Although it may be the end of October, the weather is still perfect for working outside. Grab a sweater, a laptop, and head to these on-campus locations to bring your virtual classes into the real world, while practicing social-distancing guidelines.
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Penn Museum holds public vote to choose artifact for Community Spotlight exhibit
The artifact was chosen as part of the Penn Museum's new Community Spotlight project, which invites the public to vote first on a universal theme, and then again on an artifact to represent the chosen theme
Wharton graduates, dean discuss combating racism in first ‘Beyond Business’ lecture
The event featured 2007 Wharton graduate Chris Bennett and 1993 Wharton graduate Josh Kopelman speaking to Wharton Dean Erika James and Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Karl Ulrich.
Annenberg prof. launches lab to study health effects of marketing on marginalized populations
The Health Communications and Equity Lab aims to design "culturally responsive communication interventions to advance the health and well-being" of diverse populations.
Penn Museum holds public vote to choose artifact for Community Spotlight exhibit
The artifact was chosen as part of the Penn Museum's new Community Spotlight project, which invites the public to vote first on a universal theme, and then again on an artifact to represent the chosen theme
Wharton graduates, dean discuss combating racism in first ‘Beyond Business’ lecture
The event featured 2007 Wharton graduate Chris Bennett and 1993 Wharton graduate Josh Kopelman speaking to Wharton Dean Erika James and Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Karl Ulrich.
Penn’s Lambda Alliance buddy program helps LGBTQ undergrads connect during virtual semester
Lambda Alliance has manually matched eighty students so far in the program and will notify more students of their matches by the end of October.
The professorship will be awarded to a scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences, with a preference for a scholar focused on data science.
Bruce Shen | Amy Wax doesn't understand culture
There is ample evidence showing that culture of origin is no indicator of assimilation and performance.
Editorial | In light of Acme's opening, Penn must do more to address food insecurity
For the sake of its student body and those in the West Philadelphia community, Penn must do everything in its power to fight food insecurity and kick hunger off-campus.
Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours
Gather, also known as Gather.town, simulates buildings and classrooms on campus where students, professors, and teaching assistants can interact with one another through personal avatars during office hours.
Penn rises three spots to No. 14 in U.S. News and World Report global university ranking
Penn climbed the rankings from the No. 17 spot in 2020.
Penn students, faculty launch telehealth program to aid Bangladeshi refugee camp
College and Wharton sophomores Henry Le and Ananya Dewan started the Connected Care Initiative, which aims to bring medical care to vulnerable refugee populations through telehealth.
Mental health initiative AfroWellness aims to support African international students
This semester, the AfroWellness initiative is holding events for managing stress and anxiety and discussing issues that have arisen due to the pandemic, like feeling isolated.
Performing arts groups produce prerecorded, virtual content in light of COVID-19 restrictions
In August, the Performing Arts Council and the Platt Performing Arts House announced that students cannot congregate in-person to produce content this semester because campus was still closed.
In Philadelphia, Obama urges Penn community to ‘get to work’ and vote for Biden
The former president ended the day with a ticketed “drive-in rally” outside Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, during which he particularly urged Black men, progressives, and other voters to participate in the election in efforts to oust Trump.
Sarah Khan | The 2020 elections
SARAH KHAN is a College junior from Lynn Haven, Fla.
15 questions with... Katie Kinum, a Penn women's basketball senior
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn women's basketball’s Katie Kinum 15 questions about her sport, her time at Penn, and her life overall. Here's what the senior guard had to say.
Penn says it can’t give Election Day off, but it’s unclear what state regulations prevent it
Penn cites state regulations for why it cannot change the Academic Calendar without explaining other unforeseen days — such as snow days, and a day off for the 2018 Eagles parade — the University has given off in the past.
Fenjan, Penn’s new Middle East politics journal, launches first issue this semester
Fenjan's editors wrote that their mission is “to give the Penn community a platform to engage with the MENA region—to read about, write about, and reimagine the Middle East for what it is: human."














