Meet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Penn’s 2020 commencement speaker and award-winning author
Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will give the commencement speech at Penn’s graduation ceremony on May 18.
Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will give the commencement speech at Penn’s graduation ceremony on May 18.
Nigerian-born Adichie is known for her critically-acclaimed books “Purple Hibiscus,” which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 2005 and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in 2004, and “Half of a Yellow Sun,” which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Filled with college-aged supporters, the enthusiastic crowd illustrated the faithful backing that Sanders boasts as he looks to win Tuesday's primary and build momentum in his presidential bid.
Philadelphia's decreased ranking can be partly attributed to a larger gender pay gap in the city. Philadelphia women in tech are currently making 91% of what their male counterparts make, compared to 97% in 2019.
Nigerian-born Adichie is known for her critically-acclaimed books “Purple Hibiscus,” which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 2005 and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in 2004, and “Half of a Yellow Sun,” which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Filled with college-aged supporters, the enthusiastic crowd illustrated the faithful backing that Sanders boasts as he looks to win Tuesday's primary and build momentum in his presidential bid.
During his hour-long speech, Trump lauded the United States' economic prosperity and boasted about "killing the founder and leader” of ISIS. The audience chanted “lock her up” when Trump brought up Nancy Pelosi's impeachment inquiry, and booed loudly when he decried his Democratic opponents and called mainstream media "fake news."
Penn-sponsored air travel by students, faculty, and staff generates approximately 64,000 tons of carbon annually, accounting for 20% of Penn’s carbon emissions, according to an email sent by Penn President Amy Gutmann to Penn community members on Jan. 29.
Machado is a writer in residence at Penn and a recipient of the Bard Fiction Prize for her work.
The study found that discharged patients who used smartphones to track their daily step counts were 32% more likely than those using wearable devices to continue sending the information to the researchers six months after leaving the hospital.
At a rally before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Warren called for “big structural change.”
Penn for Bernie joined a group of around 40 students in New Hampshire and returned to Philadelphia Sunday night. Four Biden supporters from Penn also canvassed throughout the state.
The six-week program consists of workshops conducted by Counseling and Psychological Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, Campus Health, and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault for new members before being officially initiated into their chapter.
Nursing sophomore Candy Greczylo won the election unopposed with 17 votes from sophomores, juniors, and seniors in The School of Nursing on Friday.
Chinatown residents said worries of the coronavirus have caused a decrease in the number of people eating out at restaurants, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The research team found that manufactured cells were able to kill cancer months after their original infusion, Penn Medicine News reported.
Informatics assistant professor Mary Regina Boland found links between a person's birth month and a variety of cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological diseases.
Viral posts on social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit have spread misinformation about the coronavirus, which FactCheck.org has been working to correct.
The store was part of Lululemon’s national effort to establish pop-ups on college campuses in order to target students and promote wellness through free events
The two programs, Law and International Affairs in Beijing and Engineering in Shenzhen, will place students at Seoul companies in their respective fields.