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SAS will not admit new Ph.D. students next academic year due to COVID-19 financial loss
Pausing admissions for the 2021-2022 academic year will allow SAS to allocate available funds towards current graduate students who need more time to complete their degrees.
Some professors list Penn InTouch courses as asynchronous to accommodate course conflicts
Designating a course on Penn InTouch as "asynchronous" removes its meeting times from students' schedules and allows students to register for another class offered in the same time slot.
Here’s how Penn’s six cultural centers plan to support students remotely this fall
The DP spoke with the directors of all six cultural resource centers to discuss their programming for the online fall semester.
Cory Booker, Pa. AG Josh Shapiro headline Penn Dems virtual kickoff event
The event was held over Zoom Monday night, and is part of Penn Dems' effort this semester to encourage as many people as possible to vote.
College senior Mercedes Owens elected Undergraduate Assembly President
The election took place from Sept. 12 to 14 after being postponed from earlier this spring by the Nominations and Elections Committee due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Man with firearm prompts Monday night UPennAlert
According to the Division of Public Safety's website, around 5:45 p.m. two men in a black Dodge Charger engaged in an argument about parking with another driver, with one displaying a firearm before leaving the area.
Penn falls two places to No. 8 in U.S. News & World Report university ranking
Penn was surpassed by Stanford University and the University of Chicago this year, both of which share the No. 6 spot.
Penn will not pay contracted dining workers in financial blow to Bon Appétit employees
While Bon Appétit workers will not receive pay this semester, the 113 dining workers directly employed by Penn are not furloughed and will continue to be paid for their typical 40-hour work week.
Penn to temporarily stop reporting daily COVID-19 testing data with shift to new platform
Penn has moved the coronavirus testing data to the COVID-19 Dashboard and is currently only reporting weekly positive results.
Penn will not excuse student poll workers from class on Election Day
Penn Democrats, College Republicans, Penn for Biden, and the Wharton Politics & Public Policy Club sent a letter to Provost Wendell Pritchett requesting that Penn adjust all classes' attendance accommodations for students seeking to work the polls.
Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman joins Perry World House for 2020-2021 year
Vindman’s appointment as a Perry World House visiting fellow is the latest step in his transformation from a little-known government official to a prominent anti-Trump national security figure.
Penn study proves promising for type 1 diabetes cure
A research team led by Penn scientists successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells into multiple animal models.
Penn Student Government donates $500,000 to Emergency and Opportunity Fund amid pandemic
Grants may range from $100 to $1,000 and can cover expenses such as medical bills, technology repairs, winter and professional clothing, travel over school breaks, and graduate school exam fees.
Penn to announce extended COVID-19 testing and Greek Life-specific mitigation strategies
Dubé said the University will take a "data-driven approach" to testing asymptomatic individuals — essentially testing students based on various factors like location – throughout the rest of the semester.
First years burdened by workload but buoyed by social life during first weeks of school
Many students agreed that their social experience has been better than expected, citing opportunities to meet other first years through classes and virtual study groups.
Penn closed on-campus housing for the fall. Now, fewer students can vote in Pa. in 2020
Though upperclassmen with residences in Philadelphia remain eligible to vote, most first years did not live on campus, preventing them from establishing a residence and registering to vote in the state.
Top former Republican election lawyer and Penn alum refutes Trump's voter fraud claims
1974 College graduate Ben Ginsberg criticized Trump for urging his supporters to vote twice, writing that there is no evidence of widespread fraud in mail-in voting and that voting multiple times is illegal.
Penn Ph.D. student wins literary prize for memoir about childhood in Philadelphia
Penn English Ph.D. student Joseph Earl Thomas won the 2020 Chautauqua Janus Prize for “Reality Marble,” a memoir based on his childhood in Philadelphia.
Brown University will welcome undergraduate students back to campus for in-person classes
The university announced on Thursday that remaining students who wish to return to Brown’s residence halls are permitted to do so between Sept. 18 to Sept. 20.