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City Life

How Did Penn Get Here?

The moment that ended up on cable news, that went viral on social media, that within days would cost Penn president Liz Magill her job, […]

Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee.
City Life

Penn Trustees Hold Emergency Meeting After Magill’s Disastrous Congressional Testimony

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

Behold: Danny & Coop's Cheesesteaks. The Danny being Danny DiGiampietro from Angelo's in South Philly. The Coop beeing Bradley Cooper.
City Life

Bradley Cooper and Danny From Angelo’s Are Making Cheesesteaks Together

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

Life & Style

A Peek Inside the Renovated Penn Boathouse

Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River is a local icon, lit or unlit. And the Penn boathouse, one of the 15 charming 19th-century buildings aligned […]

City Life

What Temple Can Learn From Penn About Making Students Feel Safe

When I moved to Philadelphia from Houston 12 years ago to attend the University of Pennsylvania, I knew immediately that this was a city I’d […]

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City Life

The Biden Administration Keeps Tapping Penn People for Major Roles

After Donald Trump was elected in 2016, former Vice President Joe Biden became Penn professor Joe Biden, returning to the campus that awarded him an […]

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City Life

It’s Not Just Amy Gutmann. Philly-Area College Presidents Are Leaving in Droves

The recent news that University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann has been tapped by President Joe Biden to become the nation’s ambassador to Germany wasn’t […]

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City Life

Angela Duckworth, the Author of Grit, on Teaching Resilience Amid a Pandemic

Rittenhouse Square resident and soon-to-be empty nester Angela Duckworth has made a career of helping others uncover their inner fortitude. The Cherry Hill native talks […]

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City Life

Philadelphia Owes the MOVE Survivors Reparations, Not Just An Apology

On the 36th anniversary of the tragic MOVE bombing — a city-authorized bombing and burning of a Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia that killed 11 people, […]

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City Life

Penn Researchers Need Your Sweaty T-Shirts to Train Their COVID-Sniffing Dogs

Now that the New York Times reports the unfortunate news that the United States is unlikely to ever reach herd immunity against the coronavirus, it looks like […]

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NextHealth PHL

A Pair of Penn Grads Created a Biodegradable and Flushable Home Pregnancy Test

When the first at-home pregnancy test arrived on store shelves in the 1970s, women everywhere were promised a “private little revolution.” For the first time, […]

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City Life

These Penn Students Say the University Is Thwarting Their Efforts to Start a Hunting Club

After you pay your tens of thousands of dollars in tuition at the University of Pennsylvania, you are eligible to sign up for all sorts […]

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NextHealth PHL

In New Study, Penn Researchers Find Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Heart Arrhythmia Care

When it comes to overall health and wellness, taking care of one’s heart is critical, as heart disease remains the leading cause of death in […]

City Life

I’m a Penn Alum — There’s Nothing Charitable About Their $100 Million Donation

It sounded too good to be true. And so it was. The University of Pennsylvania, an institution with a $14.9 billion endowment, announced before Thanksgiving […]

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NextHealth PHL

Penn Is Enrolling Pregnant Women in a COVID-19 Clinical Trial. Here’s Why That’s Important

Remember convalescent plasma? Early in the pandemic, researchers had the idea of gathering blood plasma from patients who’d recovered from COVID-19. They presumed those patients […]