Student Life
Only five out of Penn's 27 fraternities completed IFC-mandated education programs
IFC leaders said they decided to publish the attendance rates for the first time this year in order to keep the different fraternities accountable for their participation.
Meet the international students at Penn who also happen to be American citizens
“There’s a pretty clear distinction between the international foreign kids and the true foreign kids. I can’t imagine how they would feel, coming to a different country for university. I was technically coming back to a place I knew."
No shots and $90 per hour for security: here are the new University guidelines on social events
“We understand that there may be a feeling that [the Event Observers] are out shutting out all the parties right now,” said Executive Director of the Office of Student Affairs Katie Bonner. “I would like to dispel that myth."
College Republicans condemn 'utterly frivolous' event closures as campus debate rages
Following student protests over a sexist email sent by off-campus organization OZ in 2016, the University set up a task force, which has just begun to implement a range of policies that have led to a widespread increase in event closures across campus.
Some Penn students took courses in high school for credit. Then the University changed its policies.
“I sat next to sophomores, juniors and seniors and I did the same work as them, I don’t understand why they would get the credit and I wouldn't."
Fifty percent of Penn students may have had private information leaked in a cyber attack
Earlier this month, hackers broke into the system of credit-reporting agency Equifax and stole the private information of up to 143 million people.
Meet the Penn alumni providing legal assistance to DACA recipients for $1
2013 Penn Law School graduate Jeremy Peskin has been working with Penn students affected by DACA through his initiative Borderwise.
Over 80 percent of nonresidential Penn buildings lack gender-neutral bathrooms — but that may change
As of June, 37 of Penn's approximately 200 nonresidential campus buildings include at least one gender-neutral bathroom.
Students at Reed College disrupted a humanities lecture for allegedly being too Eurocentric
Students held up signs that read "Don't teach us White Supremacy" and "We Know Enough about White History."
The two Penn students standing trial for assault will proceed on different legal routes
Dante Benitez has requested further investigation, pushing back his trial date to Dec. 12. Ivan Loginov has requested to enter a rehabilitation diversion program for first-time offenders.
Amid an uptick of event closures, thousands sign a petition to 'let students live'
Students raised examples of police shutting down philanthropy events, birthday parties and small movie nights.
As more students get graduate degrees in the humanities, the number of available jobs falls
Some Penn professors said they aren't concerned because many graduate programs at Penn have a strong reputation.
Students think eating off campus costs less than it does on campus. Penn agrees.
For the 2017-18 academic year, SRFS estimated the eating off campus was approximately $750 cheaper than eating on campus.
Penn's mental health resources focus on undergraduates. What happens to graduate students?
Five of the fourteen students to have died by suicide since February 2013 at Penn have been graduate students.
How student-run mental health groups respond to a death on campus
“There’s something to say for talking to a student who is the same age as you and maybe who has gone through something similar."
The walking escort service Penn Walks makes 1,400 trips monthly but most students don't know it exists
Although the program has seen an “increased interest," many students remain skeptical, and often embarrassed, about having used the service.
Exchange students struggle to get jobs without access to Handshake, Penn's new recruitment site
On-Campus recruiting started at the beginning of the semester but Career Services said they only received a list of exchange students on Sept. 15.
Kiiara promises a 'Gold' performance at this year's Skimmerfest
Skimmerfest, the annual music festival that follows the first home Penn football game, promises free food, T-shirts and a live concert.
Speaking to a packed room, administrators offered support to students affected by DACA repeal
"I want to encourage everyone here, whether this affects you directly or not, to show up for others; to show love and compassion because it means the world right now.”