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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas says she intends to keep competing, with the ultimate goal of reaching the Olympics.

After a two-year hiatus, the Penn Relays returned to Philadelphia. NBC10’s Karen Hua speaks with runners, fans and students about the return of the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers will open at 3925 Walnut St. on May 12, and the Louisiana fried chicken chain plans to add three more locations in the Philadelphia area by the end of the year, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Lia Thomas took control in the final 100 yards of the 500-yard freestyle to make history Thursday as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship

Penn swimmer Lia Thomas has been breaking NCAA records and also sparking a nationwide debate over transgender athletes. NBC10’s Erin Coleman has the story.

University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas continued her strong showing at the Ivy League swimming championships, setting more records while claiming her second title two days.

The personal journeys of Penn’s Lia Thomas and Yale’s Iszac Henig, and their participation in the Ivy championships are the latest in an ongoing national conversation about the rules that govern the participation of transgender athletes in college athletics.

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has received a $125 million gift to establish a tuition-free program to recruit, educate and deploy nurse practitioners in underserved communities across the county, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. The move follows controversy over Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania.

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. The ruling follows controversy over Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer at Penn who is currently breaking records competing with women after spending her first three years at the school competing with men.

The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law said he would seek sanctions against tenured law professor Amy Wax over discriminatory remarks she made about the Asian American community.

Some of the country’s most exclusive universities have been accused.

A University of Pennsylvania law professor’s recent comments about Asian people and immigrants have led to outrage as well as calls for her removal. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has the story.

The University of Pennsylvania and The University of Delaware are making changes to their COVID-19 policies. The University of Pennsylvania will be moving its final exams online. The University of Delaware will be requiring students to get booster shots.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are developing chewing gum that could potentially reduce the transmission of COVID-19.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will accept tuition payments for its Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets course in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the university says.

The University of Pennsylvania will accept cryptocurrency as tuition payment for a new online program at the Wharton School, making Penn the first Ivy League institution and Wharton the first U.S. business school to allow students to pay their tuition using the digital currency, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Many of the Penn students who stopped to honor 9/11’s 20th anniversary Friday can’t remember that fateful day. But others at the campus do — and all took a moment to reflect and rededicate themselves to honor those who were lost. By photographer Dan Lee.

The University of Pennsylvania named the members of the search committee tasked with getting input from the school’s community on what they want from their next president. The committee will work with their constituencies to determine the types of challenges Penn’s next president could face, strategic priorities for the university and “recommended strengths and experience” for the next...

Penn Museum curators’ “extremely poor judgement” in holding onto, and occasionally displaying, human remains from the notorious 1985 MOVE bombing in West Philadelphia continued decades of mistreatment of Black people by Philadelphia authorities, a new report says.