Penn in the News

After years of flat or declining funding, Pennsylvania’s state universities and community colleges would see significant increases in their budgets under Gov. Wolf’s proposed spending plan unveiled Tuesday. But as Wolf said in his budget address, there are strings attached: He asked the colleges to freeze tuition for next year. “And I expect them to answer that call,” he said.

A University of California at Los Angeles student was nearly denied a position on the student government’s judicial board last month after student representatives questioned whether her ties to the Jewish community were a conflict of interest. The sophomore candidate, Rachel Beyda, originally failed to win the majority she needed to serve. She was later unanimously approved for the position, after a faculty member intervened.

Northwestern University School of Law will help launch a graduate law school in Doha, Qatar, that will be the first program of its kind in the Middle East. Last week, Hamad bin Khalifa University announced the launch of the program, which will begin classes in the fall and offer juris doctor degrees, the standard at U.S. law schools.

Vijay Kumar is featured as the new dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The UC system will not expand enrollment of California freshmen and transfer students in the fall unless more state revenues are appropriated and will cap enrollment of out-of-state students at UCLA and UC Berkeley, UC President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday.

The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison came under fire last month for publicly admitting to a tactic common among her counterparts at research universities. To keep top faculty members from accepting outside offers, she sometimes will reduce their teaching loads.

Kent Smetters of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on Americans’ saving plans.

“I’m Anna. I’m in the history department. I want a union because I want to be able to do this work I love and have a safety net.” “I’m Bradley. I’m from Slavic languages.

A study from the Perelman School of Medicine about poor sleeping patterns can lead to increased cravings for fatty foods is cited.

For more than a century, Sweet Briar College has offered women a liberal arts education in a pastoral setting near Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.