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(09/28/21 9:21am)
Three new faculty members are joining the Asian American Studies program next year, reigniting hope for the future of the small program after a longtime struggle between the University, students, and faculty to marshal support for ASAM.
(08/05/21 4:51am)
Founder and long-time Director of the Penn LGBT Center Bob Schoenberg died suddenly on Monday from cancer.
(06/05/21 1:21am)
The School of Arts and Sciences will no longer require social distancing in campus buildings.
(06/01/21 9:15pm)
Faculty, staff, and postdoctoral students will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start of the fall semester.
(05/24/21 6:30am)
This is a developing story last updated at 5:39 p.m on June 1. Please check back here for updates.
(05/18/21 4:16am)
Members of the Class of 2021 gathered for the University’s 265th Commencement ceremony on Monday morning, some online and some seated socially-distanced on Franklin Field.
(05/16/21 10:19pm)
Politics
(04/19/21 5:28am)
In light of Asian American Studies professor David Eng’s impending departure, students, alumni, and faculty are petitioning for the University to retain Eng and increase support for ASAM.
(03/31/21 5:22am)
School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty announced that SAS will begin a cluster search to fill multiple standing faculty positions in Penn's Asian American Studies Program.
(03/25/21 4:07am)
Penn’s minority student coalition groups, known as the 6B, have elected new student leaders for 2021. The 6B is composed of the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latinx Coalition, Penn Association for Gender Equity, the United Minorities Council, and UMOJA.
(03/19/21 6:21am)
David Eng, a professor of the Asian American Studies Program, is slated to leave the University in the coming weeks as a result of a longstanding issue of declining support for the program — leaving community members with a sinking feeling about the entire future of Asian American Studies at Penn.
(02/26/21 5:43am)
Provost Wendell Pritchett estimated that there is a "50-50 chance" that Penn will be able to launch a COVID-19 vaccination effort for students before the end of the semester at the Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 25.
(02/26/21 5:19am)
After facing demands to increase the number of all-gender bathrooms on campus, the University has incorporated more gender-inclusive designs into existing facilities.
(01/28/21 6:28am)
Only a week into the start of the spring semester with students back on campus, some College House residential advisors and graduate associates have been pushed to their breaking point.
(12/10/20 4:36am)
The Faculty Senate hosted a virtual town hall on Wednesday to discuss the University’s plans to safely bring students back to campus in spring 2021, including vaccine distribution and socially distanced on-campus life.
(12/09/20 5:22am)
College senior Chloe Gong was named one of the youngest bestselling authors this year, according to The New York Times.
(12/10/20 4:31am)
Although Penn announced a $100 million contribution to the School District of Philadelphia, the University did not pay Payments in Lieu of Taxes, financial contributions that property tax-exempt organizations voluntarily make to local governments, this year. While students have been calling on Penn to pay PILOTs for decades, demands were reignited by the Black Lives Matter movement and protests against systemic racism this summer.
(12/02/20 5:25am)
Penn's outgoing Board of Trustees chair and top Comcast executive David L. Cohen could be named the United States’ next ambassador to the United Kingdom, according to a report from Politico.
(11/16/20 4:47am)
Penn's 27th annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Week took place virtually for the first time this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually celebrated with free food and community-building performances, Penn students instead celebrated APAHW with Among Us competitions and Zoom concerts this year.
(11/12/20 4:20am)
Reading Terminal Market launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to continue its operations as the COVID-19 pandemic persists and hurts business.