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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 in banquet-style 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.
Photo Essay | Students learn about ancient perfumes in Penn Museum workshop
Over sixty students attended "Sniff: Perfumed Oils of the Ancient World," the first of several workshops in Penn Museum's 2019-2020 Making Workshop series.
New Career Services peer advisor program now available to undergrads
The new program allows walk-ins from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday at the Career Services office inside the McNeil Building.
Students explore Japanese religion through anime and manga in new Penn course
The syllabus includes anime and manga from a range of genres, including the popular anime film "Your Name" and "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind."
Derek Nhieu is elected Class Board 2023 president by 68 votes
College sophomore Thomas Kaupas won the new transfer student representative election, winning against his three opponents with 31 votes. Only transfer students could vote in the election.
At Mayor's Scholars event, Mayor Jim Kenney praises diversity and community engagement
At the event, Kenney encouraged students to be engaged in Philadelphia communities and to consider pursuing careers in the city.
Penn First Plus to find its first permanent home in College Hall next fall
Construction on Penn First Plus' permanent home will begin later this semester and is expected to open in the 2020-2021 school year.
Penn professors discuss global warming in '1.5* Minute Climate Lectures'
This was the third installment of the 1.5* Minute Climate Lecture series, a popup program organized by the College of Arts and Sciences every Wednesday this September.
Penn biologists find microbes cause gene variation across fruit fly generations
The study, published in PNAS, showed that feeding different types of bacterial species led to genomic changes in just five generations of fruit flies.
Pottruck's basketball courts will reopen Oct. 14 after renovations to fix water damage
The new court will feature two parts, with a subfloor and a maple hardwood floor on the top, designed to reduce knee and joint injuries.
PennMed study finds automated tools do not help in lowering blood pressure
The research, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, tracked the adherence rates of 149 local patients who take blood pressure medication.
Penn Medicine and Novartis end exclusive research alliance on immunotherapies
While this marks the end of the broad alliance, the two will continue work on more specific projects focusing on CAR T cell therapy.