University of Pennsylvania

Carroll - Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

UPenn's double-edged smoking cessation treatment plan proves preliminarily successful

Penn professors receive $4.5 million grant for new autoimmune disease research center

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

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

Penn Book Center stay open

Philadelphia ranks in top 10 best city for basketball fans

Philadelphia ranked best city for basketball

Microscopic robots could one day clean your teeth

Robotics Clean Dental Plaque Teeth

PHOTOS: Scenes from the 125th Penn Relays

Carroll - 2019 Penn Relays

Panera Bread to open largest Philly store at Penn campus in May

Panera Bread 12 and Arch _ Carroll

Petition, protesters call for University of Pennsylvania to keep independent Penn Book Center in business

0409_PennBookCenter

PETA supporters ask people to 'stand up for dogs' at Penn protest

PETA Protest

Penn Medicine treats two cancer patients with gene-editing tool CRISPR

CRISPR gene editing 04162019

University of Pennsylvania pilot program to offer free menstrual products on campus

upenn free menstrual products

Two more confirmed mumps cases at University of Pennsylvania

Carroll University of Pennsylvania Students

Penn Book Center closing in May after 57 years on 34th Street

0409_PennBookCenter

University of Pennsylvania acceptance rate reaches record low for Class of 2023

Penn Admissions Rate carroll

Here's how you can earn $600 by drinking Philly tap water

tap water faucet 03222019

Wharton reclaims top business school title in U.S. News' latest rankings

Carroll University of Pennsylvania Students

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

Jerome Allen, Penn

Penn's Perelman School of Medicine receives another top 10 ranking

041316_PennPerelmanMedicine

Broken bones linked to dog walks are on the rise among elderly adults

elderly dog falls pexels

Here's why cancer commonly spreads to the liver

Metastatic_Cancer_Liver

Restaurant, hotel rooms headed for mixed-use space in University City

4001-3 chestnut st ucity

Penn sophomore wins Oscar for 'Period. End of Sentence.'

period end of sentence

Penn runners catch theft suspect, but say real heroes are those who inspire fitness

Penn Running Club

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

Josh Harris

Larry Krasner is teaching a law class this spring to Drexel, Penn, Temple students

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

Temple scientist developing blood test to better diagnose traumatic brain injuries

brain_scan_traumatic_brain_injury_sipa

Giant plans second Heirloom Market near Penn campus

Giant Supermarket

Woman allegedly raped at gunpoint early Saturday on Walnut Street Bridge

Carroll - University City

Penn earns D+ for leave-of-absence policies for students with mental illness

University of Pennsylvania Students carroll

Philly dermatologist wants to get under your skin – one word at a time

Carroll - Dr. Jules Lipoff

University City restaurant to offer healthy 'brain food' menu for students during finals week

co-op brain food salmon

Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems

12062018_flu_shot_sign_Flickr

FDA approves new treatment for some leukemia patients

Acute myeloid leukemia

Penn study links social media use as a cause of depression and loneliness

02282018_social_media_pexels

Two Penn students are now engaged, with some help from the school newspaper's crossword puzzle

crossword puzzle

Penn study finds that black patients are much more likely to die of sudden cardiac death

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

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

Carroll - Ice Skating at the Rothman institute Ice Rink

Local schools place highly in U.S. News & World Report ranking of best global universities

Carroll - University of Pennsylvania

Penn alum among victims in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Jerry Rabinowitz

Penn's Wharton School plans entrepreneurship building, scholarships with $25 million gift

Penn Wharton

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

Jerome Allen, Penn

Petition targets Penn Law professor for YouTube remarks on Kavanaugh hearing

03232018_Amy_Wax_Penn

Penn's Wharton School receives $50 million gift, largest in history

University of Pennsylvania campus

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