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City Life

Philly Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis Leaving for Gig at Penn

Philadelphia managing director Michael DiBerardinis will say goodbye to City Hall in January. DiBerardinis will leave his city oversight position to join the University of Pennsylvania […]

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City Life

Jeb Bush to Teach in Special Role at Penn This Year

Don’t be surprised if you see Jeb Bush walking around Philadelphia this year. The former Florida governor, son of President George H. W. Bush, brother of President George […]

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City Life

Stephen Fried on Our Other Big Ben

The Rundown Age: 60 CV, abridged: Editor in chief, Philadelphia (1999–2000); two-time National Magazine Award winner; lecturer, University of Pennsylvania; author of seven books. Latest […]

Be Well Philly

Do Yoga and Zumba at This Free West Philly Health Fair and Block Party

Some of us take our ability to go to the doctors whenever we need to for granted — and it’s easy to do that because when […]

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City Life

Man Accused of Killing Penn Student Charged With Hate Crime

The 21-year-old California resident accused of killing and burying University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein in a California park in January has been charged with a hate […]

Be Well Philly

Want to Improve Philly’s Mental Health? Turn Vacant Lots Green, Study Says.

I’m not sure what it is about Philly’s vacant lots, but researchers sure do seem to have a thing for studying them. In February, a report […]

Business

Penn to Offer Its First-Ever Online Master’s Program in Computer Science

The University of Pennsylvania is really jumping on board with the trend that’s putting more classes online, thereby introducing greater flexibility for a bigger, more […]

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Luxe Bistro Louie Louie Is About to Open in University City

Louie Louie, the long-awaited concept from Fearless Restaurants, opens this week with lunch, dinner, and brunch at the Hilton Inn at Penn. The European-inspired bistro and bar, […]

Property

Hill House Restoration Recognized with National Award

One of the most iconic buildings on Penn’s campus has been hiding in plain sight since 1960. That’s no longer the case now that it’s […]

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City Life

Pa. Attorney General Wants to Reinstate Charges in Penn State Hazing Death

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has filed to appeal a district court ruling last month that dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against several former Penn State fraternity […]

Property

A President’s House in Rittenhouse for $2.895M

Before the University of Pennsylvania turned Horace Trumbauer’s 1907 mansion for cigar baron Otto Eisenlohr back into a mansion in 1980, its presidents lived wherever they […]

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City Life

Parents of Penn Suicide Victim Accuse University of Ignoring Pleas for Help

The parents of a University of Pennsylvania student who died by suicide in 2016 have sued the school, claiming it did not respond adequately to their […]

City Life

Penn’s New Food Hall: $10 Ice Cream and a Slice of Gentrification

The last place at the heart of Penn’s campus that unashamedly included the neighborhood is gone. The Moravian Food Court, once a lively social hub […]

City Life

UPDATE: Penn Law Dean Relieves Controversial Professor of Some Teaching Duties

UPDATE, 3/13, 6:30 p.m.: Late Tuesday afternoon, Theodore Ruger, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, informed students and faculty by email that […]

City Life

Penn Wins Ivy League, Punches Ticket to NCAA Basketball Tourney

After dominating the Ivy League through most of the 1990s and early 2000s, Penn men’s basketball hit a lull following the program’s last NCAA Tournament […]