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Academics

01/13/22 6:38pm
In a wide-ranging interview, covering topics spanning from Penn Medicine and University fundraising to fly fishing, Magill spoke to The Daily Pennsylvanian after the announcement.
01/13/22 3:52pm
Magill served as provost of University of Virginia and dean at Stanford Law School and is known for her commitment to law and leadership in higher education. 
01/12/22 11:36pm
Postponed final exams from the fall will be made up during the beginning of the spring semester in the same format they were offered previously.
01/12/22 9:56pm
Most libraries are open under Winter Break's shortened hours and access is limited to only Penn community members through Jan. 23. 
01/11/22 10:53pm
TIME's Editor-in-Chief described Elon Musk, who graduated from the College and Wharton in 1997, as an “example of a massive shift in our society.”
01/05/22 12:49am
An online petition calling on Penn to suspend Wax and reform the University's tenure policy has been signed by over 800 people.
12/23/21 2:19pm
On-campus housing move-in, which was previously scheduled to begin on Jan. 8, will begin on Jan. 15 and in-person classes will resume on Jan. 24. 
12/14/21 2:36pm
McGann dedicated most of his life’s work to the development and interconnection of think tanks on a global scale.
12/12/21 6:23pm
The petition calls for final exams for large lecture classes to be moved online, citing several grievances with the enforcement of the PennOpen Pass self-reporting system and difficulties with social distancing in classrooms. 
12/09/21 11:44pm
College senior Daniel Ruiz de la Concha and 2019 Wharton graduates Shuxi (Shirley) Liu and Heather Tang were awarded the scholarship to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
12/09/21 7:03pm
Penn's climate-related initiatives ranged from its commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to its second annual Climate Week, and most recently, its decision to halt new investments in fossil fuels.
12/09/21 6:59pm
Classes remained largely virtual until fall 2021, when in-person instruction — as well as the on-campus party scene — resumed. 
12/07/21 10:59pm
The class will travel to the Galápagos Islands for 10 days after final exams to study the relationship between conservation, tourism, and local communities.
12/07/21 8:13pm
EOH will work with graduate students in the School of Design, and in spring 2022, she will give a public lecture and lead a seminar class.
12/06/21 11:44pm
Founded in 2014 by University President Amy Gutmann, the Penn Center for Innovation supports Penn-affiliated researchers, students, staff, and faculty to commercialize their ideas and inventions.
12/02/21 12:07am
Maria Paula Romo was dismissed by the Ecuadorian Assembly for her oversight of the government's allegedly abusive response to protests.
11/29/21 11:26pm
Wragan, who majors in neuroscience at Penn, plans to continue studying neuroscience and chronic pain at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.
11/28/21 10:43pm
College senior Nicholas Thomas-Lewis from Kimball, Nebraska and Wharton and Engineering senior Raveen Kariyawasam from Colombo, Sri Lanka bring Penn’s total number of Rhodes Scholars to 33. 
11/17/21 9:53am
The student workers, some of whom identify as first generation and low income, were surprised and disappointed after the sudden layoff.
11/16/21 11:33pm
The University's emphasis on in-person instruction for spring 2022 applies to all four undergraduate schools.