
Posts tagged with Penn

Nope. And it’s bad.

Penn, Swarthmore and what it really means to be a ‘sanctuary campus’
“The idea that the entire campus is protected from ICE is probably not legally how it's going to play out.”
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Penn’s ‘Slanguage’ class teaches newcomers how to understand Americans
“What seems to be going on in Washington seems to be the opposite of what we’re trying to do.”

Gov. Tom Wolf wants to cut $30M in state funding to Penn
They even worked up a nice chart about support other private schools receive from their respective states.

Here’s what Joe Biden will be doing at Penn
There's a new veep in town.

What Philly colleges are telling students affected by Trump’s immigration order
For now, they should really reconsider international travel.

Amy Gutmann: Penn is a sanctuary campus and we’ll protect undocumented students
The president emailed staff and students today.

What it’s like in Politico’s newsroom whenever Trump tweets
Media critic Jack Shafer took a Penn audience inside the DC bible's Campaign 2016 workflow.

Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for the lack of Philly in ‘Hamilton’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright addressed graduates at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday.

The Penn Relays and the case that could finally pay NCAA athletes
Gillian Berger and Taylor Hennig are suing the NCAA on the basis that college athletes should be treated the same as work-study employees at universities.

College in Pennsylvania goes ‘from expensive to unaffordable,’ study says
The state's public research universities are among the most unaffordable in the nation.

Pressure of perfection: The stigma of suicide and mental health at Penn
On campus, students use the term Penn Face to describe when someone is carrying on like all is well, not sharing what they’re really feeling.