Students for Fair Admissions, which opposes affirmative action in college admissions, is contending in court that Harvard's admissions policies are disadvantageous for Asian American applicants.

Following 27 meetings since last February, stalemated negotiations, and the college’s “ideological objection to paying adjuncts more,” according to Sonam Singh, a lecturer in the English department and bargaining committee member, the union agreed to authorize a strike last month.

Two Harvard University officials were targeted last week in a blog post on "VDARE," a white nationalist website promoting strict anti-immigration laws.

Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wyoming all have only one student each in the class of 2020.

Ryerson looks at the implications of increased automation on the way people take long distance trips. Instead of taking flights, people are likely to choose the more efficient, inexpensive route, especially when the driverless format is still conducive to a more relaxing trip, and the driver has the option of texting or napping.

Not far from the Penn graduate taking the oath of highest office, inside the Capitol Building, was another Penn alumna. Behind the scenes, this recent grad was involved in the inauguration in another capacity: she helped to plan it.

As a member of the Vietnamese Student Association, Nguyen talked about celebrating the holiday at Penn. Despite being away from her home and family, Nguyen said she was happy to see that “a lot of people still cherish the traditions that we have, and we have a great community to celebrate with.”

Earlier today, the Chipotle at 39th and Walnut Streets was shut down for health code violations. According to a notice posted by the Department of Health, the store was ordered to cease operations at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

As of Jan. 23, he was omitted from the University Archives and Records Center's list of alumni heads of state or government. Trump's name was added on Jan. 24, after The Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board reached out to him about the issue.

Attached to a wall on a Broad and Race street Hahnemann University Hospital building, the 12,500 foot mural began shaking against gusts of intense winds coming from the day's Nor'easter. NBC 10 reports that the loosened portions of the wall finally collapsed under the storm's strain at around 10:30 a.m., damaging two cars parked below.

Nine Penn professors were among several hundred academics to sign an open letter to federal officials opposing President Donald Trump’s appointment of Ben Carson as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Philly Voice reported.

Following the shooting, Yiannopoulos’ upcoming speech at University of California, Davis was cancelled, according to Inside Higher Ed. Protesters on the campus similarly “blocked access” to the hall were Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak, prompting the student Republican club to call off the speech due to concerns over student safety.

Along with upcoming commercial development at Hamilton Court and uCity Square, the University currently has seven ongoing construction projects on campus. Some are meant to renovate and upgrade existing buildings, while some — like the upcoming Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics — will be more substantial. 

College graduate Breanna Moore launched LaBré in July 2016 after successfully raising just under $11,000 through a fundraising campaign. Just months later, the company has taken off, and has even been featured in Teen Vogue.

GAPSA president Gaurav Shukla clarified that GAPSA is not holding this course to stop itself from any sort of impending implosion. In fact, he said it's quite the opposite. Because GAPSA is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, this seemed a fitting time to re-assess the effectiveness of its structures that have been in place a decade.

State funding represented less than one percent of the University’s overall budget in 2017, but the consequences would fall disproportionately on some schools rather than others. For instance, losing state funding could badly hurt Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. 

Every year, the NEC holds a semester long election process to allocate nine undergraduate seats on the University Council to representatives of Penn student groups that feel mis- or underrepresented.