Penn

Franklin Institute Awards Drew Weissman Katalin Karikó

Franklin Institute to honor Penn researchers who played vital role in developing COVID-19 vaccines

Philly resident looking for true love on newest season of 'The Bachelorette'

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Penn Medicine, Wharton School initiative seeks to improve health of lower-income Philly residents

Penn Medicine Wharton School Fund for Health

Penn mandates all faculty, staff must be fully vaccinated by August

Penn employees COVID-19 vaccine

Philly native — and NFL Coach of the Year — Kevin Stefanski has a tough act to follow in Year 2

Penn, Drexel to require students receive COVID-19 vaccine for fall semester

Penn Drexel COVID-19 vaccines

Penn to donate $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia for environmental repairs such as asbestos

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New Acme supermarket opens in University City on Friday

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Dogs could help destroy spotted lanternfly egg masses across Pennsylvania, study says

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Penn, Swarthmore College again represent region on U.S. News & World Report's best colleges list

Penn Swarthmore rankings

Penn shifts to virtual classes for fall semester, slashes tuition

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Protesters call for Drexel, Penn to dissolve campus police forces by 2025

Penn Drexel police protest

Penn tearing down statue of slavery advocate George Whitefield

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Ten of the weirdest, wackiest stats about college football in Philadelphia

John Legend sings with Penn students in surprise graduation performance

Legend Penn Perfomance sing

Penn Relays running Minecraft races in place of canceled track and field event

Digital Penn Relays

Penn Medicine doctor co-hosting coronavirus podcast 'Making the Call'

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Penn cancels Franklin Field commencement ceremony due to coronavirus

Penn commencement ceremony

Ivy League cancels postseason conference basketball tournaments amid coronavirus fears

University of Pennsylvania

NCAA places 15-year penalty on former Penn coach Jerome Allen, puts men’s basketball team on two-year probation

Fresh Grocer in University City to close in March

Penn professor among 26 MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winners

Penn Emily Wilson genius grant

CBS3 reporter Trang Do announces first pregnancy, three-month hiatus

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Penn Book Center to stay open through summer as it explores sustainable options

Penn Book Center stay open

PHOTOS: Scenes from the 125th Penn Relays

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Former Penn coach Jerome Allen says he took $300,000 in bribes

Sixers owner Josh Harris gives $10 million to Penn’s Wharton School

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Don't know how to ice skate? Penn is offering five-week lessons

Carroll - Ice Skating at the Rothman institute Ice Rink

The Palestra’s court is now branded with the name of an Australian financial firm

Palestra

Former Penn coach Jerome Allen pleads guilty to accepting bribe while coaching Quakers

Penn just made it possible to get an Ivy League bachelors degree online

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Higher Education

Jeb Bush will spend a few days each month on Penn’s campus this year

More than half of Americans won’t date someone with psoriasis, new study finds

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Higher Education

Swarthmore, eastern Pa. universities look good in new college rankings

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Celtics assistant Jerome Allen reportedly took bribes while he was head coach at Penn

Penn has awarded more diplomas to today’s billionaires than MIT, Yale and others

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Higher Education

Here are the 2018 commencement speakers at Philly-area colleges

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Tenured Penn Law professor's duties pared after belittling remarks about black students

University of Pennsylvania campus

Penn: African-Americans more vulnerable to stroke than Caucasians with the same heart condition

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Parents of slain Penn student Blaze Bernstein visit campus to mourn with students, staff

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Sexual Harassment

Steve Wynn, Bill Cosby stripped of honorary Penn degrees

Penn's Wynn Commons, named after alleged sexual abuser and alum Steve Wynn, defaced

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Suspect charged with murder in 'senseless' slaying of Penn student Blaze Bernstein

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