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Students gather to reflect on diverse identities at Indigenous Latinx dinner
Event organizers emphasized the need for spaces to talk about Indigenous identity at Penn beyond traditional Latinx campus groups.
Jessica Mertz to leave post as director of Penn Violence Prevention in May
Mertz has served as Penn's director of sexual violence prevention since Penn Violence Prevention was established in 2014.
Not all Penn students have to get vaccinated. Here's why.
Students can opt not to receive the vaccine if it threatens their health or if their religious or philosophical beliefs prohibit immunizations.
Joe Biden spoke on the opioid crisis yesterday. Here’s what you missed.
Experts stressed the severity of the nationwide opioid crisis, clarified the benefits of decriminalizing addiction, and emphasized the need to change the country's culture to reduce dependence on such drugs.
Four Penn professors receive prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
The Guggenheim Fellowship recognizes exceptional work in natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts.
Penn graduate Michael Avenatti indicted on 36 counts for stealing money from clients
If found guilty on all charges, his sentence would represent a maximum of 335 years in prison, NPR reported.
At Penn, Biden and Bush say United States must change its culture of opioid dependence
The Silfen Forum event begins at 3 p.m. at Irvine Auditorium and is titled "Is There an Antidote for the Opioid Epidemic? Seeking a Cure for the Worst Drug Crisis in American History."
Aminé, Mitski, Lil Uzi Vert: a breakdown of Ivy League spring concert performers
Many universities chose performers who are traditionally underrepresented in the music industry, including female artists and artists of color.
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan talks trade war, federal deficit, and the Swedish economy
The event, “Appraising the Future,” was organized by the Penn Wharton Budget Model and moderated by its faculty director Kent Smetters.
Scared of mumps during Fling? SHS director gives tips on avoiding it.
As of April 9, three Penn students have been diagnosed with mumps. To avoid catching the contagious disease, Student Health Service Director Giang Nguyen urges students to avoid sharing vaping products, drinks, and food, as mumps spreads through saliva.
CIS Department hires more faculty and expands enrollment to meet rising student demand
The number of CIS majors at Penn has risen from 400 in 2015 to about 1,000 in December 2018, and about 40% of Penn’s undergraduate population takes at least one course within the CIS Department.
SP2 and Wharton launch online certificate program for student leaders in social service
The certificate program is free for current SP2 students, while SP2 alumni will need to pay $159 for the four-course program or $49 for each individual course.
Three Penn students diagnosed with mumps as statewide outbreak grows
The increase in cases follow an outbreak at Temple University that has sickened at least 140 students.
Animal café and scenic tours: semifinalists prepare pitches for Penn’s Wellness Challenge
Semifinalists are currently formalizing their pitches with help of the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation staff and will give three-minute pitches during a “Big Idea Pitch Event” on April 25 to the public.
‘I’m a different kind of Democrat’: centrist John Delaney campaigns for president at Penn
A major part of Delaney’s pitch focused on uniting the country in the face of increasing political polarization.
Gutmann announces 2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners
Both prizes award teams $100,000 for project implementation and $50,000 stipends for living expenses for each student in the year after graduation.
2018 College graduate publishes young adult novel she wrote while at Penn
He said she started drafting the book as a high school senior and rewrote it during her junior year at Penn while drawing inspiration from her coursework.
Penn Global to offer its first biology seminar course in Costa Rica
The course will be taught by Byron Pedler Sherwood, a senior fellow in the Biology Department, and will be offered to students from all four undergraduate schools with no prerequisites.
Penn Med study links childhood trauma with clinical depression in patients
This is the first data–driven study to link changes in brain function to specific symptoms in patients with clinical depression.