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02/16/20 6:47pm
Senior forward AJ Brodeur has been a consistent presence on the court from the moment he stepped into the Palestra almost four years ago.
02/16/20 12:26pm
Penn — the store's landlord — and the Fresh Grocer have agreed to end the supermarket’s tenancy at 40th and Walnut streets after almost 20 years of operations.
02/16/20 3:55am
Penn women’s basketball earned its fifth consecutive Ivy League win tonight against Yale, 53-51, in what turned out to be the Quakers' closest game of the season.
02/16/20 2:36am
Penn women’s basketball eked out a win at Yale by a score of 53-51 on Saturday. Here are the two of the biggest takeaways from a thrilling game against one of the League's best teams.
02/15/20 8:12pm
AJ Brodeur poured in 19 points, and Eddie Scott chipped in 18 points in Penn's win.
02/15/20 5:57pm
Perry World House Lightning Scholar Sarah Bush said she found that election interference is often viewed as positive in an authoritarian regime, but is generally seen as negative when it impacts a democracy.
02/15/20 5:22pm
Penn men's basketball dropped to 4-3 in Ivy League play on Friday night after a 75-63 home loss to Brown. The Quakers have another tough task ahead on Saturday against first-place Yale.
02/15/20 2:46am
Dominant from start to finish, Penn women's basketball came out on top, 85-73, for their fourth consecutive Ivy League victory. 
02/14/20 11:14pm
Penn men’s basketball looked to be well on its way to a sixth straight win late in the first half on Saturday before Brown took control en route to a 75-63 win.
02/14/20 11:10pm
For these reasons, and from our own experiences, we see the opportunity provided by the Biological Chemistry Seminar Coordinator position to be one that allows for both personal and professional growth, particularly for women, rather than one that is merely administrative.
02/14/20 11:05pm
At a press conference in Huntsman Hall on Feb. 13, I, alongside Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, announced March for Our Lives’ Pennsylvania Peace Plan.
02/14/20 9:36pm
On Friday night, Penn men’s basketball was unable to extend its five-game win streak, as the team fell to Brown by a score of 75-63 at the Palestra.
02/14/20 8:53pm
The researchers found that Black and female patients are less likely to receive acne treatment than white and male patients.
02/14/20 8:45pm
Penn Museum celebrated Galentine's Day 100 years after the 19th Amendment was ratified.
02/14/20 8:02pm
The Galentine’s Day event at the Penn Museum was inspired by the holiday popularized by the sitcom "Parks and Recreation," in which protagonist Leslie Knope celebrates her female friends the day before Valentine's Day.
02/14/20 7:33pm
President Donald Trump awarded a scholarship to Philadelphia schoolgirl Janiyah Davis to promote school choice, condemning "failing government schools." But Davis attends one of the best charter schools in the city.
02/14/20 5:25pm
Penn men's and women's basketball take on Brown on Friday night with hopes of extending their Ivy League winning streaks. 
02/14/20 9:44am
As of Thursday night, 1090 students, both undergraduate and graduate, at Penn have signed up for Datamatch, a Harvard-created matchmaking service for students on Valentine's day.
02/14/20 3:18am
From a Donald Trump rally and a Bernie Sanders campaign event, to an Elizabeth Warren town hall and a Pete Buttigieg primary night watch party, take a look at the final moments in the race for New Hampshire.
02/13/20 11:52pm
On Feb. 13, FFP members and other local students stood in a straight line outside of Van Pelt, holding 40 hand-painted gravestones that depicted the costs of investing in fossil fuels and the human lives claimed by climate change.