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After national decision, GET-UP can't unionize but remains committed to workers' rights
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board proposed legislation that would overturn their 2016 ruling on Friday giving graduate student employees at private universities the federal right to unionize.
This new club lets Penn students teach civics and government in local schools
At Comegys, Penn students will conduct after school sessions twice a week to discuss democracy, branches of government, the Constitution, and what being a good citizen looks like.
This new club will serve first gen., low-income students in engineering and tech
FLITE plans to host workshops for students to build academic skills and provide advice for navigating these industries.
Penn Study links teenage driving accidents to brain development
The study was the first to compare motor vehicle accidents to working memory by following a group of participants over a long period of time.
PennDesign names Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley as visiting professors
During their time at Penn, the Kelleys will work primarily with Penn graduate students studying in the Department of Fine Arts, a PennDesign press release stated.
Pew study reports main reasons why people are leaving Philadelphia
Each year, 60,000 people move away from Philadelphia, which is 10,000 more than the number of people who move to Philadelphia annually, according to Pew.
Amid Hong Kong protests, Penn Abroad releases advisory for students to stay on campus
The current political and social unrest in Hong Kong began in June, when people took to the streets to oppose the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance amendment bill, which would allow local authorities to detain and extradite citizens of Hong Kong to mainland China.
Former ambassador Joseph Westphal to serve as professor at Penn's Lauder Institute
Westphal served as the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from March 2014 to January 2017. He previously served as acting secretary, undersecretary, and chief management officer of the United States Army, and he has held positions in five different presidential administrations.
At Chabad House dinner, guest speaker debunks myth that Judaism promotes anti-vaccination
During the dinner, guest speaker Rabbi Shlomo Minkowitz, an assistant professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, gave a lecture on the safety debate around vaccinations and its relation to Jewish law.
Annenberg study shows people misperceive their proximity to energy sites
Benjamin Lyons, a postdoctoral fellow at the APPC, said the results showed people who perceived risks from these energy sites were not more aware of their distance to one.
La Casa Latina celebrates in 20th year at Penn through alumni speakers
The dinner event took place Friday evening at Bodek Lounge and was crowded with about four dozen people seated at banquet tables.
Photo Gallery | Highlights from the 2019 Philadelphia Climate Strike
The march in Philadelphia was a part of the second "Global Climate Strike," an event that included more than 150 simultaneous protests across the world.
Andrea Mitchell Center hosts opening conference on the social impacts of inequality
The conference highlighted how equality is not always attainable and how a lack of equality might affect access to democratic participation and liberty.
Students and faculty march in 'Philly Climate Strike' to demand action on climate change
Penn students and faculty joined the Philly Climate Strike, an event organized to demand that Philadelphia implement a citywide Green New Deal.
Philadelphia students will be marked absent if they attend the Global Climate Strike
In Philadelphia, students are “at risk academically” if they miss 18 days of school throughout the year, according to the school district.
Dining porch, courtyard, meditation rooms: Penn reveals NCHW details
The event was attended by student residents from nearby dorms and took place in Gregory College House.
In this week’s crime log: assaults at Presbyterian Hospital and Penn parking garage
On Sept. 6, the complainant reported that an employee did not turn in cash payments at the end of their shift at Jimmy John's, located at 3925 Walnut St., at about 3 a.m.
Annenberg research shows Twitter’s maximum tweet length increase promotes civility
The research team studied 358,242 tweet replies to American politicians between January 2017 and March 2018, both before and after Twitter's character limit increased.