University of PennsylvaniaAs Trump attacks DEI, college diversity officers from across the country gather in Philly to find a path forwardWhile Trump declared his administration “ended DEI” during his recent State of the Union address, the president of the association begged to differ. "What's happening is the work is being reshaped."Susan Snyder 35 minutes agoScott C. Lederman, retired treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania, has died at 84Gary Miles 2 hours agoPerfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AIJocelyn Gecker, Associated Press In an unusual move, Moore College voluntarily recognizes staff unionSusan Snyder Penn launches Lynch syndrome center as cases of the cancer-risk condition have nearly tripledKayla Yup Advertisement‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart John L. Weaver, longtime music library specialist at Penn and ultimate girl dad, has died at 81He used music, kindness, and humor to connect with people, and he made it a point to remember names. “He must have been vaccinated with a feather as he’d laugh at just about anything,” a friend said.Gary Miles Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso Feds award $22 million to Penn spinout Linnaeus Therapeutics to advance anti-aging drugThe company seeks to leverage the benefits of estrogen signaling to prevent age-related diseases and improve the “healthspan" as part of a new ARPA-H program.Kayla Yup Penn GLP-1 study finds small increase in risk of osteoporosis and goutA pattern of musculoskeletal injuries spurred researchers to conduct a study on whether using the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs increased a person’s risk of other health conditions. Kayla Yup How Democrats in four key Pa. districts plan to use Medicaid cuts to win back CongressAs the midterm elections approach, Democrats will be telling voters that Republicans are to blame for problems with health care, now and in 2027, when Medicaid cuts go into effect. Alfred Lubrano Penn announces new partnership to expand admissions access to military veterans and service membersPenn is partnering with the nonporift Service to School and its VetLink program, which helps match veterans with colleges that best meet their goals and needs.Susan Snyder Frank G. Matero, celebrated historic preservationist and longtime professor of architecture at Penn, has died at 72He worked on preserving the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington, Native American ancestral grounds in Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park, and other projects around the world.Gary Miles One year of inspections at Pennsylvania Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Philadelphia-based hospital was not cited for any safety problems in the one-year period. Sarah Gantz World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington Andrea L. Weiss, pioneering rabbi and celebrated Bible scholar at Hebrew Union College, has died at 60She was an expert on figurative language in the Hebrew Bible and served most recently as Head of Seminary and Rabbinical School Director at Hebrew Union.Gary Miles Penn and Trump administration spar in court over subpoena seeking names of Jewish faculty and studentsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Penn in November, saying it had failed to comply with a subpoena seeking information for an investigation into antisemitism. Maddie Hanna See more storiesAdvertisement
As Trump attacks DEI, college diversity officers from across the country gather in Philly to find a path forwardWhile Trump declared his administration “ended DEI” during his recent State of the Union address, the president of the association begged to differ. "What's happening is the work is being reshaped."Susan Snyder 35 minutes ago
As Trump attacks DEI, college diversity officers from across the country gather in Philly to find a path forwardWhile Trump declared his administration “ended DEI” during his recent State of the Union address, the president of the association begged to differ. "What's happening is the work is being reshaped."Susan Snyder 35 minutes ago
Scott C. Lederman, retired treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania, has died at 84Gary Miles 2 hours ago
Scott C. Lederman, retired treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania, has died at 84Gary Miles 2 hours ago
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AIJocelyn Gecker, Associated Press
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AIJocelyn Gecker, Associated Press
Penn launches Lynch syndrome center as cases of the cancer-risk condition have nearly tripledKayla Yup
Penn launches Lynch syndrome center as cases of the cancer-risk condition have nearly tripledKayla Yup
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Gauthier said she wants to ensure the Philadelphia school district’s decisions about closures are not motivated by potential financial rewards from reselling the properties.Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
John L. Weaver, longtime music library specialist at Penn and ultimate girl dad, has died at 81He used music, kindness, and humor to connect with people, and he made it a point to remember names. “He must have been vaccinated with a feather as he’d laugh at just about anything,” a friend said.Gary Miles
