Penn in the News

Early this morning officials issued an alert for a possible armed man on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus, but police officials gave the all-clear after no threat was found. Reports of active shooters and campus lockdowns are beginning to become routine at US colleges and universities in recent months.

Jim Riley, Carl June and Pablo Tebas of the Perelman School of Medicine are mentioned for their HIV research.

Graduation rates have been steadily improving at universities for about a decade now. But a report released today by the Education Trust shows that at some public institutions, the gap in graduation rates between minority students and white students is actually growing. The Education Trust is an advocacy group for low-income and minority students. At 26 institutions, the researchers found, the completion rate increased more for minority students than for white students from 2003 to 2013, resulting in a narrowing of the racial gap.

A proposal to ban housing for students in the neighborhood surrounding Rittenhouse Square was amended by a City Council committee on Wednesday so that it will now pertain to just the single block it originated from. Instead of prohibiting housing for students, it now simply prohibits landlords from specifically marketing apartments to students on the 2000 block of Rittenhouse Square Street. The bill was introduced in September on behalf of Council President Darrell Clarke.

Members of Black Men at Penn of the School of Social Policy & Practice are highlighted for hosting a lecture on “Ending the Age of Mass Incarceration.”

Susan Margulies of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses sports-induced brain trauma, particularly its effect on children.

As student protests over racial injustice are exploding at campuses across the nation, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear a major case that could put an end to racial preferences in college admissions. The tense atmosphere on campuses may alter the legal dynamic when the case is argued on Dec. 9. “It’s quite possible,” said Michael C.

Several dozen Yale University faculty members on Monday issued an open letter defending the right of free speech, and offering support for Erika and Nicholas Christakis, whom some students want ousted from their po

Millennials have been heralded as the uniquely diverse, highly educated, politically independent social media marvels. But a new poll finds many of them would also just like a good job at an established business with some vacation time.

Cary Coglianese of the Law School is quoted about sources of America’s greenhouse gas emissions.