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(01/28/22 11:13pm)
My stepdad, a ‘75 Yalie and physicist, jokes that he was admitted as a part of the University’s “geek quota.” He was a high school student whose idea of playing hooky was playing with lasers in his friend’s basement. He wasn’t wealthy or suave. He once went to a mixer at Yale wearing hip hugging, hot pink bell bottoms and seriously questioned why not a single woman would dance with him. His family broke the bank paying for him to attend an Ivy at a time when they were considered exclusively for the rich, and he is eternally grateful for it.
(01/26/22 3:51am)
When Wharton professor Nina Strohminger asked undergraduate business students what they thought the average American worker’s salary was, her students had no idea their answers would be the subject of a viral conversation about privilege, income inequality, and elitism.
(01/25/22 2:35am)
Last weekend, men's and women’s fencing competed at the Penn State Invitational for their first competition of 2022.
(01/18/22 3:38am)
Penn Law School is considering sanctions against Amy Wax — whose anti-Asian comments sparked national scrutiny — after a letter from the Philadelphia City Council urged Penn to review her role within the University.
(01/18/22 3:57am)
Penn accepted 15.63% of early decision applicants to the Class of 2026. Admission was offered to 1,218 students, comprising around half of the Class of 2026.
(01/13/22 11:38pm)
After serving as University of Virginia provost, Stanford Law School dean, and a law clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsberg, M. Elizabeth Magill is set to become Penn’s ninth president.
(12/14/21 7:36pm)
Penn professor and senior lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute James McGann died on Nov. 29 at age 66.
(12/09/21 6:01am)
Students in the Class of 2025 who attended high school with many other Penn first years said the familiarity eased the transition to the University, while those from less-represented high schools reported apprehension.
(12/11/21 6:15pm)
This is a unique year for Penn basketball. The Ivy League was the only league that did not compete last year because of the health risks surrounding COVID-19. Partly because of that hiatus, we have a team that only has a few players with any real college basketball experience at Penn. The rest of the team — whether it be sophomores who missed their first season, players who have not played because of injury, or this year’s first-year class, new to college basketball like any year — has no experience. With that year off, our student-athletes were left to react remotely and in isolation from the rest of our team to the protests that arose from the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace, among many others, as well as incidents like that in Central Park with Amy Cooper telling Christian Cooper she was going to weaponize the police against him.
(12/09/21 5:57am)
With two classes of rookies, plus an additional year of graduate students returning to play, the vastly varying makeup of rosters presented unordinary opportunities for many Penn athletes — another result of the unique circumstances for sports competition in 2021.
(11/30/21 5:51am)
Penn Democrats hosted a virtual dialogue on Zoom on Monday featuring Rebecca Rhynhart, the first woman elected as city controller of Philadelphia.
(11/29/21 1:40am)
Nearly every young sports fan dreams of one day growing up to work for their favorite team.
(11/21/21 10:18pm)
I stood in the corner of a dimly lit fraternity house, solo cup in hand, observing the commotion in front of me. The air reeked of cheap beer accompanied by the occasional crisp sound of ping pong balls landing in cups. I had two thoughts in mind: it is surreal that I’m finally at college after a year of online school and I can’t believe how much I’m enjoying a fraternity party.
(11/09/21 4:09am)
Penn women's basketball prides itself on dedication and perseverance. Senior Meg Hair is all-in on these values.
(11/11/21 6:51am)
Penn’s Gene Therapy Program is at the forefront of pioneering biotechnology developments — but employees allege a toxic workplace environment lies behind the allure and that Penn is ignoring their complaints to protect the moneymaking program.
(11/01/21 3:44am)
An activated sprinkler in Lauder College House on Friday afternoon led to a building-wide evacuation and flooding in 13 suites, prompting the relocation of 12 students to the Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel.
(10/29/21 3:11am)
"Dude With Sign" walked around Penn's campus on Thursday to promote the opening of Penn Medicine's new Pavilion.
(10/27/21 3:14am)
Kendall Grasela was on a trip to Cape Cod when she sent a routine text to Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin. There was nothing special about the text; it was just like the one she sent her former coach every few weeks.
(10/26/21 4:28am)
An activated fire sprinkler on the fifth floor of Harnwell College House flooded the residences of 27 students last week, causing significant damage throughout the first five floors of the building.
(10/27/21 5:00am)
Penn’s transition to an in-person semester has left students slipping through the cracks — particularly those with diagnosed disabilities in need of exam accommodations and extra academic support from the University.