John L. Weaver, longtime music library specialist at Penn and ultimate girl dad, has died at 81He used music, kindness, and humor to connect with people, and he made it a point to remember names. “He must have been vaccinated with a feather as he’d laugh at just about anything,” a friend said.Gary Miles
Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso
Ala Stanford is banking on a healthcare message to break through crowded Philly primary for CongressDr. Ala Stanford is accentuating her lack of political experience and running as the outsider candidate in a field of political veterans vying to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans in Congress.Anna Orso
Feds award $22 million to Penn spinout Linnaeus Therapeutics to advance anti-aging drugThe company seeks to leverage the benefits of estrogen signaling to prevent age-related diseases and improve the “healthspan" as part of a new ARPA-H program.Kayla Yup
Feds award $22 million to Penn spinout Linnaeus Therapeutics to advance anti-aging drugThe company seeks to leverage the benefits of estrogen signaling to prevent age-related diseases and improve the “healthspan" as part of a new ARPA-H program.Kayla Yup
Penn GLP-1 study finds small increase in risk of osteoporosis and goutA pattern of musculoskeletal injuries spurred researchers to conduct a study on whether using the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs increased a person’s risk of other health conditions. Kayla Yup
Penn GLP-1 study finds small increase in risk of osteoporosis and goutA pattern of musculoskeletal injuries spurred researchers to conduct a study on whether using the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs increased a person’s risk of other health conditions. Kayla Yup
How Democrats in four key Pa. districts plan to use Medicaid cuts to win back CongressAs the midterm elections approach, Democrats will be telling voters that Republicans are to blame for problems with health care, now and in 2027, when Medicaid cuts go into effect. Alfred Lubrano
How Democrats in four key Pa. districts plan to use Medicaid cuts to win back CongressAs the midterm elections approach, Democrats will be telling voters that Republicans are to blame for problems with health care, now and in 2027, when Medicaid cuts go into effect. Alfred Lubrano
Penn announces new partnership to expand admissions access to military veterans and service membersPenn is partnering with the nonporift Service to School and its VetLink program, which helps match veterans with colleges that best meet their goals and needs.Susan Snyder
Penn announces new partnership to expand admissions access to military veterans and service membersPenn is partnering with the nonporift Service to School and its VetLink program, which helps match veterans with colleges that best meet their goals and needs.Susan Snyder
Frank G. Matero, celebrated historic preservationist and longtime professor of architecture at Penn, has died at 72He worked on preserving the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington, Native American ancestral grounds in Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park, and other projects around the world.Gary Miles
Frank G. Matero, celebrated historic preservationist and longtime professor of architecture at Penn, has died at 72He worked on preserving the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington, Native American ancestral grounds in Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park, and other projects around the world.Gary Miles
One year of inspections at Pennsylvania Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Philadelphia-based hospital was not cited for any safety problems in the one-year period. Sarah Gantz
One year of inspections at Pennsylvania Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Philadelphia-based hospital was not cited for any safety problems in the one-year period. Sarah Gantz
World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca
World Cafe Live has filed for bankruptcy and changed its nameAdding to a long period of organization unrest and labor strife, the embattled University City venue now known as “World Stage” plans to remain open.Dan DeLuca
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington
Andrea L. Weiss, pioneering rabbi and celebrated Bible scholar at Hebrew Union College, has died at 60She was an expert on figurative language in the Hebrew Bible and served most recently as Head of Seminary and Rabbinical School Director at Hebrew Union.Gary Miles
Andrea L. Weiss, pioneering rabbi and celebrated Bible scholar at Hebrew Union College, has died at 60She was an expert on figurative language in the Hebrew Bible and served most recently as Head of Seminary and Rabbinical School Director at Hebrew Union.Gary Miles
Penn and Trump administration spar in court over subpoena seeking names of Jewish faculty and studentsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Penn in November, saying it had failed to comply with a subpoena seeking information for an investigation into antisemitism. Maddie Hanna
Penn and Trump administration spar in court over subpoena seeking names of Jewish faculty and studentsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Penn in November, saying it had failed to comply with a subpoena seeking information for an investigation into antisemitism. Maddie Hanna
