At the Venture Lab Startup Challenge finals, teams pitched their company ideas live before an audience and panel of alumni judges, competing for a total of $250,000 in cash prizes.

The Penn community will be voting on a variety of elected positions in the 2024 primary elections, from United States president to state representative.  

College and Wharton juniors Aravind Krishnan and Tej Patel are among the 60 Truman Scholars selected this year from a pool of 709 candidates nominated by 285 institutions.

In the letter, the signatories recommended a list of major sanctions allowed by the Faculty Handbook, as well as additional consequences due to the "seriousness" of the professors' actions. 

June is the sixth Breakthrough Prize laureate affiliated with Penn, along with Alzheimer's researcher Virginia Lee, physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele, and mRNA pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman.

Jameson’s message expressed support for students, faculty, and staff amidst heightened university tensions nationwide and the University’s deregistration of Penn Students Against the Occupation of Palestine on April 19.

Also, Penn Against the Occupation was banned from campus.

The program launched at Liguori Academy High School in Philadelphia with a kickoff event on April 19.

At the roundtable, the scholars engaged in a debate regarding the best ways to define academic freedom, assess institutional neutrality, gauge freedom of speech, and evaluate university policies and actions.

Friends, former colleagues, and family members spoke about Fagin's life and impact during the memorial celebration, which took place in the Zellerbach Theatre in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. 

Penn Sustainability will host the University’s annual Earth Week on campus from April 20 to 26.

The deregistration marks a new step in the University’s response to heightened tensions pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war, as it has not previously publicly disciplined any individuals or student organizations.

Also, here's what to expect ahead of Spring Fling.

In conversation with Penn classical studies professor Emily Wilson, Atwood spoke about her novels and poetry, approaches to writing, and the status of women's rights. 

All prize recipients collaborate on their projects with a Penn faculty mentor, and the projects receive up to $100,000 as well as a $50,000 living stipend for each team member. 

Biden, a former Penn Professor of Presidential Practice, addressed an energetic crowd in a speech that contrasted his plan against former President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump.

Members of Wellness at Penn team will be present at the Spring Fling concert on Friday to promote harm reduction and help students get into the concert.