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Penn researchers discover evidence of collision between Milky Way and dwarf galaxy
The team’s research provides new insight into a broadside collision between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy that occurred almost 3 billion years ago.
Pa. Coalition of Public Charter Schools gets $30 million grant to expand charter schools
The coalition hopes to open, replicate, or expand at least 18 brick-and-mortar charter schools in Pennsylvania by 2025.
Penn will open on-campus housing for spring semester and hold most classes remotely
Undergraduate students will be required to be tested twice weekly for COVID-19 and to enroll in PennOpen Pass as well as receive a flu shot before returning to campus.
Penn Engineering plans to help bring STEM education to underserved Philadelphia students
Inveniam, a newly launched program between Penn Engineering and Steppingstone Scholars, aims to provide underrepresented and underserved students in the Philadelphia area with free STEM resources and programming.
’Will China Save the Planet?’: PWH panel talks China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal
Experts said that although there are barriers China will have to overcome to achieve carbon neutrality, the pledge is a step in the right direction.
Wharton AI course features talks from JP Morgan Chase and Walmart tech executives
The class, MGMT 198: Managing Disruptive Change: Artificial Intelligence for Business, Finance, and Sustainability, gives students the opportunity to learn from and interact with top academics and practitioners in the field of AI.
Here are the Penn buildings and facilities that are open to students right now
Students in Philadelphia have access to some open facilities such as the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Penn Park, the Hamlin Tennis Center, and the Penn University Archives Reading Room.
Temple University will delay start of spring semester, cancel spring break
Temple University will push back the start of the spring semester by eight days to Jan. 19 and eliminate spring break to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Two Penn alumni give $5 million to Wharton School for undergraduate aid, construction
A Wharton graduate and her husband, a Penn Law graduate, donated $5 million to support Wharton undergraduate aid and the final construction of Wharton Academic Research Hub, which is set to open in November.
PWH fellow, impeachment witness Alexander Vindman fears Trump will target him if reelected
Vindman confirmed he cast his ballot for former Vice President Joe Biden.
CAPS offers advice on coping with election-related stress and anxiety
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with CAPS staff about what students can do in the coming weeks to reduce stress and anxiety related to the election, namely to stay in the present, check in with friends, and get off the computer.
Penn's official response to Wallace Jr. killing omits police involvement, outraging students
In an email signed by Penn President Amy Gutmann and other Penn officials, Gutmann referred to Wallace Jr. as a neighbor of the Penn community, and his killing as a "death" with no mention of the word "police," escalating student outrage.
RAGAs are worried about lack of COVID-19 testing enforcement on campus
Penn offers weekly COVID-19 testing that is mandatory for students, faculty, post-doctoral trainees, and staff that are living in on-campus housing or are on campus for “at least eight hours every week and whose activities are done in a congregate setting that involves at least 10 people.”
Over 3,200 students petition Penn to extend Friday’s pass/fail deadline to end of semester
Students said the current deadline of Oct. 30 is too early for them to know how they are doing in their classes, citing the lack of grades so far in their classes and heightened anxiety concerning the online semester.
Penn prof. stands by controversial Toobin op-ed, but denies he defended sexual harassment
Toobin was widely criticized for engaging in workplace harassment by masturbating with his camera and mic on in front of colleagues during a meeting, but in the op-ed, Zimmerman argued that the scandal was instead about society's unease with masturbation.
Philadelphia imposes curfew Wednesday night following citywide protests
On Monday afternoon, two Philadelphia police officers shot and killed Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man. The killing prompted protests near Penn’s campus on Monday night and throughout Tuesday.
Students frustrated after over 200 misdelivered mail-in ballots sat in Penn’s mailrooms
Penn Dems estimated that over half of the mail-in ballots of students who registered to vote with on-campus addresses, but requested their ballots to be sent elsewhere, were misdelivered by the city.
With classes online, a wave of cheating is ravaging Penn’s academics
While some professors have implemented anti-cheating measures like "live proctoring" on Zoom, students claim that many professors have failed to take necessary precautions against cheating even in the face of inflated class scores.
‘A moral evil’: Penn community condemns Philadelphia police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.
Penn students participated in protests, including a Tuesday night march from Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia through Penn's campus to Clark Park, to demand justice for Wallace Jr., calling to defund the Philadelphia Police Department and have the officers who killed Wallace Jr. arrested and charged.