“Medicine was a perfect fit for her because not only was she brilliant as far as science comes, but she was a compassionate individual,” her father, Jerrold Zeitels said. “She was always looking to help other people.”

Penn's allotted funding proves too little, say many Ph.D. candidates say. And given President Donald Trump's looming funding cuts, graduate students may be hurt even more. 

Jon Huntsman, Jr. became a Quaker in 1985 — to the complete surprise of most of the over 100 classmates The Daily Pennsylvanian reached out to about him.

Virtually all schools cited their admission percentage and the size of their applicant pool.

The Penn team took home a $350,000 cash prize.

The week — called "FLI [first-generation low-income] is Fly" — aims to highlight issues that FGLI students face on Princeton's campus.

The announcement came among an extended discussion of next year's budget at a University Council meeting late last month.

Women who experience emotional trauma and stress during their teen years are “twice as likely” to suffer from menopausal depression, a new study by Penn Medicine researchers reports.

“I personally have not noticed discrimination against Asian-Americans in my practice,” Laurie Kopp Weingarten, director of One-Stop College Counseling, said.

Chair of the Fine Arts Department Ken Lum initially conceived of the Monument Lab after he moved to Philadelphia in 2012. He was inspired by the city's history but felt the art didn't reflect the contributions of some of Philadelphia's greatest artists and musicians.

Spring of 1973 saw not only the first Spring Fling, but the first handheld cellular call, the opening of the World Trade Center, and the rise of the Watergate scandal. Songs like "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn dominated the Billboard charts.

“We thought it would be meaningful for people of all different backgrounds to come together and have meaningful conversations about their identity, their relationship to religion and what that might mean today," TableTalks Co-Chair and College sophomore Sophia Simon said.

With the goal of forging stronger bonds among Latino men, as well as in communities both on Yale’s campus and in New Haven, the new club holds weekly brunch meetings, reported the Yale Daily News.

“A lot of us talk about jobs we’re going into after school, but it would be great to also have people talk about the charities they want to donate to and the impact they want to make in the world,” Wharton and Engineering senior Shayna Fertig said.

“Go out and appreciate nature, learn about local ecology and the environment, and just give yourself a little break,” Penn’s Environmental Sustainability Director Dan Garofalo said to the Penn Current.

One professor said “retention battles” could push tuition upward. Penn may have to offer a higher salary to a faculty member they are recruiting from another university, or to a current Penn faculty member who has been offered an appealing job at a rival institution.

College and Wharton senior Sumun Khetpal leads Ride Health, a company in the semi-finals working to improve care for patients facing logistical barriers by allowing healthcare providers to request transportation for patients.