Dennis Ronel's accident prompted an outpouring of support from family, friends, and Penn alumni, and reignited criticisms of pedestrian safety on Penn's campus. 

Penn's Gene Therapy Program signed a lease with Discovery Labs, a company that leases biopharma space for life science research, on May 25, significantly expanding its life science research capacity.

A study done by Penn researchers found that the odor test can detect compounds found in pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells using blood samples from patients.

The Fulbright Program, paid for by the United States government, funds up to 12 months of international experience for the award recipients.

“The world needs more engineers, and I am proud to be Dean of a school that graduates outstanding engineers who are poised to have a tremendous impact on the world,” Kumar wrote in an emailed statement to the DP.

The three winning teams were awarded grants of up to $100,000 to implement projects that address eradicating or reducing racism, achieving educational equity, or reducing health disparities. 

The changes, which took effect on June 2, come as positive cases of the novel coronavirus have plunged to the lowest level in the city since fall 2020.

All offices, conference rooms, classrooms, and labs are available to use at full capacity, and PennOpen Pass will no longer be used to enter buildings.

The study found that the labor productivity of children who participated in online learning due to COVID-19 school closures decreased. 

Together for West Philadelphia, a health equity nonprofit, gifted $72,000 to the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to provide free COVID-19 tests and vaccines to communities most impacted by the pandemic.

In a joint letter signed by students from 49 other U.S. universities, Penn Chinese intl. students criticized Trump's Presidential Proclamation 10043.

Penn is the fourth Ivy League institution — following Brown, Columbia, and Yale — to require that its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Penn ranks No. 2 in the world for the most billionaire alumni, according to the 2021 Forbes annual World's Billionaires list. 

The study found that patients with both HIV and hepatitis B had a two-fold increase in primary liver cancer and that treatment of hepatitis B reduced that risk by 58%.

The Black Ivy Time Capsule is a competition that accepts creative work focused on Black life at the eight Ivy League schools.

Rosa Sun completed the project for FNAR 489: Senior Seminar Project (Spring), a required course for fine arts and design students.

The Wharton School received an anonymous $5 million donation in the form of Bitcoin last week, the largest cryptocurrency donation in University history.