Academics
Former visiting Annenberg scholar selected for prestigious MacArthur fellowship
Each fellow is awarded with $625,000 to spend as they wish over the course of five years.
Penn Museum's refugee and immigrant tour guides inspire deeper interest in Middle East
The program currently employs four global guides — three from Iraq and one from Syria.
Penn professor traces the 'afterlives' of Jewish and Nazi books after World War II
History professor Kathy Peiss chronicled the paths of different pieces of literature tied to the Nazi regime after the end of World War II.
Wharton prof. Amir Yaron tapped as next governor of the Bank of Israel
The Wharton finance professor was nominated by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a joint press conference earlier this week.
Wharton School receives $50 million gift — its largest single donation in history
The donation from 1984 Wharton graduate Marc J. Rowan and Carolyn Rowan surpassed Huntsman's $40 million, which had been the largest single contribution to Wharton for 20 years.
In response to confusion, Student Financial Services launches new aid category
Before introducing the term 'highly–aided,' SFS identified these students as 'high–need.” Many didn't know, however, whether they qualified, in part because SFS did not publicly disclose the specific qualifications for a high–need student.
Penn Law prof. Amy Wax on Brett Kavanaugh allegations: ‘It’s too late, Ms. Ford’
Wax explained her perspective in an digital talk with Brown University professor Glenn Loury as a part of his online discussion series, "The Glenn Show."
The cost of being a Nursing student: mandatory clinical trips present a financial burden
Nursing students must spend 12-16 hours per week over the course of five semesters working at clinical sites scattered throughout the Philadelphia area.
Behavior Change for Good, led by Angela Duckworth, Katherine Milkman, receives $2 million boost
In early September, 1983 Wharton graduate Marc J. Leder donated $2 million to the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, which started two years ago.
Penn joins program to train teachers in STEM and employ them in Pa. public schools
The program is also being implemented by universities in a total of five states. In Pennsylvania, Penn is joined by two other schools: West Chester University and Duquesne University.
Wharton alums connect local Philadelphia chefs to cook for corporate companies
Wharton MBA graduates are leading HUNGRY and LocalStove, two companies which recently merged to help connect corporate offices’ to high-quality catering from local chefs.
Film prof. Karen Redrobe wants to make the Wolf Humanities Center more inclusive
The film professor plans to extend the center’s outreach to include more academic disciplines and underrepresented student groups.
Cornell becomes the latest Ivy to reclassify economics as a STEM program
International students who major in STEM-designated programs are eligible for an extension allowing them to work in the U.S. on their student visa for a longer time than graduates with other degrees.
Penn's physics department has started listing gender pronouns on its website
In April, students and members of the department were emailed and given the option to submit their pronouns to be publicly shared on the website.
Penn is offering Mongolian language classes for the first time
Penn is unique in offering Mongolian as a language, as only a few universities in the U.S., such as Indiana University and UC Berkeley, offer it as a language option.
Three nearby Pa. schools rank in nation's top 100 high schools, measured by enrollment in college
Specifically within Philadelphia County, the Germantown Friends School and the Julia R. Masterman School both ranked first, while the William Penn Charter School ranked third.
Students can no longer transfer to Wharton at the end of sophomore year
For many students who planned on transferring or pursuing dual degrees, this policy shift, which was never formally announced, has made it nearly impossible.
Student leaders propose 'universal test bank' to eliminate academic inequity at Penn
While academic archives are useful for those who have access to them, not all students do. A survey from the UA found that only one third of 300 student respondents reported having access to such resources.
Students share mixed reactions to changes in pass/fail deadline and limits to academic credits
The new rules place a hard cap on the number of credits an undergraduate can take, limiting students to seven and a half course units per semester.