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The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday it plans to bring students back to campus for the fall semester, with a host of precautions and protocols that includes testing all students for COVID-19 when they arrive and providing every student living on campus with their own private room. This story was first reported in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Many of...

Curse of the Night Witch, the first book in the Emblem Island series debuted June 9. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle talks to the young author behind the series, recent Penn grad Alex Aster.

Take a look at the reopening plans for some of the largest universities and colleges in the Philadelphia area.

Not long after colleges and universities across the country were forced to shift to virtual learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the lawsuits began. With a handful of law firms driving the charge, students soon started filing class-action complaints against their schools — including Philadelphia’s three largest universities — arguing their remote education isn’t worth the full tuition price they paid…

Not satisfied with the online classes, a student at Drexel University has sued the school and wants his money back. He spoke with NBC10’s Denise Nakano.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Vet School are studying whether dogs can use their keen sense of smell to identify COVID-19 patients.

Earlier this year, Shakira performed at the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show. Today, she completed an online University of Pennsylvania course in ancient philosophy.

A hotel in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood is offering free rooms for doctors and nurses at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as University of Pennsylvania Police officers.  Homewood Suites by Hilton in University City made the announcement in order to help nearby healthcare workers and officers unable to return to their...

In a first for Philadelphia-area universities, the University of Pennsylvania has canceled in-person graduation and Alumni Weekend

Ivy League schools will cancel all spring athletics practice and competition through the rest of the academic year due to concerns over the new coronavirus.

Erika James, an organizational psychology scholar who leads Emory University’s business school will become the newest dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. The appointment makes James the first African-American and first woman to lead Wharton

The children of immigrants are vulnerable to suicide as they straddle two worlds: the nation they came from and their new home.

Jennifer Lopez gives a play-by-play of her Super Bowl LIV halftime show, including behind-the-scenes secrets and how her daughter, Emme, felt about joining her on stage.

The novel coronavirus outbreak that the World Health Organization has labeled a public health emergency is now impacting local universities, which are taking measures to inform and aid students and staff. The new strain of coronavirus has infected nearly 10,000 people and killed more than 200 across the globe. At least six cases have been confirmed in the United States,…

As the outbreak continues in China and with the sixth U.S. case confirmed in Chicago, Philadelphia is taking precautions against the coronavirus. NBC10’s Drew Smith speaks to local doctors about what they know about the coronavirus so far.

A local Iranian expert and a former adviser to President Obama, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey, weighed in on the potential falllout from the drone killing by the U.S. military of Iran’s top general.

Willie Veasy, behind bars since 1992 for murder, could walk free Oct. 1 if a Philadelphia judge overturns his decades-old conviction.

Canned soup has been good enough to keep Campbell Soup Co. in the Fortune 500 club every year since the list started in 1955.

The University of Pennsylvania has canceled the remainder of their women’s volleyball season after discovering what the university calls “offensive” posters in the team’s locker room.

The University of Pennsylvania announced they canceled the women’s volleyball season due to posters they considered “vulgar” and “offensive” in the locker room.