Body Empowerment Project celebrates first year of programming

2021 College graduates Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno co-founded Body Empowerment Project after being named recipients of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize

Take Back the Night honors survivors of sexual assault in person for the first time in two years

The event, which has been virtual since 2019 due to COVID-19, was held starting 5 p.m. in the Graduate School of Education tent and featured a rally followed by a survivors' vigil.

Chestnut Street Bridge reopens following two years of construction closures

The bridge — which crosses the Schuylkill River, connecting Center City to University City and West Philadelphia — first closed its traffic in early August 2019 

Columbia University suspends Psychiatry Department chair after posting racist tweet

Jeffrey Lieberman serves as chair of the Columbia University Psychiatry Department as well as psychiatrist-in-chief at the Columbia-affiliated NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

TedxPenn to host virtual salon “Decolonizing Literature: Language and Critical Race Theory”

Beavers, who has taught at Penn for over 30 years, will discuss his work in contemporary African American literature.