Calls to abolish Greek life are sweeping the nation. Now, they’re growing louder at Penn.

Students involved in Greek life believe there is room for reform, while those calling for abolition disagree because of Greek life’s long history of alleged racism, classism, and sexism.

Wharton partners with historically Black medical school in Nashville for M.D./Ph.D. program

Meharry Medical College students selected for the program will earn a medical degree from Meharry and a Ph.D. from Wharton. 

Penn Museum to remove Morton Cranial Collection from public view after student opposition

The collection is the work of Samuel George Morton, an 1820 Perelman School of Medicine graduate who used the skulls of enslaved people to argue that there are inherent differences between the brains of people of different races.

Intl. students hesitant to return to campus, citing travel restrictions and COVID-19 risks

Responses to an AIS survey so far suggest “no clear majority” among the three options — going back, staying home, or unsure — for what international students plan to do in the fall. 

Here’s how Penn’s four undergraduate schools are implementing anti-racism initiatives

The School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the College of Arts and Sciences are implementing initiatives to listen to student voices.

Students call on allies of Black Lives Matter movement to promote change off social media

Allyship requires individuals who are not members of a marginalized group to actively fight the oppression of marginalized individuals. 

‘A fundamentally broken system’: Why protesters are calling to 'defund the police'

Defunding the police is largely understood to mean reallocating funds from police departments to other community resources. 

‘A protest movement’: How Phila. bail funds are challenging the existing cash bail system

There are two bail funds in the city — the Philadelphia Bail Fund and the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund — which work in conjunction with each other. 

Two College students create Penn's first undergraduate journal on the Middle East

Inspired by their Middle Eastern backgrounds, rising College sophomore Laila Shadid and rising College junior Zeynep Karadeniz decided to create the journal, called Fenjan.

SAC reserve fund grows as student groups end the semester with leftover funding

The reserve fund is administered by the Office of Student Affairs, and can be used by Penn Student Government to make large one-time purchases

Here’s what the Ivy League is deciding for fall 2020

After the sudden closure of college campuses across the country in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fate of the fall semester for many colleges was suddenly unknown. Months later, as the pandemic continues to spread across the U.S., universities are beginning to announce their fall decisions.

Brown University president says colleges must reopen in the fall to avoid financial crisis

Brown University President Christina Paxson wrote that universities remaining closed would lose tuition revenue, which is a primary source of income for higher education institutions.

After recovering from COVID-19, Penn Medicine prof. joins the race to find treatment

Carl June’s lab pioneered T-cell immunotherapy to treat blood cancer, an expensive one-time treatment that has cured terminally ill patients.

Nine Penn students win 2020 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes

The prizes are awarded annually to graduating seniors to encourage them to design engagement projects that will make a positive difference in the world in their first year after college.

Pa. legislature passes bill to reopen some businesses, but Gov. Wolf plans to veto

Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations on March 19.

Virtual Annenberg event describes how journalists face online trolling and censorship

George Washington University professor Silvio Waisbord spoke about the online intimidation of journalists in a virtual event hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication. 

Perelman School of Medicine opens new center to accelerate coronavirus research

The Center aims to support research related to the novel coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory illness, and develop ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent infections.

Penn Law School ranks seventh in U.S., holding same position since 2010 rankings

Yale Law School continued its more than three-decade-long streak atop the ranking. Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School occupied the second and third spots, respectively. 

Penn Med study discovers second type of schizophrenia in brains that look healthy

A new study led by Penn Medicine professor Christos Davatzikos found that nearly 40% of patients with schizophrenia did not have reduced gray matter in their brains — a characteristic that has previously been linked to schizophrenia.

Female leaders tell students to 'take a leap of faith' at fourth annual OWN IT summit

This year's conference, which was held at The Study at University City, marked the first time that the event was not held on Penn's campus.