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Former Center City Starbucks manager sues company for alleged anti-white discrimination
Shannon Phillips oversaw the Starbucks on 18th and Spruce streets, where two black men were arrested on suspicion of trespassing for declining to leave the store while waiting for an acquaintance.
Penn hosts first Indigenous Languages Week to celebrate modern native culture
The program was inspired by the United Nations’ declaration of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Bobby's Burger Palace closes its University City location after nine years in operation
The Walnut Street location opened in April 2010. At the time, Flay told The Daily Pennsylvanian that Philadelphia was a "gutsy town" that he "likes a lot."
Penn Labs launches website integrating mock schedules and course reviews
Managed by Penn Labs, Penn Course Plan compiles the information from Penn Course Review and Penn InTouch all on one webpage.
Penn Student Government holds diversity training after internal concerns about inclusivity
The diversity training covered topics like privilege, microaggressions, and biases, and included interactive games for the participants.
Students express frustration at open forum toward Penn's AAU survey results
At the forum, held at the LGBT Center, students criticized Penn for the lack of significant change from the last AAU survey in 2015 to the report that was released earlier this month.
Collegium Institute hosts panel on the philosophy of finance to kick off two-day conference
The panel is the start of a two-day conference which according to organizers is the “first ever” nationally to focus explicitly on the philosophy of finance.
Two Penn professors and a Penn librarian given prestigious NEH grants
History and law professor Sarah Barringer Gordon, philosophy and education professor Karen Detlefsen, and the director of the Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library David McKnight all received grants to fund collaborative research projects.
Penn Medicine study helps to identify patients in need of end-of-life conversations
Researchers from Penn Medicine have developed an algorithm that flags patients that are "high priority" for having these conversations, which typically involve the treatment a patient receives at the end of their life.
Dizengoff hummus to replace Little Baby's in Franklin's Table
Dizengoff is a small Philadelphia chain serving Israeli-inspired hummus with an array of toppings, from tabouleh to beets to chicken.
Gutmann announces leadership of Paideia Program at Penn
The program will focus on wellness, service, and citizenship education.
Penn Medicine researchers call for ethical guidelines for brain organoid research
Researchers from Penn Medicine published a paper addressing ethical concerns regarding brain organoid research. The paper clarifies the physical capabilities of brain organoids and calls on researchers to follow ethical guidelines in conducting research.
Penn Medicine’s Lancaster General Health opens a proton therapy center
The center's location will grant people in central Pennsylvania easy access to the most innovative forms of proton cancer therapy, for which they previously would have to travel to Philadelphia, chair of radiation oncology at Penn and head of the Roberts Proton Therapy Center James Metz said.
Researcher Amy Hawthorne discusses Egypt's recent authoritarianism at Middle East Center
The lecture, titled “A New Authoritarianism: Egypt in the Age of al-Sisi,” was organized by Penn’s Middle East Center.
'Is Immigration a Right?' Six conservative panelists say 'no' at Penn event
One panelist at the event was Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank deemed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Co-founders of theSkimm visit Penn for Authors@Wharton speaker series
Zakin and Weisberg discussed their book “How to Skimm Your Life,” a New York Times bestseller that provides insight into personal finance, stress management, and career-building.
Penn Chemistry receives grant to establish Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals
The Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals, under the leadership of Penn Chemistry professor Eric Schelter, will focus on recovering and separating metals for environmental and economic sustainability.
Wharton ranked third best MBA program in the country
Penn tied with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and fell behind Harvard and Stanford Universities in program rankings.
Penn Law professor finds some Obama-era financial reforms were effective
The paper, titled "Making Consumer Finance Work," focused on several Obama-era policies, such as the establishment of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.