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Bon Appétit employee speaks out, respectfully
Rabia Abdul, a cashier and baker at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons, is one of the most involved workers in the Justice on the Menu campaign demanding better wages and working conditions for Bon Appétit employees at Penn.
Time to Shine with 'Drops of Jupiter' and rain
On Friday, about 17,000 spectators celebrated the Making History campaign at Penn Park at the biggest event in Penn’s history — Time to Shine. PHOTO GALLERY: Making History at Penn ParkAlliedBarton guards rally for union representation
As the University prepared to celebrate “Making History” at Penn Park, security guards rallied on Shoemaker Green to protest for a contract with AlliedBarton.
Bon Appetit to recognize request for unionization
Workers at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons might obtain official union recognition by the end of the semester.Students continue to pressure University to divest from fossil fuels
Despite pushback from the administration, students are moving forward with a campaign to get the University to divest its financial holdings in fossil fuel companies.Registration for Time to Shine closes early
Penn has closed registration for Friday’s “Time to Shine” Making History campaign celebration, the Office of Development and Alumni Relations confirmed Thursday evening.Penn Medicine technology facilitates rare mutation detection
Cutting-edge, genome-wide tests can find rare mutations even high-power microscopes cannot detectPenn announces new performing arts director
Laurie McCall had been serving as interim director of Platt since November 2012, when the former director Ty Furman left Penn.
Penn announces next SAS graduate dean
History and Africana Studies professor Eve Troutt Powell will serve as the next associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Arts and Sciences, the University announced Monday.Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis to step down in June 2014
School of Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis, who has held her deanship at Penn for more than a decade, plans to step down from her current position at the end of her term in June 2014, the University announced Wednesday.Penn hires new chief investment officer
Peter Ammon, one of the directors of the nation’s second-largest university endowment, will serve as Penn’s next chief investment officer, the University announced Tuesday.
Penn conference evaluates MOOCs past, future
On Friday and Saturday, Penn hosted hundreds of university professors and administrators from around the world to discuss the future of massive open online courses.Graduate School of Education dean to retire in 2014
Graduate School of Education Dean Andy Porter will retire at the end of his current contract in June 2014, the University announced Thursday.Wharton branches out to boost graduate school diversity
Only three percent of business school professors in the United States are minorities.Non-union dining hall workers ask for job stability
The effort to push for better wages and benefits for non-unionized dining hall workers at Penn became public Monday morning. But those who help prepare students’ food were already complaining discreetly about inequities in their working conditions.
Dining hall workers push for better benefits
On Monday morning, dining hall workers and Student Labor Action Project members delivered a concerted activity letter to the Penn Business Services office to notify Penn of the employees’ organizing efforts.Undergraduate tuition rises by 3.9 percent again
For the fourth year in a row, the price of a Penn education will increase by 3.9 percent for the upcoming school year, the University announced Thursday.John Legend, Train to 'make history' on campus
John Legend and Train will perform at a celebration of the University’s Making History fundraising campaign on April 19.