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Penn Extends President Amy Gutmann Five More Years
Amy Gutmann—president of Penn—will reportedly be with the university for seven more years after the board of trustees officially votes on her five-year contract extension […]
Armed Robbery at UPenn’s Chipotle
The Chipotle on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus was robbed at gunpoint last night. The suspect allegedly made off with $300-500 from the Walnut Street […]
How College Students Can Avoid Hazing
Florida state attorney Lawson Lamar addressed reporters last week about the death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, who was allegedly beaten to death […]
If the End of the World is Coming, At Least We’ll be Well Fed
The Maya exhibition at the Penn Museum is a big bummer. C’mon, we don’t want to be told with scholarly guarantee that the whole end-of-the-Maya-calendar-end-of-the-world […]
Penn Relays Is One of Philly’s Best Sporting Events
A sampling of things overheard at the Penn Relays yesterday from people in the stands: “Now this race depends on whether the headcase shows up.” […]
Penn Dean Resigns After He Was Put on Leave Over Alleged Misrepresentation
The vice dean of UPenn’s Graduate School of Education has resigned. Doug E. Fresh Lynch has been a higher up in the school since 2004. […]
Penn Dean Placed on Leave Over Alleged Misrepresentation of Degree
Penn Dean Put on Leave Over Degree. Doug E. Fresh Lynch—the vice dean of the Graduate School of Education at Penn—has been put on administrative […]
Michelle Obama to Make Announcement at UPenn Today
Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will be at UPenn’s School of Nursing this afternoon to make an announcement regarding a major national initiative to […]
Philly Art Collector Auctioning Pollock, Rothko and Others at Christie’s
Geraldine Pincus will send a large portion of her art collection to auction at Christie’s in New York because her foundation, The Pincus Family Foundation, […]
Get Ready for UPenn’s Pride Games
Being out in the sports world still poses some challenges. But this weekend (March 25) the LGBT community’s athletic talents are being celebrated during the […]
Harvard Rallies for Gay Students
The Secret Court is legendary at Harvard University when in 1920 a tribunal of administrators joined to investigate charges of alleged homosexual activity among its […]
Which Local Teams Will Make It to the NCAA Tournament?
Monday night, Villanova found out exactly what it is like to get a 30-foot knife in the throat, when Shabazz Napier completed UConn’s gigantic comeback […]
The Hottest Co-Eds
There really is a poll for everything these days. And the latest tells us where the hottest co-eds are at colleges and universities around the country. […]
Decoding Philly Media: How Four Local Websites Covered the Same Story
By now, you know the story. Let us briefly review. A Penn kid, name of Brian Goldman, is in a cab at 15th and Chestnut. Three […]
Passenger Writes About Weekend’s Center City Taxicab Attack
Brian Goldman is a senior at Penn. Over the weekend, he was taking a cab to meet some friends when he was punched in the […]