Vice Provost of University Life Mamta Accapadi resigns

Senior Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tamara Greenfield King will serve as the interim vice provost of University Life. 

‘Overlooked, ignored’: Black Du Bois residents frustrated with demographics, living conditions

Du Bois College House was founded in 1972 to promote retention and academic success of Black students at Penn. Fifty years later, however, Black students drew attention to the increasing number of non-Black residents.

Black students egged and called racial, homophobic slurs at Spring Fling party

The party was scheduled to start at 10 p.m., and at 11:15 p.m., students were heard screaming while several individuals threw eggs at students that burst upon impact on their faces, body, hair, and clothes.

Penn students, alumni celebrate 50th anniversary of Du Bois College House

The 50th anniversary reunion event attracted former and current residents of Du Bois College House, who came together to reflect on their experiences living in the college house.

Hundreds rally against eviction of UC Townhomes residents at block party protest

Participants enjoyed food prepared by the townhome residents, listened to music, and conversed with community members. Organizers also led a march around the UC Townhomes complex.

Local coalition hosts teach-in to combat gentrification of University City Townhomes

The event was hosted at W.E.B. DuBois College House by Police Free Penn in collaboration with the Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes.

Penn Center for Innovation reports largest number of annual patents in 2021

Founded in 2014 by University President Amy Gutmann, the Penn Center for Innovation supports Penn-affiliated researchers, students, staff, and faculty to commercialize their ideas and inventions.

Here's how to replace a lost or stolen COVID-19 vaccine card in the United States

Penn and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now recommending booster shots in light of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Penn community members gather for Police Free Penn’s Abolition Festival

Police Free Penn, a group of Penn community members working to abolish policing and transform community safety at the University, hosted the event to promote conversation about police and violence on campus.

Penn Libraries received works of late public health historian and activist Elizabeth Fee

Fee’s surviving spouse, Mary Garofalo, donated personal papers the leading scholar wrote during her time as a pioneer in advocacy, health, and history.

Sophomores praise convenience of housing requirement, criticize lack of flexibility

The new housing policy is part of the Second-Year Experience, which includes special programming and a two-year on-campus housing requirement beginning with the Class of 2024.