University of Pennsylvania

Hackathon Penn Spagnola

Health Hero Match app co-developed by Penn student wins international hackathon

Penn Vet studying whether dogs can detect COVID-19 by scent

Penn Vet COVID-19

Shakira completes ancient philosophy course at Penn while social distancing

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

Coronavirus crisis penn podcast

Penn dedicates $4 million to support employees affected by coronavirus shutdowns

UPenn employee assistance coronaviurs

Penn microbiologist explains why some coronaviruses are more deadly than others

Penn opens Philly's first drive-thru coronavirus testing site, other locations to follow

University of Pennsylvania campus

Penn cancels Franklin Field commencement ceremony due to coronavirus

Penn commencement ceremony

PaperMill Fresh Asian Kitchen opens at Franklin's Table Food Hall

PaperMill opens at Franklin's Table Food Hall

Coronavirus and colleges: Penn, Temple, West Chester U. switch to online classes for rest of spring semester

Philly Coronavirus Universities

Fresh Grocer in University City is closed, Acme replacement coming fall 2020

Fresh Grocer Close Acme

Penn suspends university-related travel to four countries as coronavirus spreads across the world

University of Penn coronavirus

University of Pennsylvania

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

Penn researchers developing oral medication to speed up healing of broken bones

Penn Broken Bones

Fresh Grocer in University City to close in March

Vaccine misinformation runs rampant on social media – and it's resilient

Social media vaccine misinformation

University of Pennsylvania

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is Penn's 2020 Commencement speaker

Penn student stuck in Chinese 'ghost city' amid coronavirus lockdown

Automotive plant closures linked to spike in opioid deaths, Penn Study finds

Auto Plant Opioids

Penn study tracks mysteries of male infertility using epigenetics

Infertility Penn Med

Wharton professor: Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax could fall $1 trillion short of proposed goal

Philly D.A. Krasner calls Joe Biden 'dumbest guy' at Penn event

Krasner Biden

Colleges struggle to meet students' mental health needs

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Penn announces $25 million gift to construct Data Science Building

Penn Data Science

Penn cancels remainder of women's volleyball season due to 'offensive' posters in locker room

Penn volleyball 'vulgar' posters

Higher Education

Penn Law receives $125 million gift from W.P. Carey Foundation

Penn Law

President Trump nominates former Penn professor, Temple alum to lead FDA

Stephen Hahn FDA Trump

Children's Health

CHOP researchers figure out how to get your picky eater to like more foods

picky eating habits CHOP

University of Pennsylvania among best colleges worldwide, U.S. News reports

University of Pennsylvania ranks internationally

Penn Medicine breaks ground in Lancaster on Pa.'s second proton therapy site

Penn Medicine proton therapy lancaster

Penn alum wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

2019 Nobel Prize medicine Gregg L. Semenza

Penn receives $18M to study connections between Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and dementia

Penn research Alzheimers Parkinsons

Penn dean of admissions identified as irate Eagles fan on FOX broadcast

Eagles Furda

Penn Law students, dean hold meeting to discuss Amy Wax, don't invite Amy Wax

Amy Wax penn professor

Flavored e-cigarettes more likely to turn youth into regular users, study finds

Penn, Swarthmore College among nation's best colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report list

UPenn Swarthmore rank best schools

Wharton professor leads autism study challenging 'extreme male brain' theory

Autism EMB theory

Penn researcher behind Alzheimer's discoveries wins $3 million prize

Virginia M.Y. Lee

Penn Book Center will stay open with new owners

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Higher Education

Penn professor Amy Wax: Determining whether President Trump is a racist is 'so shallow'

Amy Wax penn professor

E-cigarettes cause damage to blood vessels even when used without nicotine, Penn study finds

Pennsylvania Game Commission, Penn Vet team up to target wildlife disease

deer game commission

Philly Alzheimer's study questions amyloid as accurate marker for cognitive decline

brain penn jeff

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