing Penn Law School Dean Ted Ruger and Penn Law professor Amy Wax were circulated at Penn Law this morning.
(02/22/18 5:05am)
Students raised concerns about sexual assault reporting procedures and single-gender campus organizations to Penn's top leaders on Wednesday.
(02/14/18 2:28am)
The Office of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives is rolling out an expanded program for students who wish to take their professors or graduate student teaching assistants to lunch.
(02/09/18 9:56pm)
The Penn Biden Center officially launched in Washington, D.C., where former United States Vice President and Penn professor Joe Biden faced a packed room of policy makers, international affair advisors, and University administrators to answer questions on foreign policy.
(02/02/18 8:25pm)
Almost exactly a year after former Vice President Joe Biden was named a Penn professor, the Washington, D.C.-based Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement will celebrate its official inauguration on Feb. 8.
(01/24/18 10:50pm)
A team of student researchers discovered that many of the founding trustees of the University had substantial connections to the slave trade.
(01/18/18 9:08pm)
Philadelphia has been selected as one of 20 finalists in the bid to host the second headquarters for tech-giant Amazon. Since the company first began searching for a host city in September 2017, more than 230 cities have vied for the winning spot.
(01/15/18 10:31pm)
Before the bulk of students began flooding back onto campus, a series of extreme weather conditions during the first few days of January prompted administrators to "suspend normal University operations" on two consecutive business days. But the process through which administrators determine whether or not — and for how long — to suspend operations involves several factors and is far more complicated than it might seem.