Two Penn unions groups — Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania and United RAs at Penn — formed last year and are intensifying their efforts to advocate for workers' rights.

Trump suggested purchasing the Danish territory during his first term in office, but touted his plans to buy the island as recently as this month. 

Also, Penn men's basketball broke a three-pointers record over the weekend.

Patterson received the 24th Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice award, which highlights an individual with “influential scholarship and commitment to social justice,” for his extensive research into Jamaican slavery.

The resolution — which passed by a 16-5 vote at the Jan. 26 general board meeting — comes after months of increased discourse surrounding the disclosure of University finances. 

In particular, Wellness at Penn staff members pointed to the flu as one of the most common illnesses seen by Penn health professionals as students return from winter break.

This year’s awardees are employed or funded by 14 participating agencies and receive a plaque and funding from their agency for up to five years to advance his or her research. 

Also, the DP looked into 2020 graduate and murder suspect Luigi Mangione's Penn fraternity connections.

The event, titled “The City in the 21st Century: Celebrating the Reflective Practitioner featuring Enrique Peñalosa Londoño,” celebrated 20 years of collaboration between Penn Press and the Penn Institute of Urban Research.

Researchers at Penn Medicine created an innovative cancer treatment using nano-sized capsules that can target and trigger cancer cell self-destruction.

At Penn, Mangione was involved in greek life, pursued a double-degree in engineering, and founded the University's first game development club — all while periodically suffering from back issues and "brain fog."

Epstein’s email comes after 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s administration moved to freeze communications from United States health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, earlier this week.

The process starts with faculty submitting course proposals through a University-wide application called Curriculum Manager which is run by the Office of the University Registrar.

The gate will be the only point of entry for the Upper Quad this semester as Fisher Hassenfeld’s rear entrance on Hamilton Walk entrance is now closed for construction.

Shapiro discussed the responsibility of universities to protect Jewish students and commented on the lack of appropriate action taken by the administration in response to antisemitic incidents. 

Also, Penn's Graduate School of Education announced a new master's degree in AI. 

Penn Medicine is one of the first institutions to develop FDA-approved CAR T-cell therapies. This therapy is currently approved to treat leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.