Academics
Prof Emile Bruneau discussed how neuroscience influences worldwide conflict at Penn event
Penn Undergraduates for Refugee Empowerment organized the event with Bruneau to talk about ways to reduce anti-refugee hostility.
Penn prof. Zimmerman argues for lower voting age in op-ed after March For Our Lives
Following the March for Our Lives protest, Penn professor Jonathan Zimmerman published an op-ed arguing that 16- and 17-year-olds should be given the ability to vote.
Penn prof. develops algorithm to identify fraudulent research papers
Penn Bioengineering professor Konrad Kording helped develop a new algorithm that compares images across journal articles to uncover fraudulent scientists who have used other researchers' images.
How Penn's tuition hike stacks up across the Ivy League
Other peer universities will see similar price boosts to Penn for the next academic year, all within a three to four percent increase.
Former CEO of Apple John Sculley urges Penn students to develop a 'foundation of curiosity'
A 1963 Wharton graduate, John Sculley spoke with Penn students about working as Apple CEO, as president of Pepsi-Cola, and currently as Chief Marketing Officer of RxAdvance.
University of Wisconsin proposes cutting liberal arts to invest in engineering, finance majors
Under the proposal, technical majors like finance and chemical engineering would expand at the expense of several liberal arts majors including English and history.
Animals can temporarily suppress feelings of chronic pain when hungry, Penn research shows
The researchers found that hunger could induce a response in mice similar to that of anti-inflammatory painkillers.
The first-ever M&T Summit kicks off asking, 'What's more important than health care?'
The summit featured Management & Technology alumni speakers and health-specific senior design project presentations.
Months after Huntsman Director Inge Herman's departure, students still don't know why she left
Inge Herman served as executive director of the dual degree program since 2003.
From shop closures to snow day homework: how Penn weathered the fourth Nor'easter
The snow, which began falling Tuesday – the official first day of spring – accumulated throughout the day Wednesday and continued into the evening.
Penn Nursing ranked top in the world, but receives mediocre score for 'employer reputation'
While Penn earned a perfect score of 100 points for academic reputation, it received a mediocre score of 75.5 points for employer reputation.
Penn Global Seminars expands to allow students to travel to 12 locations as part of class
The goal of Penn Global Seminars is to provide “greater access” to Penn students by increasing the number of students that can participate and the variety of locations offered, according to Penn Abroad Director Nigel Cossar.
All 'teach-in' events canceled or postponed Wednesday because of snow storm
The last teach-in at Penn happened 49 years ago in 1969, and the revival of the program, entitled 'Production of Knowledge,' launched Sunday and is scheduled to last until March 22.
Penn's second-ever faculty teach-in kicks off with panel on race and knowledge
The teach-in will feature lectures and panel discussions on the value of knowledge in the modern world. It is the first teach-in at Penn in nearly fifty years, with the first one being held in 1969.
Alumnus gifts $5 million to Penn's Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
The center, which was created in 2015, uses a family-based approach to heart care, whereas most similar centers focus on individual patient treatment.
Penn researchers find human genes are evolving to make alcohol consumption less pleasant
They discovered a gene variant which causes an unfavorable response to drinking alcohol.
Penn prof. argues the high cost of U.S. healthcare is due to more than just high prices
Ezekiel Emanuel argued that four main features of the healthcare system yield overspending. These factors include exorbitant administrative costs, medical imaging, high quantities and prices for surgical procedures, and pharmaceutical spending.
A research group including two Penn astronomers has discovered the oldest supernova
The supernova, which the researchers named DES16C2nm, is estimated to be 10.5 billion years old.
At 'Forum on Afterlives,' students present on legacies of ideas, literature, tragedies
The forum comprised of three sections, Requiem, Reform, and Rebirth, each with three to four students and a professor moderator, totaling to 11 students or undergraduate fellows presenting their long-term research projects.