Academics
There’s always something new going on at Penn’s four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate schools. Look here for information on upcoming academic initiatives, new classes and research conducted by professors and students.
Incoming Penn Law dean talks legal education, law school challenges
"Every law school... needs to recognize that we are in a shifting legal atmosphere both in the United States and around the world," Penn Law Dean Theodore Ruger said.
Education case competition finalists are released
Creative thinkers from around the world have ideas for how to innovate education and a few are bringing them to Penn’s Graduate School of Education.
Students critique curriculum, community of Benjamin Franklin Scholars program
The Benjamin Franklin Scholars program promises to offer undergraduates a fulfilling, intellectually rigorous way to pursue their interests at Penn, but some students say the program could use improving.
College junior named 2015 Truman Scholar
College junior Adam Cohen was named a 2015 Truman Scholar, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced on Wednesday.Donita Brady named as Penn's seventh Presidential Professor
Effective July 1st, she will become the Presidential Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine.
Students develop Penn InTouch additions for course registration
If you are tired of flipping back and forth between Penn Course Review and Penn InTouch, three Penn students might have a solution.
Deans talk diversity, sexual assault at town hall meeting
On Tuesday, the Social Policy and Practice School, Annenberg, College, Nursing, Graduate School of Education and Law School deans gathered to discuss social issues relevant on campus and in Philadelphia.
Writing seminar trends toward full-time instructors, moving away from grad students
Penn's Critical Writing Program has the largest number of full-time instructors this year in its entire history.
Faculty members share why they said yes to Penn
Incoming freshmen aren’t the only ones who chose Penn — faculty members were drawn to the University for their own reasons.
Professor receives $250,000 grant for humanities research
Professor Grant Frame of Penn's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations recently received an National Endowment for the Humanities grant of $250,000 to continue his work with his project, Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period.
Students protest closure of Africa Center in front of prospective undergrads
The protest was sparked by the announcement that the Africa Center will close and the African Studies department will merge with the Center for Africana Studies.
Penn receives $7 million donation to digitalize humanities education
The donation will be used to establish the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, which aims to be this “hub” for humanities research that uses computer technology to aid students and faculty.
Hip hop, 3-D printers and decision making featured at TEDxPenn
Sunday was the annual installment of TEDxPenn, which brought together 19 different entrepreneurs, scientists, musicians, artists and professors to give engaging talks and performances about everything from modern day “divination” to testing drugs on microchip simulations of human tissue.
Hierarchy of instructors at Penn generates different experiences for adjuncts
Penn employs instructors including graduate students, lecturers and adjuncts that are not in the same category as tenure track-professors.
Activist, feminist, teacher: Salamishah Tillet
Tillet is frequently a contributor on the MSNBC show Melissa Harris Perry, where she talks about politics and racial issues.
GPA differences mean less than some students expect
According to the most recent data available, which is from 2001, GPA varies slightly by school.
Slew of faculty departures shake up History department
Penn’s history major was ranked eighth-best in the country by College Factual in 2013, but some within the department are not so satisfied.
NSO adds more online pre-orientation programs
The incoming class will be expected to complete four online pre-orientation programs as part of a new project called Thrive at Penn, or TAP.The Grad Student experience
While undergraduates are busy biting hats on Hey Day, jumping in bouncy castles during Fling, or banding together to scream the night before the first economics midterm, graduate students live in a different world.