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(02/29/24 6:29am)
For nearly two decades, the "largest philanthropic event" at Penn has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for a charity that bridges education gaps in low-income Philadelphia neighborhoods. But Wharton's graduate student government has allegedly withheld at least $90,000 in promised donations from the event — prompting student resignations in protest and an ongoing dispute over what happened to the money.
(02/23/24 4:31am)
Members and alumni of the Robeson Cooper Scholars Program spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian about how the program has impacted their time at Penn and beyond.
(02/26/24 4:56am)
LilyLoop, a team of first-year students who proposed a line of “smart” period products, won $10,000 in the 2024 Y-Prize competition to realize their business idea.
(02/29/24 1:05am)
On July 1, 2021, the ground on which the NCAA stood shifted seismically. After losing an appeal case in the Supreme Court, the name, image, and likeness laws — also known as NIL — went into effect, allowing student-athletes to sign endorsement deals. In the years since, chaos has ensued.
(02/08/24 4:35am)
Over 100 years ago, women were finally able to don the Red and Blue and partake in varsity sports. To celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day, let's go over 103 years of women’s sports at Penn and honor the careers of 10 of the best Quakers to ever grace campus, as well as the woman who helped make it all possible.
(01/29/24 3:50am)
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) joined Philadelphia Mayor and 2016 Fels Institute of Government graduate Cherelle Parker for a campaign event on Friday, highlighting his support for labor and combating corporate "greedflation."
(01/29/24 3:53am)
Professor of sociology and law Dorothy Roberts received the Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice award and spoke on grassroots activism at the annual MLK lecture and awards ceremony.
(01/29/24 3:48am)
The Urban Outfitters on 36th and Sansom streets closed in late December 2023.
(01/24/24 1:04am)
When Liz Magill assumed her role as president at Penn, I wrote her an email asking about something as benign as her writing style. To my surprise and delight, Magill wrote back and shared that her favorite wordsmith of all time is Adam Smith, whose scholarship I have read ever since. Her response to my simple inquiry shows that Magill truly cared about Penn students and alumni. I have been deeply inspired by her leadership and fascinating background. Magill’s resignation is a loss to my alma mater.
(01/22/24 6:09am)
Approximately 800 students were placed on the Penn Residential Services waitlist for on-campus housing for the 2024-2025 academic year — an increase from last year.
(01/13/24 10:34pm)
Heading into Saturday’s contest, Penn women’s basketball had won its last 16 games against Dartmouth. For the past eight years, the Quakers defeated the Big Green twice per season like clockwork, and last season, Dartmouth proved just as hapless against the rest of the Ivy League, going a dreadful 0-14 against conference opponents.
(12/10/23 11:37pm)
On Saturday, Liz Magill issued her resignation as president of Penn, and in doing so, may have set the University on a path that could lead to censorship of students and staff alike.
(12/07/23 8:38am)
“It is crucial that ideas are exchanged and diverse viewpoints are debated… we need both safety and free expression for democracy to thrive,” said President Magill in her opening testimony at this week’s House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee hearing.
(12/07/23 12:12am)
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
(12/07/23 5:18am)
On the field, senior forward Lis Zandbergen, senior goalkeeper Frederique Wollaert, and sophomore forward Livia Loozen are a strong group. They each started all 17 games that Penn field hockey played this season, with Loozen scoring six goals to come in second on the team and Zandbergen adding three assists to her own pair of scores. In the net, Wollaert was a consistent presence for the Quakers, racking up a .744 save percentage and allowing under two goals per game.
(12/07/23 2:40am)
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine are developing a vaccine that could prevent cancer in individuals with mutations in their BRCA genes.
(12/06/23 6:34am)
Read the main takeaways from the hearing here.
(11/30/23 1:06am)
The Wharton Alliance, Penn’s undergraduate LGBTQ pre-professional organization, will host their annual drag show, “Drag Me Through the Holidays,” on Dec. 1.
(11/27/23 5:00am)
While most of campus and the country was spending time with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, Penn men’s basketball (5-3) stayed in Philadelphia over the break, as the Quakers hosted the annual Cathedral of College Basketball Classic at the Palestra. One of several traditional ‘Feast Week’ tournaments, Penn played host to Lafayette, Belmont, and Monmouth over the weekend.
(12/05/23 7:22am)
When Penn President Liz Magill delivered her first Convocation address at Penn just over a year ago in 2022, she shared a rule she had learned while clerking for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Engage with and understand the very best version of your opponent’s argument.
