Yoni Gutenmacher

Guest columnist Yoni Gutenmacher argues that Penn should move commencement to be inclusive of the University's Orthodox Jewish community.

Penn does not have any standing sustainability professors — only lecturers, adjunct, and visiting professors — and professor Irina Marinov is the only standing faculty member studying climate science.

All the current SCOTUS justices hold law degrees from either Harvard or Yale, except Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She holds a degree from Columbia Law, but before transferring she attended Harvard Law.

The total value of Penn's endowment also rose to $13.8 billion — the fourth largest among the Ivies — in fiscal year 2018. 

Vice Provost and Directors of Penn Libraries Constantia Constantinou emphasized her excitement to live and work in the city of brotherly love. 

Administrators created Smith's new role, in part, to help counter the number of currently vacant positions with VPUL. 

Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, is expected to teach some classes on foreign policy and potentially give a keynote speech as part of his fellowship, Philly.com reported. 

Former Wharton junior Olivia Kong died by suicide in April 2016, and her parents took legal action against Penn this April.

Dubé's position as director of all wellness initiatives across the University is the first of its kind in the Ivy League. 

While some universities — most liberal arts colleges — across the country have done so since the 1950s, the University of Chicago is the first top-10 research university in the United States to adopt a test-optional admissions policy, according to the Washington Post.