Administration
Provost Pritchett will serve on the board of directors for Toll Brothers, Inc.
Pritchett's experience stems from his term as president of the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and as chair of the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia.
From Penn Law to Wistar Institute — how campus joined the national protest against gun violence
On Wednesday morning, director of the Wistar Institute Dario Altieri sent out an email saying he would walk out 'for personal reasons.' Over a hundred of his employees joined him.
Columbia becomes latest Ivy League school whose Econ major is classified as STEM
Although Brown, Princeton, and Yale have reclassified economics as a STEM major, which helps international students work in the U.S. longer, Penn hasn't followed in their footsteps.
Penn Slavery Project student researchers express concern over role of faculty working group
In December 2017, the group released a report which discovered that 20 of the 28 Penn trustees the group investigated held slaves and had ties to the slave trade.
The first 'teach-in' at Penn in 49 years will include talks on race and augmented reality
The first of its kind since 1969, the teach-in will focus on "the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge."
At Civic House event, speaker urges activism with 'risky, disruptive, and creative schemes'
Camika Royal spoke for this year's Alvin P. Gutman Public Scholar Lecture, an annual Civic House event that invites a noted scholar to inspire guests to actively seek social change.
Mask and Wig is 'extracurricular group' connected to leak of over 9,000 students' personal data
On Monday, the University notified the students affected via email that their personal information had been accessed and that an investigation was ongoing.
CAPS Director Bill Alexander and Career Services Director Pat Rose will retire this summer
This year marks Alexander's 19th year at CAPS, where he has been the director since 2009. Rose has worked at Penn's Career Services for nearly 40 years, serving as director since 1982.
Penn admin. call for suggestions on how to improve procedures around sexual harassment
The email asked recipients to submit their 'ideas and suggestions' on how to improve Penn's policies around sexual harassment by Apr. 6, adding that comments would be kept confidential.
Over 250 students denied housing in New College House next year to make way for new freshmen
NCH opened for its first freshmen residents in 2016 and is now one of the University's four-year undergraduate dorms. It was also the only four-year house that filled up so quickly.
Approx. 9,000 Penn students affected by security breach that released their private information
Information accessed included class enrollment, students' names, and the last four digits of their social security numbers.
Experts and students raise concerns over long-term consequences of Penn’s tuition increases
Penn's Board of Trustees voted to increase undergraduate tuition by 3.8 percent for the upcoming academic year, with the total cost of attendance exceeding $70,000 for the first time.
Penn's cost of attendance will exceed $70,000 next year — a 3.8 percent increase
Tuition will increase from $47,416 to $49,220, room and board from $15,066 to $15,616, and fees from $6,118 to $6,364, according to the resolution posed at Board of Trustee meeting today.
Beneath Penn property could lie the burials of West Philadelphia's earliest black residents
Maps dating back to 1886 indicate the cemetery was located at 4125 Chestnut St. and extends eastward to a parking lot that Penn now owns and operates.
The 27 nominees for Philadelphia's School Board have numerous connections to Penn
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney will now be in charge of narrowing down the list to nine individuals to form the new board in time for the upcoming school year.
Records show that all three Trump children who went to Penn have donated to the University
Penn documents show that Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Tiffany Trump, could have contributed combined donations of anywhere from $10,001 to $22,743 since 2010.
Top Penn administrators lobby against GOP bill that could significantly affect financial aid
University Director of Financial Aid Elaine Papas Varas said the federal grant program, loan programs, work-study, and loan forgiveness would all likely be affected by the bill.
U. says protesting gun violence 'will not negatively affect' students' admission to Penn
This announcement follows a wave of other universities taking similar action, including Boston University, MIT, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Penn State.
Penn Libraries will preserve records of Marian Anderson, 'symbol of hope' for black Americans
Penn Libraries received a year-long grant to digitize some of the iconic singer's Marian Anderson collection, including 1,200 performance programs and 146 personal diaries.