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LGBT Center hosts first scholar in residence for night of comedy, poetry
The LGBT Center announced ALOK as its first-ever scholar in residence in March following an anonymous $2 million gift to the center.
Penn Sustainability hosts 2023 Earth Week
From April 17 to 23, Penn Sustainability will host the University’s annual Earth Week featuring cross-disciplinary events on environmental justice and nature open to the Penn community.
Ashley Biden to open a wellness center for women affected by trauma in Philadelphia
The center will provide a safe space for women to access nutritious food, exercise, meditation, and various therapies including EMDR.
Disabled, queer content creator Spencer West to speak at Penn's Disabled Coalition event
West — who has identified as disabled from a very young age — is a disability and LGBTQ advocate with 4.3 million followers on TikTok.
Penn community to honor life of 2022 College graduate Jamie Albrecht at Kelly Writers House
As a Penn student, Albrecht won the 2022 Creative Writing Honors Thesis Prize for the poetry manuscript "What Have You."
Institute of Contemporary Art to host annual After Dark celebration
The Institute of Contemporary Art is holding its annual After Dark celebration, open to college students throughout Philadelphia on April 14.
Penn lifts COVID-19 vaccine requirement, removing one of final remaining pandemic policies
Penn is the third Ivy League university to fully lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for faculty, students, and staff, following Columbia University and Dartmouth College.
Annenberg graduate, former Twitter executive talks content moderation at campus event
The event, titled “Trust, Safety, and Social Media,” covered Roth’s journey and actions during his time at Twitter.
Penn president gains right to vote on Board of Trustees, in line with most of Ivy League
The president was previously not eligible to vote at board member meetings.
Hundreds of Penn faculty were invited to an event with Amy Wax. How many signed up?
On April 13 at 3 p.m., the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression will host a Zoom webinar titled "Amy Wax and the Limits of Academic Freedom."
After withdrawing from U.S. News rankings, Perelman School of Medicine ranks No. 2
The Medical School surpassed Harvard University and is now only behind Johns Hopkins University in this year's rankings.
Bring-Your-Own restaurants are a staple of the Penn experience. Which one is the cheapest?
The DP's analysis examined the menus of 24 BYOs across University City and Center City.
Penn repurposes Houston Hall space as group study rooms available to all students
Students will be able to book these rooms through Penn Mobile and LibCal in the near future.
80% of U.S. workforce will be affected by GPTs, Penn research finds
The researchers identified data processing services, information services, publishing, and insurance carriers as industries in which GPTs will have the greatest effect.
JoAnne Epps appointed as new acting president of Temple University
She will replace Former Vice Dean of Executive Education at the Wharton School and 2000 GSE Ph.D. graduate Jason Wingard, who resigned from his position as president on March 28.
Rapper Lil Tjay to open concert for 50th anniversary of Spring Fling
Lauv will headline the concert, which will take place in Penn Park on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Penn announces 19% increase to postdoc stipend after researchers push for greater benefits
“We appreciated the input from postdocs across campus who voiced concerns regarding their benefits and engaged with us as we developed improvements," Penn wrote in its benefits enrollment guide.
Penn Carey Law rises to No. 4 in U.S. News rankings after opting out of submitting data
In December, the school opted out of submitting data to the rankings following withdrawals from other top law schools.
Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey announces his run for a fourth term
Casey has the advantage of incumbency and is the longest-serving Democratic senator in Pennsylvania history.