Administration
Grant-based aid restored for some fifth year students, while others stay in limbo
A selected group of rising fifth-year undergraduates in the Engineering School will continue to receive financial aid for the coming semester but not for any semesters after that, according to the Bioengineering department's email.
Graduate students wanted to vote on their labor union months ago. Here’s why they haven’t.
Penn contested the terms of a crucial vote at the National Labor Relations Board for three months, delaying the efforts of pro-union graduate students.
Engineering student who died treated life as an adventure
Johnathan Smith, 21, was studying mechanical engineering and was involved in the Trinidad and Tobago Art Society.
Penn continues to face an uncertain future on state funding for the coming fiscal year
Until legislators can find a way to fund the Pennsylvania state budget, Penn and three other state-related Universities will not receive funding.
Patient sues doctor and Penn over alleged sexual assault that occurred in Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
During an appointment in Leonard Rosenfeld's office on the premises of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, a patient claims he hypnotized her before sexually assaulting her.
Penn says rebranding its financial aid policy doesn't change anything. Students aren't so sure.
For some students, the name changes mask a policy that does not appear to have been enforced consistently or explained entirely accurately by financial aid officers.
HUP was cited by Philadelphia state inspectors for having dirty bed railings
In a report made public this month, state inspectors at the Pennsylvania Department of Health found that janitorial staff had failed to successfully clean the hospital bed railings back in the fall.
Forbes named Penn Medicine the 7th best employer in the country. Staffers explain why.
Employees praised Penn Medicine's culture, which values hard work, intelligence and playfulness.
Penn lags behind many of its peers in affordability and access rankings
The most recent such ranking, published by MONEY, a magazine part of Time, Inc., listed Penn 27th on a list of the 711 "best colleges for your money."
An expert in antitrust law is the latest Penn Integrates Knowledge professor
A New York Times piece from 2011 called Herbert Hovenkamp “the dean of American antitrust law.”
Biology professor Paul Sniegowski is named new Dean of the College
Sniegowski will take the reins on July 1 from Andy Binns, who filled in as interim dean in the spring while Dennis DeTurck, the longtime College dean, was on a leave of absence.
Bob Schoenberg, the longtime director of the LGBT Center, is retiring
"The one thing that I think that most of Penn doesn't know is that he brought this center from absolutely nothing to the biggest campus LGBT center in the United States," Sean Collins, a rising senior in the College and the chair of the Lambda Alliance said.
A power outage led to some interruptions in network connectivity on campus
If you noticed a delay in email services from your Penn email account, this might be the reason.
Penn's Hillel Director received an honor from the largest Jewish campus organization in the world
Uram, the executive director of Penn Hillel and campus rabbi, received the Edgar M. Bronfman Award at the annual Hillel International Gala in New York City.
What you missed at the Board of Trustees' meeting: Facilities and Real Estate edition
As part of the scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees last week, the Facilities and Campus Planning Committee discussed Penn's newest investment projects, including the Penn Medicine Pavilion.
The eight administrators you need to know before starting at Penn
Penn's a large University. Here are some of the most notable administrators you'll be sure to see a lot more of once school starts.
Penn further limits outsider access to Class of 2021 Facebook group
This change comes after a consideration by the Admissions Office to delete the Facebook group for admitted students. Access to the page provided the means for an admitted student to collect contact information from the page and add black freshmen to a racist group chat in November.
Fossil Free Penn says Penn has a responsibility to take a stronger stance on climate change
The group penned an open letter to Penn President Amy Gutmann, Chair of the Board of Trustees David L. Cohen and the rest of the trustees.