Student Life
These Penn students smashed a car to raise funds for women's heart heath and hurricane relief
“I think it’s great timing. It’s the start of midterm season, we’re in the height of OCR, we have a lot of stuff we can get out right here."
To promote CIS, the UA wants to give students a certificate for skills in computer science
Members of the Undergraduate Assembly initially proposed having CIS count towards students' language requirements.
At this networking conference, black students sat down one-on-one with recruiters and alumni
The annual conference was geared toward underclassmen who are less likely to be going through on-campus recruiting, organizers said.
Under Trump's latest travel ban, some Penn faculty worry they may never see their families again
Persian literature professor Fatemeh Shams has been separated seemingly indefinitely from her Iranian parents, both of whom are poor in health.
Capogiro is set to close by next week
Capogiro co-owner Stephanie Reitano attributed the shop's closing to high rents and local competition.
A controversial critic of the Black Lives Matter movement spoke at Penn amid student protests
Under the midday sun, students held up signs to protest Heather Mac Donald who has argued repeatedly that the Black Lives Matter movement perpetuates a "war on cops."
An art exhibit on Penn's student suicides raises complex questions on how to balance sensitivity with dialogue
College senior Kate Jeon's installation chronicles the names of the 14 Penn students who have died by suicide since 2013.
Penn students, faculty and alumni work together at this after-school program for Latino students
“It’s particularly great to meet fellow Latinos in Philadelphia as I feel the Latino culture very strongly in my life," a student said.
Two students were elected to represent the College. Then they transferred to Wharton.
Less than three months after College sophomores Shane Goldstein and Vanessa Wanyandeh were elected to be the College Chairs for their Class Board, they transferred schools.
Exchange and transfer students compare Penn's mental health resources to their other universities
At ETH Zurich, eight counselors serve 20,000 students. At Penn, 45 clinical staff serve nearly 25,000 students.
These Penn students want to make menstrual products available for those who can't afford them
"When [people] don’t have access to menstrual products, then they can’t go to school, they can’t function properly at jobs, they feel overall embarrassed."
Why students are suddenly posting so many memes of food trucks hiking up their prices
A vendor said that between higher costs and new taxes, the food trucks “had to make a change.”
This new Penn student group combines philanthropy and networking
"The Locus Initiative" offers students networking opportunities to encourage them to pledge a percentage of their time and salary to charities.
Penn students love caffeine and eating healthy, according to this set of rankings
A study by the food delivery service Grubhub ranked Penn the No. 1 healthiest school among all the campuses that Grubhub delivered to.
These campus resources help connect LGBTQ students with the right workplace
Staff members at Penn Career Services are trained to connect LGBTQ+ students with employers and companies welcoming of different genders and sexualities.
Penn's police dog Socks and her litter of four puppies report for duty
Socks' new puppies are just about three months old, but they're already training to take on a range of professional roles at Penn.
Students and faculty are fighting to keep Asian-American studies alive. They say administrators aren't helping.
ASAM Interim Director Eichiro Azuma said the College deans took months to respond to requests he had sent in April regarding the program.
After an unprecedented number of candidates, the NEC 2021 election results are in
“I’m very happy with the volume of candidates this year,” said a NEC leader. “Some of the races were very close.”
CAPS moved to Market Street two years ago. Did this make mental health resources less accessible?
CAPS Director Bill Alexander also said there is "conceptual" talk of a wellness center that combines all of CAPS services, along with Student Health Services and other resources.