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Administration

02/25/16 1:04am
Penn, along with 55 other wealthy colleges in the U.S., received a letter from the Senate Finance Committee and the House Means and Ways Committee with questions on their endowments.
02/25/16 1:04am
Currently, for Penn employees, taking a maternity leave quite often means not being able to take off any more days after returning to work, even if their child is sick. 
02/22/16 1:02am
This year’s Ivy Policy Conference, themed “Inequalities Across College Campuses,” will take place at Penn.
02/22/16 12:57am
The Center for Minority Serving Institutions received a $5.1 million grant to support a program to increase the number of Latino professors working in the humanities in U.S. colleges and universities.
02/18/16 1:03am
“We will not tolerate any discrimination, intimidation or threats against any Muslims in our community,” she said. “That applies to all faiths but I do single out Muslims because they are being singled out now.”
02/17/16 2:38am
One year ago today, Penn released the final report of the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare.
02/17/16 12:36am
Beginning March 1, sexual violence complaints against faculty will be funneled through the Office of the Sexual Violence Investigative Officer.
02/15/16 12:45am
From Feb. 12 to Feb. 14, Penn hosted an all-Ivy conference on mental health, titled "Unmasking the Ivy League".
02/14/16 6:00am
Academia isn’t usually thought of as a typical business, where employees “climb the ladder” to more prestigious positions, but many of Penn’s administrators have done just that, starting as professors and taking on more responsibilities as they ascend the ranks.
02/10/16 1:42am
Biden is leading a “moon shot” effort to create tangible milestones in cancer treatment, which is especially meaningful after the loss of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, to brain cancer only last year.
02/09/16 11:01pm
Penn is part of a group of 20 schools that gets roughly 30 percent of all college donations in the U.S.
02/05/16 12:00pm
After spending eight years running America’s fifth-largest city, Michael Nutter is now teaching students how he did it.
02/03/16 8:50pm
On a campus where pre-med and business tracks are some of the most popular, the arts will soon assume a more prominent role in the students' educational experience.
02/03/16 3:16am
Students will be able to post stories, photos and videos in order to connect with one another.
02/03/16 12:38am
On Jan. 15, Richard “Buz” Cooper passed away from pancreatic cancer complications at 79 years old in New York.
01/28/16 12:29am
Since the release of the Association of American Universities’ survey on sexual violence, students have called for the administration to address the issue more seriously.
01/27/16 12:09am
The event, titled "Laws Without Morals Are Vain: Open Expression," references Penn’s motto and questions the validity of free speech inside and outside the classroom.
01/26/16 11:42pm
Aviv Nevo specializes in using empirical data to analyze consumer behavior and currently teaches at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.
01/25/16 1:01am
Early in the fall semester, staff members at Counseling and Psychological Services contracted out the development of an app designed specifically for students to improve and maintain their mental health.
01/25/16 12:57am
The program covers four topics: thriving at a research university, wellness and health, the risks associated with alcohol and other drugs and healthy relationships and sexual violence prevention.