The Philadelphia deaf community has developed its own sign language ‘accent,’ and Penn researchers say they want to preserve the well-documented cultural phenomenon that is fading from popular…
Read more How deaf Philadelphians developed their own sign language ‘accent’University of Pennsylvania graduate student workers and the school reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday morning to avoid a strike. The deal, which awaits ratification, includes raises and…
Read more Penn officials, graduate student workers reach tentative deal after nearly 2 years of negotiationsWhen eighth grader Lilly Jones thinks about Philly’s future, she worries the city will become more industrial, more tech-centered — less beautiful. She envisions self-driving cars, a Center…
Read more What Should Philly Look Like in 2076? Ask an Eighth GraderThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) went to federal court and requested that it would enforce a subpoena that was issued during an investigation into allegations of…
Read more EEOC looks to enforce subpoena around alleged antisemitism at PennA union representing about 3,000 security guards in the Philadelphia area ratified a four-year contract with some of the region’s largest employers, securing higher wages and better benefits…
Read more 3,000 Philly-area security guards get pay raises with new union contractIn her new project capturing motion-sensor photos of urban wildlife, ecologist and professor Julie Ellis said one of her favorite images is of a mother raccoon facing her three…
Read more Penn project seeks to get to know the wildlife that ‘shares our cities with us’University of Pennsylvania students and community members are getting randomly struck on the head while walking on and near campus, the school’s Division of Public Safety said. The office…
Read more Penn students are randomly being slapped while walking near the collegeAn anonymous donor has gifted $10 million to the University of Pennsylvania to further its research into city planning and policy solutions. The money will go to the…
Read more Penn receives anonymous $10 million donation for urban researchFour leaders charting bold new paths in education will be celebrated as the 2025 recipients of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. Presented by the McGraw…
Read more Four education innovators honored with the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in EducationCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Harvard football team played Penn Nov. 14, 2015. College Football tends to deliver you a little of everything. Sometimes you get games like the…
Read more A Game Winner. – Philadelphia Sports NationPHOTO: William Bretzger/Delaware News Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK/Imagn Images Our Football Roots Run Deep. It Started with the College Game. If you’d been a die-hard football fan in Philly…
Read more Another Chapter in Philly College Football History – Philadelphia Sports NationPro-Palestinian protesters have hit the streets of Philadelphia again on Friday evening. Police were called to the area near 34th and Walnut streets before 9 p.m. SkyForce10 is…
Read more People take to the streets of Philly holding Palestinian flagsPHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Pro-Palestinian protesters marched near the University of Pennsylvania Friday night hours after police dismantled a two-week encampment at the Ivy League campus in Philadelphia. At…
Read more Protesters march in University City after police dismantle Penn’s encampmentUPDATE (10:45 a.m.): University of Pennsylvania interim president J. Larry Jameson called the removal of the pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green on Friday a necessary step to address…
Read more Philly police disband pro-Palestine Penn encampment, arrest 33 protestersAre colleges facing a free speech crisis? From the picket lines of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, to social media posts surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict…
Read more Are colleges facing a free speech crisis?Opinion Source: CBS Boston YouTube Harvard has announced that Claudine Gay will be staying on as president of the university despite her disastrous testimony before Congress last week…
Read more Claudine Gay To Stay On As Harvard President Despite Disastrous Congressional Testimony On Anti-SemitismUniversity presidents face backlash for testimony in antisemitism hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill is facing calls to resign over her…
Read more University presidents face backlash for testimony in antisemitism hearingFacing backlash from members of Congress and even the White House, the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania released statements Wednesday clarifying their schools’ positions…
Read more Top University Presidents Face Backlash After Viral Comments On AntisemitismWashington — Three college presidents will testify in Congress on Tuesday about how they have handled antisemitic incidents on their campuses since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by…
Read more College presidents to testify in Congress about antisemitism on campusesA Jewish student group at the University of Pennsylvania is facing potential disciplinary action for screening a documentary critical of the Israeli government. Multiple universities have now attempted…
Read more UPenn Threatens Student Group Over Screening Of Film Critical Of Israel
