Administration
Students criticize admin for not listening to climate concerns at U. council open forum
The open forum took place the same day Penn announced a new University-wide initiative to expand research on the climate crisis and recruit more faculty focused on sustainability.
'A complete nightmare': Penn Law students and alums reflect on name-change process
Carey Law has changed its shortened name back to “Penn Law” for the next three years, capitulating to widespread pressure from students and alumni.
‘Carey Law’ changes its shortened name back to ‘Penn Law’ after extensive backlash
The school will be changing its short-form name to "Penn Carey Law" in the 2022 to 2023 school year.
Penn Violence Prevention is getting a new staffer — but students say that’s not enough
Since the survey results were published, the University added an associate director position to Penn Violence Prevention, expanding the office to a total of four staffers.
Penn offers cultural centers a space in ARCH's upper floors — but 6B is hesitant
Moving La Casa Latina, Makuu, and the Pan-Asian American Community House out of the ARCH basement has been a longstanding goal of the 6B.
U. appoints Malik Washington as new Penn Violence Prevention director
The hiring comes after a national search to fill the spot left by previous PVP Director Jessica Mertz, who left Penn in May.
Penn creates new branch under Provost Office for CAPS and Student Health Service
Both SHS and CAPS were previously overseen by the Vice Provost for University Life.
Students present success of Penn's voting engagement groups at Trustees comittee meeting
The panel explored a series of student and university programs increasing voting awareness among both college students and high school students in the city.
About 100 Fossil Free Penn members shut down Board of Trustees meeting
The meeting ended about 20 minutes early after student protesters drowned out the board members for more than half an hour.
Penn Law renamed ‘Carey Law School’ following record $125 million donation
The renaming was approved by the Board of Trustees on Friday, the Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen and Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote in an email sent to all students.
Penn proposes $14.86 million budget for renovations to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
The suggested renovations to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall cover a 30,000-square-foot space. They would provide new spaces for the Wharton Behavioral Lab, the Wharton undergraduate division, private offices, and classrooms.
Penn says it hopes to expand first-gen., low-income NSO course to all freshmen
The board also proposed a potential joint master’s degree program that would involve collaboration from the Graduate School of Education, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Weitzman School of Design.
Construction on the $4.4 million Weitzman Plaza set to begin in May 2020
The College Hall construction will cost $5.4 million and will take place between December 2019 and June 2020.
SHS Director Giang Nguyen leaves Penn with a legacy of improving health care for minorities
In two weeks, Nguyen will be leaving Penn to take on the top position at Harvard University Health Services following a national search for a replacement for Harvard's former director.
Students express frustration at open forum toward Penn's AAU survey results
At the forum, held at the LGBT Center, students criticized Penn for the lack of significant change from the last AAU survey in 2015 to the report that was released earlier this month.
After a two-year search, interim director Josephine Park stays on to lead ASAM program
ASAM has struggled with maintaining leadership since the founding director of the program left Penn in 2017. Park was named the ASAM program's interim director in 2018 and was set to serve for a year.
Penn pledges action in response to AAU survey results — but students demand more
Provost Wendell Pritchett said the University plans to expand staff members for Penn Violence Prevention and create a series of focus groups to analyze the survey responses.
Penn produced the most 2019 Forbes 400 members out of any university
Penn is the best-represented school in the rankings and 24% of the Forbes 400 graduated from an Ivy League school.
More than 25% of Penn undergraduate women report unwanted sexual contact in AAU results
At Penn, 25.9% of undergraduate women said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact since entering college, a decline from 27.2% in 2015. Among undergraduate men, the rate rose from 5.5% to 7.3%. Among transgender, genderqueer, and non-binary undergraduates, the rate rose from 19% in 2015 to 21.5% in 2019.