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Penn Museum Rediscovers 6,500-Year-Old Skeleton
The Penn Museum recently announced it has re-discovered a skeleton in its own archives. The skeleton, which had been in a “coffin-like” box in the […]
Ex-Penn Employee Accused of Theft Hopes to Enter Diversion Program
Amy Wagner, the former recreation director at Penn’s Pottruck Fitness Center, waived her preliminary hearing on theft charges yesterday. Though the case is now headed […]
Three Area Colleges Have High SAT Scores
NBC10 reports that a new Forbes‘ list puts three area universities on its list of schools whose students have high SAT scores:
Should You Feel Guilty About Privilege?
On Monday, I lead three rotational sessions about journalism and black feminism at the University of Pennsylvania’s Social Justice Research Institute. The classroom is made […]
Penn Receives $10 Million to Open Center for Energy Policy
What does every self-respecting “global energy hub” need? Why, an energy policy think tank, of course. Scott Kleinman, a 41-year-old Penn alum and lead partner […]
HUP Named Top Local Hospital by U.S. News
U.S. News and World Report recently ranked hospitals in the Philadelphia region and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania took the top spot. Jefferson […]
Swarthmore Applications Drop Due to Extra 500-Word Essay, School Says
Applications to Swarthmore College dropped 16 percent this year, and the school has a culprit: The extra supplemental 500-word essay the school required in this […]
Penn Gets DoD Grant to Heal Brain Injuries
The New York Times reports that Penn is getting a major Department of Defense grant to research how to help brain-injured soldiers make and retain […]
Ex-Penn Recreation Director Accused of Stealing Treadmills, Elliptical Machines
Amy Wagner, former director of recreation at Penn’s Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, was arrested last month at the gym. She has been charged with […]
Breaking University City Retail News
The bad news: Rittenhouse’s Hello World and Wash West’s Hello Home are closing. The good news: They’re combining to open a “lifestyle” store (also called Hello World) at […]
Penn Professor: Many Faith-Based Colleges Shouldn’t Be Accredited
In an essay Monday in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Penn English and education professor Peter Conn writes of “The Great Accreditation Farce.” His take: […]
Report: Male Profs Paid Better Than Women at Penn
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that male professors are making more than their female counterparts at Penn, but that the gap is narrowing.
UPDATE: Penn Says Tobacco No “Moral Evil”
[Update 1:26 p.m.] “A proposal for the University of Pennsylvania to divest its $7.7 billion endowment from tobacco companies died on Friday without a vote […]
Penn Police Increasing Patrols After Uptick in Bike Thefts
No matter the time of year, there are lots of bike thefts at Penn. They always seem to be on the uptick! As such, Penn […]
UPenn Study: Pot Might Be What’s Screwing Up Your Sleep
On Wednesday afternoon at the SLEEP 2014 conference in Minneapolis, University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr. Michael Grandner presented findings from his recent […]