05/03/22 9:51pm
Students and other members of the Penn community marched down Locust Walk chanting "Not the church, not the state, women must decide their fate!" and "They say no-choice; we say pro-choice!"
03/18/22 9:49pm
Bailar was the first openly trans swimmer to compete in NCAA Division I swimming and was the first trans man to compete in any men’s sport in the NCAA.
03/17/22 11:24pm
Students at Georgia Tech said that the presence of the protestors in front of the NCAA venue made them feel unsafe on a traditionally safe and inclusive campus.
02/14/22 1:12pm
Bezar was a Philadelphia native and attended the William Penn Charter and Baldwin Schools before coming to Penn.
02/11/22 12:53am
The China Initiative was unveiled in 2018 during the Trump administration under the guise of preventing economic and technological espionage by — or for the benefit of — the Chinese government.
01/28/22 12:28pm
Nemomsa — known as "Tola" to family and friends — was passionate about public health and urban development and pursued these studies at Penn.
01/25/22 10:51pm
Strohminger's tweet mentioned that one student had estimated that the average salary was $800,000 per year. In reality, the average American worker only made $53,383 in 2020.
01/20/22 1:32pm
In an email sent to the Penn community on Thursday morning, Penn administrators pointed to indicators that the peak of the Omicron variant has passed, following a surge of cases in the region.
01/12/22 11:36pm
Postponed final exams from the fall will be made up during the beginning of the spring semester in the same format they were offered previously.
01/11/22 7:53pm
The University received over 1,100 requests for early arrival, and approved "slightly more than 60%," according to Marc Lo, executive director of P1P.
01/07/22 8:44pm
University administrators announced that all students need to be tested for COVID-19 48 hours prior to arriving on campus and receive a gateway test upon arrival.
12/15/21 3:11pm
Finals scheduled through Dec. 17 will continue in person, while finals during the week of Dec. 20 will be online.
11/17/21 9:53am
The student workers, some of whom identify as first generation and low income, were surprised and disappointed after the sudden layoff.
11/10/21 11:47am
Winter break will be extended by two days to include Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 as a show of gratitude, University administrators announced.
10/31/21 11:44pm
The sprinkler led to a building-wide evacuation and flooding in 13 suites, prompting the relocation of 12 students to the Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel.
10/25/21 12:26am
The podcast, called “Med Legs," currently has eight episodes including topics like applying and interviewing for medical school to navigating academics as a FGLI student.
10/11/21 10:57pm
Starting Sept. 13, the GIC began to offer weekly opportunities to pick up a bag of produce at the center’s location on 37th and Chestnut streets behind Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.
10/05/21 9:56pm
Penn's Information Systems and Computing has "identified vendor software bugs that have been impacting performance" and is tentatively planning to upgrade to a newer version of the vendor software over fall break.
09/23/21 10:43pm
The center will not have a physical building, but its work will be done at several of Penn's existing engineering buildings, according to SEAS Dean Vijay Kumar.
09/21/21 12:48am
Some FGLI first years reported feeling pleasantly surprised by Penn's existing FGLI community and resources, though some added that they felt culture shock upon arriving on campus.
