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University of Pennsylvania

February 26, 2026

Neanderthal males had babies with human females: Research

Neanderthals, who lived across Europe and parts of western Asia, became extinct around 40,000 years ago.

Neanderthal males
August 15, 2024

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik quits over campus pro-Palestinian protest

Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik
May 28, 2024

Developers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines win WHO award

Both scientists are winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.

Drew Weissman and Katalin Kariko
April 12, 2024

Nigerian professor, Wale Adebanwi, wins U.S. prestigious award 

Nigerian professor Wale Adebanwi has won the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, awarded based on prior career achievement and exceptional promise.

PROFESSOR WALE ADEBANWI
December 9, 2023

University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill, board head Scott Bok resign amid backlash over genocide chants on campus

Her exit after barely one year since inauguration over criticism of her response to a congressional question on campus antisemitism makes her tenure the shortest in Penn’s history.

UPenn President Liz Magill
December 6, 2023

MIT, Harvard, Penn presidents say calling for genocide of Jews not always harassment 

Jewish students have said they feared for their safety and were physically blocked from attending classes. 

Sally Kornbluth, Claudine Gay , Penn presidents
July 15, 2021

U.S. universities offer $4.35 million scholarships to Nigerian students

The United States Consulate has awarded scholarships worth $4.35 million to thirty Nigerians to study in American Universities and colleges.

U.S. Consul General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo