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Penn won’t make payments to Phila. public schools — so its undergraduate yearbook will
In response to Penn not making Payments In Lieu of Taxes to the city of Philadelphia, The Record, Penn's undergraduate yearbook, will donate some profits to local public schools.
GSE receives grants for training, fellowship programs from Institute of Educational Science
IES, an arm of the Department of Education, offers several grants each year to improve educational outcomes through data-driven research
Biden will hold Philadelphia town hall in lieu of canceled second presidential debate
The debate was canceled on Oct. 19 after President Donald Trump, who had recently tested positive for COVID-19, refused to participate in a virtual debate
Department of Justice sues Yale University over affirmative action polices
The Justice Department brought the suit on the grounds that Yale discriminates against white and Asian-American applicants, The New York Times reported
The pandemic has impacted people of color and working class hardest in Phila., study finds
75% and 55% of Hispanic and Black residents, respectively, reported that they have faced financial hardship due to the virus, while only 32% of white respondents reported the same.
Renowned architect Peter Eisenman wins medal for excellence from Weitzman School of Design
The medal is awarded to “an architect who has changed the course of design history, with a particular focus on the areas of energy conservation, environmental quality, and/or diversity,” according to the Weitzman School of Design.
Penn Medicine named one of Healthcare's Most Wired for eighth straight year
Penn Medicine's Information Services was named one of Healthcare's Most Wired health systems for maximizing technology use to deliver better care.
Philadelphia records deadliest year for shootings since 2007
Shooting incidents are up 57% over 2019 rates and the city is on par to pass 450 murders by the end of the year, 6 ABC reported.
Phila. Fed president and former Wharton dean predicts full economic rebound by 2023
Harker said his prediction depends on a sustained decline in the rate of new infections, the availability of a vaccine by the end of 2021, and an additional trillion-dollar stimulus package.
Annenberg launches new lab to study addiction and emotions in adolescents
Led by Annenberg Assistant Professor David Lydon-Staley, the lab researches short-term dynamics of behavior, particularly in adolescents
Diplomats urge United Nations members to collaborate amid global crises at Penn event
The panelists argued that since recent crises like the pandemic and climate change are global in scale, U.N. members must collaborate to solve these issues
New Vice Provost for University Life begins job, prioritizes meeting students virtually
This semester, VPUL Mamta Motwani Accapadi hopes to provide students with the resources they need to vote in the upcoming presidential election and help the Penn community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wharton MBA students petition for lower tuition to offset limited in-person networking
Many students said the remote semester greatly diminishes the MBA experience where students can no longer network in-person or take advantage of Wharton-sponsored traveling and co-curricular activities.
Phila. councilmember, Penn alum Helen Gym urges her alma mater to pay PILOTs amid pandemic
While Gym believes Penn has made great contributions to Philadelphia, she thinks the University has an unfinished role in uplifting one of the poorest cities in the country.
RAGAs to begin dining indoors at Penn as part of four-day pilot program
RAGAs can reserve a 30-minute time slot on the Penn Eats mobile ordering app to eat their meals at 1920 Commons.
Penn prof. wins up to $150,000 from Rita Allen Foundation to fund neuroscience research
Abdus-Saboor, the Mitchell J. and Margo K. Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology, will receive grants of $50,000 annually for up to three years to fund his pain research.
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Penn’s endowment increases by $200 million to $14.9 billion
This year's endowment had a return rate — the percent of growth from investing the endowment funds — of just 3.4%, continuing the downward trend in return rates since fiscal year 2017 which recorded a 14.3% return rate.
After opposition to homeless people in NYC mounted, two Penn profs. stepped up to help
English professor Melissa Sanchez and Business Economics and Public Policy assistant professor Corinne Low won the award for leading the Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative, which Low co-founded.
Two Penn Med professors win total of $8 million in grants from National Institutes of Health
Brian Litt, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and bioengineering, and Gregory Corder, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry, are two of this year's 85 recipients.