Penn undergraduates launch summer project examining role of caregivers in cancer treatment

The students conducted research to gain a deeper understanding of the roles of the cancer care partners by focusing on their identities, such as gender and race.

Penn Medicine launches clinical trial to test gum that traps COVID-19, preventing spread

The chewing gum, designed by the School of Dental Medicine researcher Henry Daniell, has the ability to block the transmission of COVID-19.

Philadelphia receives additional monkeypox vaccines as cases rise nationwide

The vaccine is currently being administered to those either in contact with people who have monkeypox or who have been identified as at risk of the virus.

Claes Oldenburg, artist of the Split Button sculpture, dies at 93

Dartmouth eliminates student loans for undergraduates, replaces with scholarships

The new policy, which replaces student loans with increases scholarship grants, took effect on June 23.

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.

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.  

"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.

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.

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.

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.

Wharton professor Judd Kessler awarded inaugural Howard Marks Endowed Professorship

The Howard Marks Endowed Professorship is awarded with the purpose of encouraging and supporting those like Kessler to explore an intersection of business and behavior in the industry sector and apply the results to society.