The Silfen Forum event begins at 3 p.m. at Irvine Auditorium and is titled "Is There an Antidote for the Opioid Epidemic? Seeking a Cure for the Worst Drug Crisis in American History."

Many universities chose performers who are traditionally underrepresented in the music industry, including female artists and artists of color. 

The event, “Appraising the Future,” was organized by the Penn Wharton Budget Model and moderated by its faculty director Kent Smetters.

As of April 9, three Penn students have been diagnosed with mumps. To avoid catching the contagious disease, Student Health Service Director Giang Nguyen urges students to avoid sharing vaping products, drinks, and food, as mumps spreads through saliva.

The number of CIS majors at Penn has risen from 400 in 2015 to about 1,000 in December 2018, and about 40% of Penn’s undergraduate population takes at least one course within the CIS Department. 

The certificate program is free for current SP2 students, while SP2 alumni will need to pay $159 for the four-course program or $49 for each individual course. 

The increase in cases follow an outbreak at Temple University that has sickened at least 140 students. 

Semifinalists are currently formalizing their pitches with help of the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation staff and will give three-minute pitches during a “Big Idea Pitch Event” on April 25 to the public.

A major part of Delaney’s pitch focused on uniting the country in the face of increasing political polarization.

Both prizes award teams $100,000 for project implementation and $50,000 stipends for living expenses for each student in the year after graduation.

He said she started drafting the book as a high school senior and rewrote it during her junior year at Penn while drawing inspiration from her coursework.  

The course will be taught by Byron Pedler Sherwood, a senior fellow in the Biology Department, and will be offered to students from all four undergraduate schools with no prerequisites. 

This is the first data–driven study to link changes in brain function to specific symptoms in patients with clinical depression. 

Wawa won its bid for two liquor licenses, paying the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board $186,357 for a location in Philadelphia and $160,357 for a location in Delaware County. 

The Penn Book Center will continue to host events in the store until the end of May.

The project was a part of MGMT 203's “Swag Day,” in which teams of students have to bring in an item or experience they obtained for free. 

This report follows the ongoing outbreak at Temple in addition to isolated cases at Penn and Drexel.