Human rights activist discusses pandemic’s impact on refugee women at Perry World House event

Wai Wai Nu identified how displaced women have overcome pandemic-related challenges, and offered recommendations for improving refugee and internally displaced women's access to dignified work, health care, and housing.

Bryn Mawr and Haverford announce plans for return to in-person learning this fall

All students will be welcomed back to campus for in-person classes, shared meals, athletic competitions, and arts performances.

Annual Women in STEM symposium celebrates progress, calls for more diversity in engineering

Female enrollment in Penn Engineering currently stands at about 40%, which Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar said is not enough.

Annenberg Center’s online events allow audiences to watch on-stage performances from home

The livestream events are an hour long, with 40 to 45 minutes of performance and 15 minutes of discussion with the artists, during which audience members can ask the performers questions directly. 

Cornel West discusses MLK’s true radical legacy at annual Social Justice Lecture

Penn President Amy Gutmann introduced the event by condemning former President Donald Trump for inciting a riot at the Capitol and urging audience members to remember King's legacy as a guide.

SP2 dashboard finds $40M in grants awarded to Phila. area in early stages of COVID-19

The School of Social Policy and Practice’s dashboard, which tracks grant awards from COVID-19 response funds in the Philadelphia area, found over $40 million in grants awarded between March 18 and June 29. 

PWH panel says Biden will strengthen foreign alliances, face tension with China and Russia

The panelists discussed the positive foreign reactions to Joe Biden winning the 2020 presidential election and how Biden's foreign policy, which will contrast with Trump-era policies, may influence the world order.

Bernie Sanders campaigns for Biden near Pittsburgh, encouraging unity and appealing to workers

While Sanders acknowledged his differing policy stances compared to Biden, his overall approach was to unite voters within the Democratic party and throughout the country, appealing to moderates and conservatives to vote for Biden in efforts to oust Trump.

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. 

GSE receives grants for training, fellowship programs from Institute of Educational Science

IES, an arm of the Department of Education, offers several grants each year to improve educational outcomes through data-driven research

Dissatisfied with Penn’s tutoring services, three seniors launch their own

Through StudyRev, which fully launched this semester, tutees can request help when they need it  and tutors can work as their schedule permits.