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Forbes' 30 Under 30 list features nine Philly-area people, including the creator of a kid-safe power tool

When FDR moved Thanksgiving to an earlier date in 1939, he killed a Philly holiday tradition

Thanksgiving Penn Cornell

New insights on weight-loss drug Mounjaro may lead to better treatments for impulsive eating

Binge eating drugs

What the air you breathe may be doing to your brain

Air Pollution Philly

3,000 Philly-area security guards get pay raises with new union contract

security guard contract

Penn data breach included info about Joe Biden and ex-university president Liz Magill, hackers claim

Biden Penn Breach

Disparaging email sent to Penn students, alumni is fake, university says

Penn fraudulent email

Penn rejects Trump administration's proposal to exchange operational influence for funding advantages

Penn Trump Compact

Penn project seeks to get to know the wildlife that 'shares our cities with us'

Penn Vet camera project

Children's Health

Long COVID risk for children doubles after second coronavirus infection

Children Long COVID

Penn students are randomly being slapped while walking near the college

Penn slapping

Penn receives anonymous $10 million donation for urban research

Penn donation

Penn law school adds Sadie Alexander fellowship after backlash over pausing scholarship named after activist

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Penn physics professor wins international award. Could a Nobel Prize be next?

Charles Kane Lorentz Medal

Wonder to open its third Philly food hall in University City next week

wonder university city

Penn closes office of equal opportunity in law school and pauses scholarship for students studying racial justice

Penn DEI office scholarship

Final design for Philly's Sadie T. M. Alexander statue unveiled

sadie alexander statue

Penn Athletics plans $25 million renovation to historic Weightman Hall

penn wrestling center

Postdoctoral scholars and research assistants at Penn vote to unionize

penn postdoc union

AI has become ubiquitous in online search results, and Americans are using it to answer their health questions

AI trust health care

Middle East experts explain where America stands in the Israel-Iran conflict

Iran Protests

Lawmakers, education leaders condemn Penn for dropping DEI protections in response to executive order

Penn DEI scrub hearing

NASCAR views Penn's Franklin Field as possible site for auto racing event

NASCAR Franklin Field

Five presidents of local colleges sign statement saying Trump is 'endangering' higher education

Trump universities letter

Lee Corso is retiring from 'College GameDay.' In 2002, he dressed as Ben Franklin and predicted a Penn victory.

Lee Corso Penn

Penn Relays, the oldest track and field meet in the U.S., returns April 24-26

Penn Relays 2025

Trump administration plans to freeze $175 million in federal funding to Penn over trans athlete policy

Trump funding cuts Penn

Penn Museum to return 19th century skull of Indigenous child to tribe leaders in Maine

Penn Museum Wabanaki

Penn freezes hiring to brace for 'severe' impact of cuts to federal funding

Penn Hiring Freeze

Former Penn swimmers sue university over trans athlete Lia Thomas competing in 2022 Ivy League championships

lia thomas penn lawsuit swimming

With a lack of natural soil in Philly, Penn is testing using recycled glass for an alternative mixture

Penn glass compost trees

Penn professor Amy Wax sues university, alleging her suspension is the result of racial discrimination

Amy Wax Lawsuit

Philly-based FactCheck.org vows to continue mission as Facebook drops moderation partnership

Facebook Fact Check

Penn condemns professor's praise for Luigi Mangione, alum charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

Mangione Penn Professor

Penn's 133-year-old Fisher Fine Arts Library to undergo $17.8 million renovation

Fisher Fine Arts Library renovation

Penn is among U.S. colleges changing financial aid eligibility in move to make college more affordable

Penn financial aid

Philly company with kid-safe cardboard-cutting saw to appear on 'Shark Tank'

ChompShop Philly Shark Tank

Penn Museum finds more human remains from MOVE bombing

Penn Museum MOVE

Pro-Palestine group alleges Penn police 'raided' student activist's home

Penn students raid

When primary care includes behavioral health services, people in addiction are more likely to seek treatment

Primary Care Opioids

Panera Bread settles lawsuit with family of Penn student who died after drinking Charged Lemonade

Penn Medicine residents and fellows become first in Pennsylvania to secure tentative union contract

penn medicine union contract

Penn Law professor Amy Wax suspended one year for 'flagrantly unprofessional conduct'

Amy Wax Suspension

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