At the event, Almallah read several poems aloud from "Bitter English," an autobiographical collection of poems he wrote over four years that was published earlier this month. 

The ranking puts Philadelphia up three spots from last year’s report, when it came in at 14th.

The study, published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine, tracked 602 employees who were classified as overweight or obese.

Headspace offers many guided tutorials for meditation and mindfulness, and it is available for phone or computer with a focus on meditation on-the-go. 

The former employee, who identifies as a transgender woman, claims she was mistreated after a routine medical procedure at HUP. 

“Plot twist: turns out that man is Eric Furda, the University of Pennsylvania’s dean of admissions,” Colbert said to horrified laughter from the audience.

The organization, called the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct, began as an off-shoot of Graduate Employees Together – University of Pennsylvania, the graduate student advocacy group.

Responding to challenging questions from Grant, Gladwell gave a lighthearted preview of sixth and latest book, “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know." 

Professor Margaret Lewis argued that China should unsign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a treaty which protects civil and political rights.

The initiatives were planned before the death of CAPS Director Greg Eells in early September, but UA members said the measures took on renewed importance after the tragedy.

The restaurant, which was closed for months in early 2019, is currently open from Monday to Friday. The hours were previously 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those days, but starting today, Steve's will now be open until 10 p.m. from Wednesday to Friday.

The exhibit, titled "Hostile Terrain 94," is a 20-foot-long map of the Arizona-Mexico border filled with identification tags of those who died trying to emigrate to the United States. 

The trend is surprising because innovations in the field have made eye surgeries less painful and invasive across the board.

Rapper and Philadelphia native Meek Mill donated backpacks and supplies to his former elementary school as part of his ongoing philanthropic efforts in the city.

The study found that 43% of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy, children of faculty and donors, or athletes.

The colloquium, "How Emerging Technologies are Rewiring the Global Order," featured conversations with Kerry, President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Executive Director of the Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth, and Uber Chief Scientist Raquel Urtasun. 

The study found that the city's 10-year tax exemption policy for newly built and renovated properties disproportionately benefits those living in the city’s most affluent neighborhoods.