12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (443+ words) ISSS Director Rudie Altamirano wrote in a statement that the processing has resumed for students whose “practical training is required for all students in the academic program or track and is an integral part of the established curriculum.” Requests must…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1702+ words) Sept. 11, 2001, began as a “perfect day,” Jack Nagel recalls. Later, he watched “these planes against the sky and the horrors that followed.” At 8:46 a.m., the first hijacked plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Nagel — who,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1117+ words) As the Trump administration weighs stricter immigration guidelines, international students at Penn say the mounting uncertainty is already reshaping their career plans. The anxiety stems from a flurry of recent federal proposals that could alter work authorization policies, including a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (863+ words) Three of Penn’s student political organizations — Penn Democrats, Penn College Republicans, and Penn's chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America — participated in an annual all-parties debate last Thursday. The groups discussed the cost of living, immigration, abortion, foreign policy, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1037+ words) Next Monday will mark Penn President Larry Jameson’s 1,000th day on the job. Despite the relentless external pressures, Jameson maintains that his job is the “best presidential leadership role in the country.” And, he would rather spend time discussing the people,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1466+ words) Penn President Larry Jameson will step down at the end of this academic year. A 19-person committee — drawing members from across Penn’s schools and governance bodies — will help choose his successor and, in doing so, chart the University’s future. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (545+ words) 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month, calling on states to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccinations and to separate the combined measles, mumps, and rubella shot. Because states — not the federal government — have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (357+ words) Penn graduates are spearheading the effort to bring the 2028 Democratic National Convention to Philadelphia. Cohen, a 1981 University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate, is the president of the non-profit Pick Philadelphia — the group behind the campaign to bring the DNC…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (565+ words) The Trump administration is considering imposing a six-figure fee on international graduates seeking work authorization in the United States — a move that Penn experts say could price out recent graduates and erode a pipeline American universities and employers have long…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (385+ words) A coalition of higher education associations has sued the federal government over a new rule limiting how long international students can remain in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security rule — scheduled to take effect on Sept. 15 — replaces the…...