Chemistry department will not pause admissions for Ph.D. students next academic year

While the Chemistry department must endure the same budget cut as the other SAS departments, Chemistry Ph.D. students are typically supported by research grants from government agencies.

College senior Mercedes Owens elected Undergraduate Assembly President

The election took place from Sept. 12 to 14 after being postponed from earlier this spring by the Nominations and Elections Committee due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

Penn to temporarily stop reporting daily COVID-19 testing data with shift to new platform

Penn has moved the coronavirus testing data to the COVID-19 Dashboard and is currently only reporting weekly positive results.

Robbery with a weapon at 43rd Street prompts Thursday night UPennAlert

The suspect is a 6’2’’ “dark complected” male with a thin build and long hair. Reported to be in his 20s, he was seen wearing dark blue clothing and carrying a maroon duffel bag.

Penn undergraduate students will no longer be able to return to campus housing this fall

The University scratches its plans to conduct a hybrid fall semester that guaranteed on-campus housing for first years, sophomores, and transfer students in the College House system, according to The Fall Semester Planning FAQ.

‘Bright like the sun’: Penn community remembers life of rising Wharton sophomore Jerry Sun

Members of the Penn community are mourning the loss of Sun, 19 years old, who died on July 25 after his car collided with an International Bus in Colorado while on a hiking trip.

Penn projects $91M budget deficit for FY21 in addition to $47M loss from spring 2020

Penn is facing a net difference in budget of $164 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic largely from forgone revenues including tuition, housing, and others. The University, more tuition-dependent than its peer institutions, will raise its total cost of attendance for the upcoming academic year — but also expects to provide more student financial aid.

Mary Trump says 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump cheated on SAT to get into Penn

In her book 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,' Mary Trump details how Donald Trump created a toxic family dynamic, accusing him of being a "sociopath."

Harvard, MIT sue ICE over rule barring thousands of intl. students from studying in U.S.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the lawsuit seeks to prevent ICE and the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing the policy, arguing it violates the Administrative Procedure Act.

How chemistry, physics, biology, neuroscience lab courses will be conducted in fall 2020

All chemistry lab courses will be taught entirely remotely for fall 2020 with potential optional in-person experience, Merriam Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Undergraduate Chair Jeffrey Winkler said.

Universities crack down on students’ racist social media posts amid George Floyd protests

Institutions such as Penn and Temple University are reviewing old social media posts containing racial slurs that have resurfaced, while other universities have taken disciplinary action in response to inflammatory posts targeted at the George Floyd protests.

A Penn student allegedly yelled the N-word in a viral video. He says it’s not his voice.

The five-year-old video has prompted the University to look further into the matter.

Coronavirus upends grad school applicants’ plans to take LSAT and MCAT this spring

Coronavirus has skewed students’ plans to take required standardized tests such as the LSAT and MCAT for law and medical schools, respectively, this spring.  

The Grad Issue: A look back at the Class of 2020's time at Penn

Take a look back at the Class of 2020’s journey at Penn from 2016 to 2020.

Live updates — Penn's response to the coronavirus outbreak

Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote in an email to all graduate school professors on Sunday evening that researchers must discontinue all non-essential on-campus research activities by March 17 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. 

Penn considers combination of virtual and in-person classes for fall 2020

Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote in an email to the Penn community on Monday that the University has established a Recovery Planning Group to determine when students will be able to return to campus. 

Penn will provide grant to replace summer savings expectation for aided students next year

Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote in an email to all undergraduates on Tuesday morning that the summer savings grant will help mitigate the loss of expected income due to canceled summer jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic.

TAs demand more support from University after online learning disrupts their routines

Since the move to remote teaching, some TAs said they are dedicating significantly more time to teaching and struggling to balance their work as both a teacher and student. 

While prof. speculates fall classes will be remote, U. maintains no decision has been made

Penn has updated the Student FAQ section on the University Coronavirus website, stating that the University cannot predict what will happen in the fall but is planning for every possibility amid the pandemic.

Penn cancels on-campus summer courses and cuts its fiscal year 2021 budget

No changes will be made to tuition, fee charges, and grading policies for credit-bearing undergraduate courses in the summer sessions, the email read.