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Penn students slam new associate PPE director over 2018 paper, 'Defending eugenics'
Anomaly said he did not think the title would garner the controversy it has today in an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Penn pledges action in response to AAU survey results — but students demand more
Provost Wendell Pritchett said the University plans to expand staff members for Penn Violence Prevention and create a series of focus groups to analyze the survey responses.
Trump has never hosted a rally in Philly. Here's why.
Experts say the city's liberal population would make the location an unlikely choice, but Philadelphia will still prove useful for Trump's fundraising efforts.
Penn Fund educates undergrads on the impact of alumni donations with new events
The Penn Fund, which is separate from the University's endowment, receives donations from undergraduate alumni and current parents that are used to enhance the undergraduate experience.
Design graduate students plan town hall event to discuss school’s renaming
This month, students voiced anger over Penn's decision to rename the design school and asserted that the Weitzman namesake does not accurately represent the school.
Before former ICE director speaks, Penn shuts the event down citing loud student chants
Students wielding signs that read, "Abolish ICE" and "No one is illegal on stolen land," gathered inside and outside of Perry World House before the event started.
Philadelphia introduces bill aiming to limit e-cigarette sales to minors
The new bill would substantially limit e-cigarette sales in stores that allow children and teenagers to enter, such as gas stations and convenience stores.
Penn study finds female medical researchers have less influence on Twitter than males
The study found that female researchers tended to have fewer followers, likes, and retweets than their male counterparts despite being equally active on Twitter.
Penn produced the most 2019 Forbes 400 members out of any university
Penn is the best-represented school in the rankings and 24% of the Forbes 400 graduated from an Ivy League school.
Over 400 students petition Penn to cancel event with former ICE director
The online petition demands that Penn revokes Homan’s invitation and cancels the "Detention and Deportation from Obama to Trump" event.
Students host event to celebrate Toni Morrison's legacy as black female writer
At the event, students, faculty, and community members shared passages from Morrison's works that held personal meaning for them.
Panelists unpack the prevalence of sexual assault in the military at Penn's Ortner Center
The panel topics included the predictions of risk in sexual assault situations and the similarities and differences between military and non-military sexual assault episodes.
Indecent assault on 41st and Pine Streets prompts UPennAlert Tuesday evening
The alert, which was posted at 4:56 p.m., described the suspect as a male, between 15 to 17 years old.
Sexual assault continues to plague Penn's campus. These charts explain how.
The survey, conducted by the Association of American Universities, included input from 10,306 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at Penn.
Penn’s First Generation Association hosts a panel for on navigating graduate school life
The panelists, who are current FGLI graduate students, answered student questions about the difficulties of finding housing and financial help as a graduate student.
Penn Nursing conference stresses need for mental health awareness in health care
The "Reimagining Mental Health" conference featured speakers from across the Philadelphia and Penn communities who discussed harm reductionist and trauma-informed approaches to health care.
Students call for renovations to the only graduate dorm on campus
Administrators will hold focus groups next semester to figure out how to improve housing options for grad students.
Penn Med researchers find potential way to slow down spinal disc degeneration
According to Penn Med News, the team of researchers found that cells in the outer region of spinal discs initiate a weak healing process post-injury, which can lead to disc degeneration
Annenberg Study finds polarization did not increase after the election of Donald Trump
The study, led by communication professor Yphtach Lelkes, was part of a series of multi-part research effort looking into political polarization in the United States.