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6B leaders say the ARCH's new renovation sidesteps concerns of cultural centers
Beginning in August, Penn renovated the building with new wall coverings, couches and chairs, and signage that points to the cultural resource centers located in the basement.
Penn postdoc publishes paper on artificial intelligence and climate change
The paper argues machine learning can be used in many climate change related areas including energy production, CO2 removal, and solar geoengineering.
Penn Police commended for catching thieves and for rescuing family from burning house
University City District Safety Ambassador Brianna Murray was commended for helping rescue occupants from a burning building this summer.
New apartment complex for Penn and USciences students to open on 42nd and Ludlow in 2020
The new building is managed by University Realty, which operates five other properties for Penn students on Chestnut and Walnut streets.
Penn Engineering receives record $25 million donation for new data science building
The donation, made by 1980 College graduate Harlan Stone, is the largest in the history of the school.
‘Carey Law’ changes its shortened name back to ‘Penn Law’ after extensive backlash
The school will be changing its short-form name to "Penn Carey Law" in the 2022 to 2023 school year.
Penn Violence Prevention is getting a new staffer — but students say that’s not enough
Since the survey results were published, the University added an associate director position to Penn Violence Prevention, expanding the office to a total of four staffers.
A student took over the @PennLaw Twitter. Now, the school has shut down the parody account.
A law student at Penn swiftly claimed the original @PennLaw Twitter handle and turned it into a parody account.
Wharton MBA graduate develops app that rewards you for safe driving
The app — “This App Saves Lives” — offers rewards for safe driving in the Philadelphia region that can be redeemed at popular restaurants.
Giant Food Stores opens Philadelphia's third Heirloom Market
The store is located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood north of Center City, and sells products from local vendors such as High Street and Claudio Specialty Foods.
New environmental humanities minor expands how students can learn about the environment
Since 2017 the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities has been planning on creating a minor in environmental humanities, which was recently approved.
Freshmen say 'Take Your Professor to Lunch' should allow larger groups to participate
Many freshmen said they feel Take Your Professor to Lunch could be better adapted to freshmen through increased advertising and allowing larger groups to participate.
Sadiq Davis speaks about the difficulties of life after incarceration at Penn event
The groups showed the film “The Honest Struggle,” which follows the life of Sadiq Davis when he was released from prison in 2013 after spending over 25 years behind bars.
Penn's new payroll site is visually pleasing but lacks key timesheet features, students say
Penn students who work on-campus jobs say they can no longer automatically set their hours in Workday and they do not receive notifications for deadlines to submit their hours, features that were previously provided through "eTimeSheets."
Penn Wharton Budget Model projects Warren's wealth tax will reduce economic growth
The Penn Wharton Budget Model revealed Thursday that the tax could cause the nation’s annual economic growth to decrease by 0.2 percentage points each year over ten years.
Penn alum Jon Huntsman Jr. announces his Utah gubernatorial bid
The announcement comes just three months after Huntsman Jr. announced his resignation from his position as the United States ambassador to Russia.
Penn professor gives talk on how shared values can help reduce anti-immigrant bias
Sambanis, founder and faculty director of the Penn Identity and Conflict Lab, shared his research on the question of whether shared norms and ideas can reduce ethnic discrimination.
Stand-up comedian Ronny Chieng performs at Penn for Asian Pacific American Heritage Week
Chieng first performed a comedy routine and later took questions from the audience about his career path and his experiences as an Asian American in contemporary media.
New digital humanities class aims to bring more humanities students to computation
English professor Whitney Trettien said the new course will serve as a softer entry point for humanities students to learn how to apply tools and technologies to 'big picture' questions.