Articles by Yamin Phyu Phyu
06/07/22 12:00am
First case of monkeypox confirmed in Philadelphia
The global outbreak, first detected in a British citizen, currently numbers 1,088 cases across 29 countries. In the United States, 35 cases of the disease have been confirmed. 05/31/22 11:29pm
Perelman School of Medicine adds five HBCUs to PASS program to increase diversity in medicine
Launched in 2008, the PASS program is designed to increase the number of physicians from groups underrepresented in medicine. 04/20/22 12:34am
"Level Up" funding stream will give Philadelphia schools $119 million
Wolf also plans to give $1.25 billion to all 500 districts to distribute equal funding to Pennsylvania's most struggling school districts. 04/13/22 2:37am
Five Penn students awarded Goldwater Scholarship
College juniors Allison Chou and Andrew Sontag and Engineering juniors Laila Barakat Norford, Shriya Karam, and Joshua Chen are among the chosen 417 students. 04/07/22 8:04pm
Philadelphia expands street sweeping program and will ticket parked cars
First started in 2019 and expanded in 2020, the 2022 Phase II street sweeping program will take place in 14 neighborhoods, including West Philadelphia. 03/28/22 12:51am
United Nations and NASA officials discuss the space age at Perry World House event
Nakamitsu and O’Keefe’s event focused on three main aspects of the space age: space debris, space technology and development, and power competition in space. 02/23/22 12:09am