The professorship will be awarded to a scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences, with a preference for a scholar focused on data science.
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Penn rises three spots to No. 14 in U.S. News and World Report global university ranking
Penn climbed the rankings from the No. 17 spot in 2020.
Penn students, faculty launch telehealth program to aid Bangladeshi refugee camp
College and Wharton sophomores Henry Le and Ananya Dewan started the Connected Care Initiative, which aims to bring medical care to vulnerable refugee populations through telehealth.
Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours
Gather, also known as Gather.town, simulates buildings and classrooms on campus where students, professors, and teaching assistants can interact with one another through personal avatars during office hours.
Penn rises three spots to No. 14 in U.S. News and World Report global university ranking
Penn climbed the rankings from the No. 17 spot in 2020.
Penn students, faculty launch telehealth program to aid Bangladeshi refugee camp
College and Wharton sophomores Henry Le and Ananya Dewan started the Connected Care Initiative, which aims to bring medical care to vulnerable refugee populations through telehealth.
Mental health initiative AfroWellness aims to support African international students
This semester, the AfroWellness initiative is holding events for managing stress and anxiety and discussing issues that have arisen due to the pandemic, like feeling isolated.
Performing arts groups produce prerecorded, virtual content in light of COVID-19 restrictions
In August, the Performing Arts Council and the Platt Performing Arts House announced that students cannot congregate in-person to produce content this semester because campus was still closed.
In Philadelphia, Obama urges Penn community to ‘get to work’ and vote for Biden
The former president ended the day with a ticketed “drive-in rally” outside Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, during which he particularly urged Black men, progressives, and other voters to participate in the election in efforts to oust Trump.
Sarah Khan | The 2020 elections
SARAH KHAN is a College junior from Lynn Haven, Fla.
15 questions with... Katie Kinum, a Penn women's basketball senior
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn women's basketball’s Katie Kinum 15 questions about her sport, her time at Penn, and her life overall. Here's what the senior guard had to say.
Penn says it can’t give Election Day off, but it’s unclear what state regulations prevent it
Penn cites state regulations for why it cannot change the Academic Calendar without explaining other unforeseen days — such as snow days, and a day off for the 2018 Eagles parade — the University has given off in the past.
Fenjan, Penn’s new Middle East politics journal, launches first issue this semester
Fenjan's editors wrote that their mission is “to give the Penn community a platform to engage with the MENA region—to read about, write about, and reimagine the Middle East for what it is: human."
Amy Gutmann and her husband donate $2 million to Penn Nursing for new scholarship program
The program, which will launch in January 2021, will select and fund 10 Nursing students annually across the undergraduate and graduate degree-levels, Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio wrote in a press release.
New UA Executive Board looks to increase student accessibility and uplift marginalized groups
The UA elected College and Wharton junior Janice Owusu as speaker, Wharton sophomore Carson Sheumaker as secretary, and College and Wharton junior Nikhil Gupta as treasurer.
Van Pelt reopens with limited hours to students living in on-campus housing
Van Pelt’s ground floor will be open for individual study from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday as part of the pilot program.
All-time Penn football team: Defense
We’ll be taking a deep dive into each position group on Penn’s all-time defensive lineup. Here are the top 11 all-time defensive football players in Penn football history.
Penn field hockey is the perfect blend of family and work for coach Colleen Fink
Since the beginning of her coaching career, coach Fink was never one to abandon her family, and she’s not looking to start now.
Tejaswi Bhavaraju | Drawing the line in politics
It is crucial for us as students to draw a line in politics and separate political judgments from our daily interactions.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1970
When Penn men’s basketball stepped on the court for its first practice of the 1969-70 season, excitement was high.


















