Throughout 2024, The Daily Pennsylvanian editorial team captured a historic year – both at Penn and in Philadelphia. Documenting each story in a year defined by administrative transitions, activism on campus, and historic political moments, these are some defining images from 2024.
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While most students headed home for Thanksgiving Break, the Penn Men’s Basketball Team stayed on campus, battling it out at the Palestra in the third annual Cathedral Classic Invitational. Over the three-day tournament, the Quakers squared off against Navy, Maine, and Elon, delivering mixed results on the court. Penn found success in their second matchup, securing a 77-64 victory over Maine behind a strong offensive effort. However, the team’s defensive struggles proved costly in the other games, as they fell to Navy 86-78 and Elon 68-53. Here’s a closer look at the action, captured through photos from the tournament. Photos by Jackson Ford.
Here's how Penn athletics fared this Homecoming weekend.
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More than 5,000 Penn students voted in a contentious and historic election on Nov. 5, breaking turnout records. Throughout the day, organizations tabled on Locust Walk, College Houses hosted watch parties, and administrators made appearances across campus to encourage students to vote. Photos by Ebun Adesida, Tanisha Agrawal, Ariana Arabadjiev, Grace Chen, Caleb Crain, Sydney Curran, Abhiram Juvvadi, Chenyao Liu, Riya Mitra, Layla Nazif, Devansh Raniwala, Courteney Ross, Hannah Shumsky, Derek Wong, and Ethan Young.
In the past few months, Pennsylvania has become the center of an unprecedented election cycle. Both major party presidential candidates have made countless stops across the state, with 1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris ending their campaigns in Pennsylvania on Nov. 4. On campus, student groups and community organizations have organized tabling events, celebrity appearances, and free food giveaways to encourage students to vote in the weeks leading up to the election.
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Photographers at the DP captured the many ways that students, staff, and faculty recognized Climate Week on campus.
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After breaking ground almost three years ago, Amy Gutmann Hall, Penn’s new center for data science and artificial intelligence, is set to officially open in January 2025. The six-story building located across from Lauder College House at the intersection of 34th and Chestnut streets, aims to consolidate research across all 12 schools.
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Most Penn students sit on the bleachers, far away from the action of Franklin Field. This is your opportunity to see behind the scenes of game day up close: the repetitive drills, the dozens of scrimmage formations, and the camaraderie on and off the field.
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The Daily Pennsylvanian photographers captured how Penn and Philadelphia gathered to watch – and protest – the highly anticipated event.
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During the past week, students from the Class of 2028 and transfer students attended New Student Orientation and Transfer Student Orientation, respectively. From move in to the gala held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, see the moments captured by The Daily Pennsylvanian's photographers. Photos by Abhiram Juvvadi, Ethan Young, Emmi Wu, Anish Garimidi, and Weining Ding.
The Democratic National Convention — held in Chicago — spanned four days, attracting thousands of delegates, prominent politicians, social media influencers, celebrities, and attendees. At night, politicians gave enthusiastic, arousing speeches, and during the day, groups mobilized for conferences, breakfasts, and speaker panels in support of the Democrats. Through a class with the Annenberg School for Communication, two photographers from The Daily Pennsylvanian were onsite, capturing this historical moment in an unprecedented election cycle.
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Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate during an electric rally held at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Tuesday, the first stop of a national tour to jointly campaign the newly announced ticket.
Harris’ first rally as the Democratic Party’s official presidential nominee came at the end of an intense vice presidential search and featured an all-star lineup of Pennsylvania Democrats, including Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, United States Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Only two weeks removed from President Joe Biden’s unprecedented decision to depart the 2024 presidential race, the speakers presented a united, reinvigorated Democratic front. As Harris and Walz preached to the crowd about "bringing back the joy," The Daily Pennsylvanian’s photographers were on the ground capturing the re-energized Democratic crowd, moment by moment.
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Thousands of people from the greater Philadelphia community gathered at Temple University's Liacouras Center on June 22 to hear former President Donald Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, speak at a presidential campaign rally. 2024 Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick and Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) also addressed the crowd of around 4,000. Photos by Abhiram Juvvadi and Ethan Young.
DP photographers captured the city's outbursts of emotion during the 2024 Philadelphia Pride parade and festival.
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Here is how The Daily Pennsylvanian’s photographers captured the scenes of Penn’s 268th Commencement ceremony.
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DP photographers captured the arrests of dozens of protesters at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green on Friday.
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Here are scenes from Hey Day throughout time, in photos.
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Over the past five days, The Daily Pennsylvanian has documented encampment programming, administrative updates, and counterprotesting on College Green. As the Gaza Solidarity Encampment passes its 100th hour, here are the pivotal moments from the DP’s live coverage, in photos.
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Here's how the Daily Pennsylvanian photographers captured the many ways students, staff, and faculty recognized Earth Day throughout the week.
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