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(02/05/16 5:00pm)
After spending eight years running America’s fifth-largest city, Michael Nutter is now teaching students how he did it. The former Philadelphia mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate was named a professor of professional practice and urban policy this semester at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
(02/02/16 7:35am)
The National Transportation Safety Board released thousands of previously unpublished documents from its ongoing investigation into the Philadelphia Amtrak train derailment last May.
(01/28/16 5:17am)
Former Philadelphia mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter is now the newest faculty member at Columbia University. After eight years at City Hall, Nutter will begin teaching this semester as a professor of professional practice in urban policy at Columbia’s renowned School of International and Public Affairs.
(01/28/16 3:27am)
Cleanup efforts in University City are still underway following an oil spill in the Schuylkill River on Monday. While much of the oil has been removed from the river, land cleanup is projected to continue throughout the week.
(01/16/16 3:56am)
Less than a week after President Barack Obama tasked him with leading an effort to cure cancer in his State of the Union address, Vice President Joe Biden launched the new initiative Friday afternoon with a roundtable discussion at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.
(01/13/16 7:46am)
After months of presidential candidate and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s inflammatory insults, Penn for Trump has finally had enough. The organization dissolved last month after founder and Wharton freshman Patrick Lobo decided to no longer support Trump as a presidential candidate.
(12/09/15 5:03am)
The national conversation on mental health permeated a conference at Penn Law School last weekend.
(12/08/15 7:14am)
Presidential candidate and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump called on Monday for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States. His remarks came just hours after new poll numbers showed Trump being overtaken by fellow candidate Sen. Ted Cruz.
(12/04/15 8:18am)
The University announced Tuesday that local attorney Deborah A. Harley has been appointed as Penn’s new sexual violence investigative officer, making her the second person to be hired for the position. Harley will succeed current investigative officer Christopher Mallios, who recently won election to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
(11/30/15 4:17am)
The Yale University faculty masters whose words sparked the #WeAreYale movement have intimate ties to Penn.
(11/23/15 3:52am)
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(11/17/15 6:36am)
A new research grant could reopen controversy around drone research at Penn.
(11/12/15 6:25am)
In Penn Engineering’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory, flying machines dodge and zip around obstacles, aided by location data collected by motion-tracking cameras and fed to them through a computer. And soon, more will be flying about.
(11/10/15 4:00am)
A group of Penn students may take down New Jersey’s most vocally anti-gay congressman.
(11/03/15 4:38am)
A Penn graduate’s quest for the White House has ended.
(11/03/15 4:43am)
Top American universities are becoming the “Shark Tank” for social entrepreneurs, and Penn is no exception.
(10/28/15 7:32am)
When the Democratic National Convention descends upon Philadelphia this summer, Penn will be no stranger to national politics. Penn students have a tradition of involvement in past nomination conventions.
(10/28/15 7:44am)
National media outlets won’t be the only ones scrutinizing Donald Trump’s every move at Wednesday’s Republican debate.
(10/20/15 4:13am)
For College senior Nicolas Garcia, post-graduation plans may involve swapping Locust Walk for the corridors of the Florida State Capitol.
(10/16/15 6:00pm)
Professor Anthea Butler made headlines earlier this month by claiming that presidential candidate Ben Carson deserved a “Coon of the Year” award on Twitter.