Administration
Referendum is early step on staircase to fossil fuel divestment
A referendum this week will reveal if Penn students support fossil fuel divestment, but the vote is only the first step in a long process leading to change. Starting Monday, Penn undergraduates can vote in a referendum on whether or not they believe the University should divest from fossil fuels.
Penn's wage tax contributions fly past PILOT controversy
Student backlash against the University's PILOTs police — or lack thereof — has brought Penn's relationship with the City of Brotherly Love under public scrutiny.
Penn criticized by faculty, other U.'s for sexual violence management
Researchers continue to criticize the sexual violence campus climate survey that Penn will administer in the spring.
Students question mental health task force recommendations
Penn’s mental health task force recommendations have provoked students to question whether the administration is taking the right steps to promote mental wellness at all.
The center behind the millions in donations
In a nondescript house on Chestnut Street, the Red and Blue Call Center hardly bears the appearance of a fundraising center that brings millions to campus each year.
New Rodin House Dean announced
Ryan Keytack left to become director of Four-Year Houses & Residential Programs at Penn.
Student Health Service appoints new executive director
Giang Nguyen, the current Medical Director of Penn Family Care, says he's interested in working with and hearing the healthcare needs of students on campus.
Behind the ICA's partnership with Penn
A part of Penn’s campus under the Provost’s office, the ICA collaborates with other schools for student involvement.
Despite student dissatisfaction, Penn intends to add active learning classes
The Vice Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning have asked professors to submit proposals for new SAIL classes by Feb. 20.
Alec Ward | Appeals beyond reason
It is a key tenet of our societal notions of justice and fairness that the judgement of a single individual, no matter how deeply we might trust that individual’s commitment to do what is right, is an insufficient basis upon which to decide that a person has committed a criminal act.
Fox Leadership goes global with $5 million donation
The Fox family has donated over $33 million since 1999.
BREAKING: Theodore Ruger named Penn Law Dean
Theodore Ruger, Penn Law School’s deputy dean since 2013, has been named the school’s new dean, effective July 1.
Mental health task force releases final report
Created in the wake of six student suicides in 15 months, the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare released its final report on Tuesday.
She's got the Power
US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, has been named the 2015 Commencement Speaker.
Guest Column by Alexandre Kleis and Elise Pi | Time to solve the problems
While many of our peer institutions also offer community space and more financial aid resources to international students, the request for an extended ISO, a proper transition to campus, is simple to satisfy.
Penn's fundraising secrets revealed
From renting out the Philadelphia Museum of Art during NSO to developing new campuses in San Francisco and Beijing, Penn spends lavishly to maintain its reputation as one of this country’s most coveted Ivy League universities.
A quest for 1600 Penn leads former Univ. president to and from Penn
On Presidents' Day, a look back at Penn President Harold Stassen, who wanted to be president of something a little bigger.
Editorial | Navigating Penn's sexual violence policy
Finding the "Sexual Violence Policy" is more difficult than a simple, messy Google search. Upon visiting the Provost's page — either directly or via the Office of Student Conduct’s page — for an explanation of the policy, students can be greeted with a cold "Error 404" page, with an ironically tragic subtitle: "Go Home."
Philly residents challenge Penn's 40th and Pine development
The historic mansion at 40th and Pine Streets falls further into a complex legal battle between Penn and the community members surrounding the property. In a Commonwealth Court case on Tuesday afternoon, the Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association (WTHA) and nearby neighbors opposed Penn’s plan to replace the historic mansion at 400 S.