Academics
Penn researchers work to help colleagues in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria
“We first needed to find out the personal situation of each of our faculty collaborators and their students, as well as the physical state of the university."
Experts at Perry World House conference: North Korea is unlikely to 'toss a nuclear weapon'
The PWH symposium ended with a discussion hosted by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger.
Penn students designed BuzzFeed quizzes in this Wharton class — and some went viral
The top quiz, titled “Choose Some Fall Things And We'll Tell You Which Taylor Swift You're Most Like,” gained almost 300,000 views.
Being a workaholic isn't bad if you're engaged in your work, says one Penn professor
“If you’re working a lot, make sure it’s something you’re passionate about and something you’re excited about."
Penn research finds that cramming might make you learn more, but not better
Online courseware sites, such as Khan Academy and Coursera have grown increasingly popular, but research shows that overusing these services can affect learning.
Penn researchers have found that sleep deprivation can improve depression
Sleep deprivation might help treat depression because it resets patient's circadian clock, an "internal clock."
Penn students take pride in their home schools, but many take half their classes in the College
“In many respects, Arts and Sciences sits at the core of the University,” School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty said.
Why the College has 52 percent of Penn students, but gets 60 percent of total tuition revenue
It's clear that students are taking classes outside of their home schools, but more than six administrative offices said they had no information on what percentage of students were doing so, or what specific classes they were taking.
What students in the energy research program VIPER think about its heavy requirements
Many students are looking for a job in the energy industry and say the program's heavy research requirements aren't particularly relevant.
Vaccines, education, collaboration: biomedical institute Wistar celebrates its 125th birthday
The Wistar Institute is the independent biomedical research institute located across the Quad.
This Penn professor has found the keys to workplace happiness: friends, purpose and lunch
GSE Professor Annie McKee writes that workplace happiness is a "human right."
Penn keeps its No. 8 spot in latest U.S. News rankings
In the 2017 ranking, Penn tied with Duke University for the eighth spot, but Duke dropped to No. 9 this year.
These Penn researchers are analyzing social media to understand mental health
Out of 3,235 American counties, Philadelphia ranks 661 for well-being, 2,283 for depression and 3,223 for agreeableness.
This new program at Penn provides mentorship for leaders of minority institutions
The Aspiring Leaders mentoring program, hosted in Penn GSE, targets educators who are within 5 to 7 years from becoming university presidents.
Less than 10 percent of Engineering students are black or Latino. But this is changing.
Out of 800 Engineering students majoring in computer science at Penn, only 46, which is less than 6 percent, self-identified as an underrepresented minority.
'Circuit-Level Modeling' ranks as Penn's hardest class. Meet the students taking it.
The class has averaged a 3.89 out of 4.00 in difficulty on Penn Course Review.
A 'historic' cancer treatment designed by Penn researchers just got approved by the FDA
"I think the cancer world is forever changed.”
Penn researchers analyzed Trump's immigration plan. The results aren't good.
Their model has found that Trump's proposal to cut down on legal immigration will lower GDP without increasing the wages of American laborers by a significant amount.
Out of 89 majors, Economics and Biology are two of the most popular.
According to education site College Factual, the top five undergraduate majors come from the College, Nursing and Wharton.