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Penn Students Expose University’s Early Connections to Slavery
New research compiled by undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania has forced the Ivy League school to confront its institutional and historical ties to […]
Penn Medicine and Princeton HealthCare System Officially Merge
On Tuesday, the University of Pennsylvania Health System officially added its first New Jersey member — Princeton HealthCare System — finalizing a merger plan that was […]
Here’s What Was Accomplished at Penn’s Pennovation Center This Year
It’s been a little more than a year since the University of Pennsylvania opened up the Pennovation Center, a 58,000 square-foot innovation hub on its […]
Meet the Philly Writer Who’s a National Book Award Finalist
West Philly’s Carmen Maria Machado doesn’t like New York. But she’s there today. The 31-year-old literary mastermind’s latest collection — Her Body and Other Parties — […]
Police: Penn Student Suffers Fractured Skull in Robbery
Philly police are searching for two suspects who allegedly beat and robbed a University of Pennsylvania graduate student on Sunday. Officials say the 26-year-old Penn student was […]
10 Philly Nonprofit Leaders Who Would Lose Big Under GOP Tax Plan
Republican lawmakers unveiled their anticipated tax-reform plan last Thursday. Among the winners in the bill: the mega-wealthy and big corporations. Among the losers? Nonprofits – […]
Philly’s Hottest Restaurants Are Taking Over Penn’s New Food Court
Food halls — from Reading Terminal Market to Chinatown Square to The Bourse — are still trending, and now the University of Pennsylvania is getting […]
Here’s Where Penn Ranks for Its Number of Alumni Entrepreneurs
International branding company GraphicSprings, released findings this week that show where entrepreneurs got their start in terms of education. The company looked at more than […]
Temple Tuition Could Go Up $12K, Penn State $10K Due to Pa. Budget Stalemate
Pennsylvania’s infamous budget stalemate could end in-state tuition discounts at at least three – and likely more – state-related schools. PennLive reports that officials from Temple, […]
Penn, Temple Rank High in New Innovation Economy Report
A new Brookings Institution report that ranks universities according to their commercial impact places both the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in the top […]
Why Wal-Mart Is Going After Seniors at Penn
How many Penn students want to work for Wal-Mart once they graduate? Probably very few (if any), but the company is on a mission to […]
Penn’s New Guide to Commercializing Tech a Good Step for Philly
Philly’s been working to boost the rate at which it commercializes tech, and a shiny new resource from the Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) signals the […]
Penn Jumps Into Top 10 in World University Rankings
The University of Pennsylvania climbed seven spots this year to rank among the top 10 universities in the world, per Times Higher Education. The West Philly […]
Judge Drops Felony Charges Against Fraternity Brothers in Timothy Piazza Case
A judge has dropped involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges against eight members of the fraternity where Penn State sophomore Timothy Piazza was drinking the […]
Groundbreaking Penn Cancer Therapy Gets FDA Approval
In what the FDA is a calling a “historic action,” the federal administration on Wednesday approved the country’s first gene therapy treatment that can be […]