Philadelphia
Project to use local art to increase voter turnout
“Next Stop: Democracy” is a new civic engagement project which has hired 60 Philadelphia artists to create eye-catching “vote here” signs for the upcoming City Council elections on Nov. 3.
Students perform for local elementary school
At a local elementary school on Oct. 23, members of Penn's Stimulus Children's Theater, or STIM, performed numbers from their upcoming Fall Show “Junie B. Jones: The Musical” as their community show.
Though buzz has died down, SLAP continues its fight for Penn to pay PILOTs
Last year, the issue was highly discussed on campus after members of the Student Labor Action Project and Students Organizing for Unity and Leadership organized a protest at Penn President Amy Gutmann’s annual Christmas party.
Uber competitor offers free rides
In addition to a free ride, NoMoCab is likely to offer free samples of products ranging from the newest Coca-Cola product to mini bottles of Vodka.
Itza hot mess
It’s Saturday: 5:20 p.m. There are three hours until a party of 60 Penn students is set to arrive at Iztaccihuatl, and John Lewis, the one-man show behind the popular BYO restaurant in South Philadelphia, is giving me an earful.
Democratic presidential debates setting up shop in Philly
The 2016 conference will take place July 25-29 at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly.
Alum Helen Gym champions housing and education reform in her run for City Council
She'd worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren to bring attention to federal housing regulations.
Getting Penn students to the polls on Election Day
This year's ballot includes several candidates for the Pennsylvania state judiciary and five for Mayor of Philadelphia.Following Oregon shooting, school gun scares shake the nation
In Philadelphia, gun threats shocked campuses in Center City and Germantown later in the week, following the Oct. 1 Oregon shooting.
Suspect in custody after lockdown at Community College of Phila.
Community College of Philadelphia went on lockdown this morning after reports of a gunman.
A day in the life of a brand ambassador
Hope MacKenzie is a College junior who works as one of Sony's Marketing Representatives for Philadelphia, and has a unique student representative experience.
Patrolling the papal visit: highlights from Penn Police
From proxy-blessings to child-births, the Division of Public Safety was all over the city on this weekend.
Papal masses swarm Philadelphia
It felt like a cross between a carnival, concert and the end of a post-apocalyptic movie.
Pope speaks about immigration and family first day in Phila.
Pope Francis capped his first day in Philadelphia amid an adoring crowd on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, music from multi-Grammy Award winning artists and hardly any logistical problems.
Pope's homily focuses on women, laypeople
There wasn’t a dry eye in the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Center City this morning, as Pope Francis celebrated mass for a packed congregation.
Dalai Lama cancels Phila. visit
On Friday, the Dalai Lama cancelled his October visit to Philadelphia under doctor's orders.
A history of Philly's most hyped-up events
Here’s a look back at some the last papal visit as well as some other major events in Philly history.
Against expectations, Philadelphia hotels see vacancies during pope visit
The Inn at Penn, the Homewood Suites Hilton and the Sheraton Hotel still have rooms leftover for the Papal Weekend, despite projections that up to 2 million Catholics would be traveling to Philadelphia.
More security, fewer travel options over papal weekend
When the Pope comes to town, transportation around campus is going to be limited almost exclusively to emergency vehicles since Penn is surrounded by some of the best hospitals in Philadelphia.