Administration
Study: MOOC students are highly educated, job-oriented
A new study, published last week by Penn researchers in the journal Nature, shows that students who have taken online classes on Coursera have been highly educated and career-oriented.
Penn offices expand east to 30th and Walnut
Penn will lease 100,000 square feet of the FMC Tower at the Cira Centre South, a 47-story building on 30th and Walnut streets that will open in 2016.University Registrar moves for easier access
It will be located across the hall from Student Financial Services at 34th and Walnut streets.
Alcohol pilot extended into second year
Under the pilot, registered parties with less than 150 attendees are allowed to serve certain types of hard alcohol, in the form of mixed drinks.
Reaccreditation steering committee releases draft recommendations
The report outlined six key objectives that it recommends the University work toward in the next five years.Board of Trustees meetings: new buildings, reaccreditation, sexual violence
The Daily Pennsylvanian gets you caught up on what was discussed during the Trustees’ individual committee meetings last week.
Hackney memorial to be held in March
Penn will host a campus-wide memorial service for the late former president Sheldon Hackney in March, the University announced at a Board of Trustees meeting on Friday.
Office building at 39th, Walnut to be done by March 2015
No retail options are currently planned for the office building.
Lauder Institute donors among new college house supporters
Two prominent Penn families are the lead donors to a new Hill Field college house, a project that will break ground on Friday.As 'urban Ivy,' Penn leads in urban revitalization
Executive vice presidents from peer institutions discussed their schools’ development efforts in urban communities on Thursday.Penn joins two patent infringement lawsuits over breast cancer gene testing
The lawsuits relate to BRCA1 and BRCA2, key genes in determining risk for breast or ovarian cancer.Penn stays silent over Peking University prof departure
Penn has many ties with the Chinese university. In March 2010, Penn entered a memorandum of understanding with Peking University, and many of Penn’s schools work closely with the Chinese university.Time to Shine celebration comes to a close
The Time to Shine tour celebrates the accomplishments of the $4.3 billion Making History fundraising campaign, which concluded in December 2012.
SLAP holds candelight vigil at President Gutmann’s house
Speakers at the vigil outside the president’s house also called for changes to policies regarding University apparel.With dean hires upcoming, all eyes on Gutmann
Some professors say that Penn’s four upcoming dean appointments could be a defining part of President Gutmann’s legacy.
University association elects Gutmann vice chair
Penn President Amy Gutmann was elected vice chair of the Association of American Universities on Tuesday, a position that gives her a national platform to discuss and lobby for higher-education issues.Gutmann now second-highest-paid Ivy president
Penn President Amy Gutmann was the second-highest-paid Ivy League campus head in 2011, jumping up one spot on the annual Ivy compensation rankings.Penn leads in endowment returns across Ivies, peers
Endowment returns across the Ivy League have surged following a relatively stagnant 2012 fiscal year, with Penn leading the pack.