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Vaccine Misinformation

Confidence in vaccines falls as beliefs in health misinformation rise, Penn survey finds

Opinion: Returning to Penn doesn't feel like a homecoming

penn Franklin field

Penn student died from drinking Panera's 'Charged Lemonade,' lawsuit says

Antisemitic graffiti on Penn's campus under investigation amid recent uptick in reported hate crimes

Prozac could help treat long COVID symptoms, Penn researchers say

Long COVID Prozac

Penn was too slow to condemn Palestine Writes speakers who have espoused antisemitism, President Magill says

Penn Israel Palestine

Marc Rowan: The opinion piece the University of Pennsylvania didn't want you to read

Carroll - Student on campus of University of Pennsylvania

Trustee resigns in protest over alleged antisemitism and lack of moral compass at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania campus

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – as 2 Penn scientists just demonstrated

Penn Nobel Prize

This 5,000-year-old stone tablet at the Penn Museum is among the oldest examples of writing in the world

Penn ancient tablet

Penn scientists receive Nobel Prize for research that led to COVID-19 vaccines

Penn professor, the first woman to translate 'The Odyssey' into English, now breathes new life into 'The Iliad'

Iliad translation penn

Getting screened for colorectal cancer can save your life – and this survivor is quick to tell people

Kim Hall Jackson Cancer Screening

Temple, Penn among Philly-area colleges that fared well in U.S. News rankings with revamped formula

Tempe University rankings

Penn Museum to overhaul its Ancient Egyptian and Nubian galleries as part of 5-year renovation project

Penn Museum Renovations

LGBTQ youth mental health has worsened amid rise in discriminatory legislation, experts say

LGBTQ Youth Mental Health

Pregnant women should get a shot to protect their babies from whooping cough – but most people don't know this

Pregnancy Vaccines Pertussis

Why do dieters so often regain weight? Drexel, Penn researchers join national study to find better answers

Diet Weight Gain

West Philly community archaeology project aims to recover forgotten stories of the Black Bottom

Archaeology Project Black Bottom

Penn Medicine expected to use Brandywine Hospital for veterans care

Penn Medicine Coatesville VA

Penn unveils designs for $75 million performing arts center

Penn Performing Arts Center

Penn Medicine to open mental health care hub at former Mercy Hospital

Penn Medicine mental health

John Legend, who performed some of his earliest concerts in Philly, to be honored with mural in Northern Liberties

John Legend Mural

Cherelle Parker taken to hospital for a dental issue after winning Philly's Democratic mayoral primary

Cherelle Parker hospital

Penn Medicine residents and fellows vote to unionize, becoming the state's first hospital house staff union

Penn Medicine Union

Insomnia Cookies teams up with 'Stranger Things' star Noah Schnapp for new dessert

noah schnapp insomnia cookies

From tickets to parking, here's what you need to know about the 2023 Penn Relays

Quinta Brunson to deliver keynote address to education school grads at Penn

quinta brunson commencement

Amazon's 'Daisy Jones & the Six' adaptation led by Oscar-nominated screenwriter from the Jersey Shore

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City Tap House closes original University City restaurant after 13 years

City Tap House closes permanently in University City after 13 years

Penn Medicine residents move to unionize, joining a nationwide trend

Penn Medicine Union

34-story high-rise apartment building planned in University City

University City Apartment Building

The mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots may soon help treat cancer

Celebrate Lunar New Year at Penn Museum with a traditional lion dance and lantern crafts

Lunar New Year Penn Museum

Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music donate expansive historical archives to Penn

Philadelphia Orchestra Archives

Misinformation undercuts COVID-19 vaccine rates of children, report finds

At Penn museum's art of smells exhibit, beauty is in the nose of the beholder

Sissel Tolaas art smell exhibit University of Penn

Penn, Swarthmore again rank among top colleges by U.S. News & World Report

Penn U.S. News Ranking

Penn, Princeton fall in Forbes' annual ranking of best U.S. colleges

Penn Forbes College

From Hawkins to University City: 'Stranger Things' star spotted moving into Penn

Colleges need to prepare for monkeypox to spread among students, infectious disease experts say

Monkeypox Temple University

After the omicron surge, Americans increasingly resumed pre-pandemic lifestyles, Penn survey shows

Rapper Hoodie Allen returns to Philly with new pop-punk album on the horizon

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