For three weeks now, Penn has joined communities across the country to commemorate Black History Month. In light of the annual, month-long observance, The Daily Pennsylvanian dug into the University's archives to present a brief history of black students, faculty, and staff at Penn.
Penn researchers study mysterious medical symptoms exhibited by group of U.S. diplomats
The diplomats reported experiencing many immediate symptoms such as hearing loss and headaches and later reported the emergence of others like fatigue and memory loss.
NPR journalist Rhitu Chatterjee discusses gender violence in India at KWH event
Attendees filled the space at the event titled “Reporting on Gender Violence in India," a discussion sponsored by the Penn South Asia Center and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Penn researchers demonstrate a correlation between knowledge of and belief in evolution
The study concluded that those who know more about evolution are more likely to accept it regardless of political or religious beliefs.
Penn researchers study mysterious medical symptoms exhibited by group of U.S. diplomats
The diplomats reported experiencing many immediate symptoms such as hearing loss and headaches and later reported the emergence of others like fatigue and memory loss.
NPR journalist Rhitu Chatterjee discusses gender violence in India at KWH event
Attendees filled the space at the event titled “Reporting on Gender Violence in India," a discussion sponsored by the Penn South Asia Center and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Billionaire activist Tom Steyer urged Penn students to support efforts to impeach Trump
Steyer, a former hedge fund manager turned Democratic donor, rose to prominence after embarking in October on a campaign to impeach President Trump.
Facebook representatives spoke to Penn's Women in Computer Science club on Tuesday
The talk primarily featured employees from Oculus, which emphasized the potential of virtual reality, as well as the diversity of applicants the companies are looking for.
President Gutmann: rescinding Wynn's, Cosby's honors was 'the right decision at the right time'
Speaking for the first time on the issue since Penn made its announcement on Wynn and Cosby, Gutmann said the decision to rescind the honorary degrees was 'very logical.'
The Daily Pennsylvanian spent some time with the Bernsteins during their stay and documented items in the apartment Bernstein left before returning home to California for the last time.
Penn graduate students brought Black Lives Matter Week of Action to campus this month
The GSE students also asked Penn faculty to sign a statement of support for the week of action and encouraged professors to incorporate Black Lives Matter principles into their coursework for that week.
Penn Medicine has created one of the largest telehealth centers in the country
Telehealth technology has been rapidly expanding to provide patients with immediate, attainable care.
Number of flu cases in Pa. has almost doubled this year but SHS says Penn not affected
The annual flu clinic held in Houston Hall saw its largest turnout in eight or nine years, Director of Campus Health Initiatives at Student Health Service Ashlee Halbritter said.
Taco Bell says employee who called Penn student a racial slur has been fired
In Young Lee, a first-year medical PhD student, visited the Taco Bell on Saturday night and noticed that one of the cashiers had used a racial slur to describe him on his food receipt.
Johns Hopkins announced it would not revoke Bill Cosby's honorary degree
Penn rescinded Wyn's honorary degree along with Bill Cosby's, reversing the University's 2015 position against revoking Cosby's degree.
Four grad schools got their own CAPS staff member. A year later, here's how they're doing.
The use of CAPS' services by graduate students has increased from 12 percent in the 2016 - 2017 academic year to more than 17 percent for the current year.
How Penn's $75 application fee stacks up across the Ivy League
Taking application fee waivers into consideration, Penn made approximately $1,817,730 from application fees during this past 2017 admissions cycle.
These Wharton startup founders want to provide an alternative to student loans
The fintech startup, launched on Feb. 15, creates a marketplace in which students interested in taking out Income Share Agreements are connected with lenders.
An Asian-American student at Penn Medicine was described as 'chink' at a local Taco Bell
One of the definitions of the word 'chink' in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is 'an insulting and contemptuous term for a person of Chinese birth or descent.'
As 1vyG wraps up the final day, students discuss practical ways to apply what they learned
The fourth annual conference included more than 350 first-generation and low-income students from over 20 colleges across the nation.


















