Penn Hillel hosts Holocaust survivor in Remembrance Day event
(04/24/25 3:25am)
Penn Hillel hosted 1949 College graduate and Holocaust survivor Michael Katz on April 23 for a Holocaust Remembrance Day event.
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Chief AI scientist at Meta visits Penn for AI Month fireside chat
(04/21/25 4:22am)
Yann LeCun, the chief artificial intelligence scientist at Meta, visited Penn last week for a fireside chat hosted by Computer and Information Science professor Michael Kearns.
Penn women's lacrosse clinches Ivy tournament spot with 18-10 win over Cornell
(04/21/25 1:12am)
At the last guaranteed game at Franklin Field, No. 18 Penn women’s lacrosse (8-5, 4-2 Ivy) did just that. They dominated Cornell (9-5, 3-3 Ivy) 18-10 to clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament. Senior midfielder Anna Brandt scored nine goals for the Red and Blue — half of the team’s final tally. Brandt's nine goals also tied the program record for most goals in a single game. Earlier this season, she broke the team's all-time goal record.
'Beyond the finish line': How women’s track and field coach Chené Townsend is shaping champions
(04/23/25 11:35pm)
Junior sprinter Moforehan “Fore” Abinusawa stepped up to the line at the 2023 NCAA regional championships, thoughts racing through her head. Being a freshman on the 4x400-meter relay team meant being less experienced than her three teammates. She was surrounded by the nation’s best sprinters in an event she seldom ran in high school.
How three former Penn swimmers came together to sue the University
(04/17/25 5:20am)
Content warning: This article contains instances of misgendering that may be disturbing and/or triggering for some readers.
Penn Relays has a legacy of Black excellence
(04/23/25 9:46pm)
On the Rogers-O’Hern Lyons Oval/Track in Franklin Field, the brick wall below the bleachers is adorned with the gold and black plaques of the Penn Relay Carnival Wall of Fame. The newly recognized 2025 inductees include four individuals and two relay teams — one of which is the 1950 4x400-meter relay team from Morgan State, a historically Black university.
Slinka-Petka | Our athletes are showing up. Why aren’t we?
(04/14/25 2:08am)
The Palestra is empty. Franklin Field is desolate. A tumbleweed occasionally rolls through Penn Park. Our athletes are unsupported, and so are their wins.
Penn Makuu celebrates 25th anniversary featuring current, former directors
(04/10/25 4:02am)
On April 7, Penn Makuu: The Black Cultural Center held a conversation celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Tina Njike keeps it real about her healing journey and love for activities off the court
(04/10/25 12:44am)
On a Penn women’s basketball trip to Arizona this past winter break, sophomore center Tina Njike met a childhood friend from Canada, who she used to play basketball with. When Penn played Arizona State, her friend’s family watched the game, and she met him again after five years. Together in Canada, reuniting in Arizona.
Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture features activist author, filmmaker to discuss award-winning memoir
(04/08/25 2:02am)
Author, filmmaker, and activist Curtis Chin delivered the Asian American Studies Program’s 2025 Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture on his award-winning memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.”
From the weight room to the lecture hall: How Penn student-athletes schedule their classes
(04/07/25 3:28am)
5 a.m. 5:15 a.m. 5:50 a.m.
Jason Zhao | This isn’t about the swim team
(04/07/25 10:00am)
Lia Thomas who? I opened up my news feed a week ago to a surreal sight: headline after headline devoted to how the United States has been gripped by intense political dogfights and moral reflection over … watersports. A genocide in Sudan? The collapse of the United States’ international alliances? $4 trillion of capital value wiped out in the stock market due to tariffs? No, clearly the Penn swimming and diving team is our most important concern.
Engineering graduate student wins inaugural New Jersey Lottery Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown
(04/03/25 5:28am)
Kevin Wang, 2024 College graduate and current Engineering graduate student, won the top prize of $10,000 at the first New Jersey Lottery Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown.
Agent Zero: Freshman guard AJ Levine is the one to watch
(03/06/25 5:27pm)
3,475 spectators. 10 players on the court. One NBA prospect. And Agent Zero.
Mariana Martinez | The Longchamp tote: Is twinning winning?
(03/16/25 9:14pm)
I was walking down Locust Walk when I took a picture to send to my friend who attends a different school. Funnily enough, in the picture, I caught three girls: all wearing wide-leg jeans, Adidas Sambas, black trench coats, and the iconic dark blue Longchamp tote.
Piper Slinka-Petka | Meritocracy isn’t dead
(03/05/25 2:00am)
We’ve all heard David Brooks’s news: The meritocracy is dead. Like a haphazardly built house of cards, the previous sliver of meritocracy at elite institutions has collapsed into nothingness. With admissions serving as a system “undermined by a 'hereditary aristocracy of wealth,'” and elite schools’ campus cultures reaffirming status through social hierarchies, modern students are navigating a system where status matters more than skill.
Penn honors first Black architecture program graduate with dedication ceremony
(03/03/25 7:18am)
Penn honored the legacy of Julian Abele, the first Black graduate of the University’s architecture program, at a dedication event last week and formally recognized his contributions to the University as the designer of Eisenlohr Hall, the official residence of Penn’s president.
Anna Brandt breaks all-time goal record in dominant win over Temple for Penn women's lacrosse
(02/28/25 1:31am)
It's only the start of the season, but history has already been made.
Sabine Rutlauka and Esha Velaga stand atop the mountain for Penn women’s tennis
(03/03/25 1:54pm)
Looking across the court at the precipice of a championship, an all-too-familiar foe stands ahead.
Penn community commemorates third anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war, honors lives lost at vigil
(02/25/25 5:14am)
The Ukrainian Student Association at Penn hosted a vigil outside College Hall on Monday in remembrance of those who died in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
