Students call for renovations to the only graduate dorm on campus

Administrators will hold focus groups next semester to figure out how to improve housing options for grad students. 

Four students resign from grad student assembly exec board, prompting special elections

Four members have resigned from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly executive board, prompting a special election to fill the empty positions on Wednesday evening.

Penn graduate students start new advocacy group against sexual misconduct

The organization, called the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct, began as an off-shoot of Graduate Employees Together – University of Pennsylvania, the graduate student advocacy group.

Federal ruling sets back grad student unions – but GET-UP still commits to workers' rights

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board proposed legislation that would overturn their 2016 ruling on Friday giving graduate student employees at private universities the federal right to unionize.

Viraj Patel will serve as Harnwell's house dean after nearly five years at PAACH

Patel has worked with multicultural and Asian-American groups since her time as an undergraduate, and says she will continue to connect with Penn students in her new role.

Penn receives $4.5 million to create center on autoimmune disease research

Penn's new Autoimmunity Center of Excellence is the fifth of its kind in the U.S., and will house two clinical trials as well as a collaborative project. The center will also host a mentoring program for scientists interested in autoimmune disease research.

Penn Medicine awarded $12 million to research radiation therapy for cancer patients

Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center was awarded a $12 million grant to establish a new cancer research center.