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Students unable to de-stress during fall break due to midterms, assignment deadlines
Students say their piling homework deadlines and exams — due the week immediately after Penn's four-day fall break from Oct. 14 to Oct. 17 — have prevented them from de-stressing and spending time with their loved ones.
Penn vaccinates nearly 14,000 community members at largest-ever flu clinic
The flu clinic — which ran from Oct. 4 through Oct. 8 — was held in Gimbel Gymnasium in Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.
Penn's Way charitable giving campaign aims to raise $1.6 million in donations
The annual workplace charitable giving campaign aims to address health care disparity, food insecurity, and social justice.
Penn Medicine study finds patients and employees experience racism in hospital settings
Penn Med researchers collected 90,786 reviews on Yelp and found instances of racism spanning 190 hospitals in 33 states.
Lancaster General Hospital employees file lawsuit against Penn Medicine over vaccine mandate
Plaintiffs claim Penn Medicine's vaccine mandate violates their right to body autonomy and forces them to engage in political speech.
Penn Medicine study finds similar recovery patterns for general and spinal anesthesia
The researchers who conducted the study examined the common, yet unsupported claim that spinal anesthesia may be safer for patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures.
Penn hits 99% undergraduate COVID-19 vaccination rate
The University also reported that 97% of faculty and staff and 96% of all students, both graduate and undergraduate, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Calculus courses’ continued use of video instruction draws student pushback
Students must watch lectures on their own time and work through practice problems in class — a practice that began in fall 2020, when classes were taught entirely online.
Winners annouced for 2021 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition
This year’s prizes ranged from $40,000 for the grand prize winner to $5,000 with all finalists receiving $6,000 in prizes.
Penn study finds higher amputation rates in low income and majority-Black communities
The study concluded that even in cities with close access to health professionals, poorer and primarily Black communities have higher amputation rates.
National Institutes of Health awards over $8 million in grants to seven Penn professors
The awards are a part of the NIH Common Fund’s “High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program," which supports scientists pursuing innovative research in biomedical and social science.
Penn Medicine makes Most Wired list for ninth consecutive year
This year, Penn Medicine earned both a Performance Excellence Award and a Quality Award.
Penn Police superintendent Maureen Rush to retire by end of 2021
Rush has been at Penn since 1994, in which she launched several public safety initiatives on campus and faced criticism from University and Philadelphia community members.
Philadelphia recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day for first time in 2021
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney issued an executive order this year to change Columbus Day — traditionally observed on the second Monday of October — to Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Students embrace Asian identity in ‘#ProudToBeAsian’ pop-up event on Locust
More than 60 Penn students gathered on Locust Walk on Friday afternoon to celebrate their Asian identities and increase Asian visibility on campus.
Students frustrated by assignments over fall break, but still excited for time off
Penn has the fewest days off of all the Ivy League schools with a fall break of only four days including the weekend.
Students march on Locust demanding Penn formally recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day
The march, organized by student group Natives at Penn, began on 34th and Walnut streets and ended on the New College House West green.
Asbestos concerns linger a year after Penn pledged $100 million to Philadelphia schools
Various members of the Penn community, including parents, faculty members, and students, are still hopeful the University's donation can help mitigate the issue of environmental hazards — but worry that it may not be enough.
GIC, Penn Park Farm partner to offer free, fresh produce to address food insecurity
Starting Sept. 13, the GIC began to offer weekly opportunities to pick up a bag of produce at the center’s location on 37th and Chestnut streets behind Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.