Fossil Free Penn blockades board meeting, forcing most trustees to leave through fire exit

Protesters held signs cut and painted to look like gravestones with epitaphs citing facts about the climate crisis and demanding that the University divest from fossil fuels.

An Acme supermarket will officially replace The Fresh Grocer on 40th and Walnut streets

Less than a week after news broke that the Fresh Grocer would close next month, Penn officials confirmed that they have signed a lease with Acme Markets to replace the Fresh Grocer's current location.

Fresh Grocer’s imminent closure leaves students fearing inconvenience and uncertainty

Many students find the store's closure unnecessary and criticize the University's decision to allegedly replace the Fresh Grocer with an Acme store, which they describe as less affordable. 

Fresh Grocer to shut down in March following four-year legal battle with Penn

Penn — the store's landlord — and the Fresh Grocer have agreed to end the supermarket’s tenancy at 40th and Walnut streets after almost 20 years of operations.

In a bid to achieve carbon neutrality, Penn will offset emissions of University air travel

Penn-sponsored air travel by students, faculty, and staff generates approximately 64,000 tons of carbon annually, accounting for 20% of Penn’s carbon emissions, according to an email sent by Penn President Amy Gutmann to Penn community members on Jan. 29.

Penn will not invest in coal and tar sands, but FFP says there is still work to do

The announcement comes over a year after the University Council steering committee rejected Fossil Free Penn’s proposal to divest from coal and tar sands. 

Penn still illegally underpays security guards. The city may revoke $1.2M in subsidies.

Deputy Communications Director for the Office of the Mayor Lauren Cox wrote that no legal action has been taken but that suspending Penn's nonprofit water discount is on the table if Penn continues to violate the prevailing wage law.

New apartment complex for Penn and USciences students to open on 42nd and Ludlow in 2020

The new building is managed by University Realty, which operates five other properties for Penn students on Chestnut and Walnut streets.

About 100 Fossil Free Penn members shut down Board of Trustees meeting

The meeting ended about 20 minutes early after student protesters drowned out the board members for more than half an hour. 

Here’s what you should know about Philadelphia’s Nov. 5 election

Along with City Council races, Philadelphia residents will elect a mayor, sheriff, city commissioner, and will vote in several judicial races and on three ballot questions about Philadelphia and Pennsylvania policies.

After a two-year search, interim director Josephine Park stays on to lead ASAM program

ASAM has struggled with maintaining leadership since the founding director of the program left Penn in 2017. Park was named the ASAM program's interim director in 2018 and was set to serve for a year.

Here’s what you should know about Philadelphia’s legal protections for tenants

Philadelphia laws uphold renters’ rights on myriad issues ranging from discrimination, rental suitability, evictions without “good cause,” and other unfair rental practices. 

Here’s what a PennMed researcher wants you to know about the dangers of vaping

Frank Leone, a pulmonologist at Penn Medicine, said vaping does not break addictive habits and is not a healthy alternative to cigarettes.

Here’s what a PennMed researcher wants you to know about the dangers of vaping

Frank Leone, a pulmonologist at Penn Medicine, said vaping does not break addictive habits and is not a healthy alternative to cigarettes.

Weekly Fossil Free Penn sit-ins demand a public town hall on University's investments

The first sit-in took place on Sept. 27 outside the office of President Amy Gutmann, with about 40 students and faculty members in attendance.

Penn continues to pay unlawful low wages, security guards and their union say

Since July, the city has informed Penn a second time that they are required to pay the prevailing wage of $15, but wages for security guards have not increased, said Gabe Morgan, vice president of the Service Employees International Union 32BJ.

‘Restorative Practices at Penn’ offers conflict and mediation services for students

The goal of RP@Penn is in part to decide cases that are in violation of the code of student conduct and use restorative practices to help resolve disputes in student groups.

Student organizers hope to draw freshmen to campus activism through a 'disorientation guide'

Seven student groups and four community organizations distributed the guide to students throughout NSO including at Freshman Convocation.

Penn sues Bernie’s Restaurant over $1.6 million rent dispute

The University is suing Bernie’s University City Restaurant and Bar for $1.6 million allegedly owed in rental fees for the restaurant, which is on University-owned land.

Largest Panera in Philadelphia will open on Penn's campus in late May

The Panera will have seating for 125 people, including community tables, soft seating, and a fireplace — in addition to an outdoor patio that seats 40 people.