Student Life
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.”
Why student groups looking to organize charity events probably can't get SAC funding
Last year, Penn’s chapter of Colleges Against Cancer and the Penn Society for International Development were denied funding for charity events.
Wharton is giving away padfolios and business cards to help students beat the 'sophomore slump'
"A lot of universities put a lot of time and effort into freshmen, onboarding them, getting them acclimated to campus. Juniors and seniors have a lot of attention … sophomores are kind of the class that’s left behind."
For some black students, balancing activism and academics is an additional source of stress
“I think having to balance Penn with anything is hard, but having to balance it with being black is another level of stress on its own."
A group of freshmen organized a protest against Trump's DACA repeal
"This is an issue that cannot be ignored. We want other campuses and places in general to learn from out example. We cannot remain silent in times like this."
It's still fall, but Greek organizations are already preparing freshmen for rush in the spring
College senior Andrea Klein said these fall events are an informal way to let students learn more about Greek life in a "low-pressure setting."
SAC has funding for groups facing unanticipated costs. Here's how it gets allocated.
Last year, SAC awarded 49 percent of all requests for contingency funding.
Various fraternities at Harvard are making the shift into gender-neutral groups
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at Harvard announced last week that the club had finished its transformation into Aleph, a gender-neutral club.
Student groups and administrators are collaborating to make leaves of absences work for all students
"The whole purpose of a leave of absence is to put students on a path to success," said Executive Director for Education and Academic Planning Rob Nelson.
At PennApps XVI, students made inter-dimensional robots and hung out with the founder of Quora
Winning projects included Sorty McSortface, a recycling and trash bin which automatically sorts waste and Todd: the inter-dimensional robot.
This site ranks Penn's Greek institutions by looks and popularity. Greek leaders call it a 'joke.'
On the site, fraternities and sororities are given a number grade that classify it as an “upper,” “middle” or “lower tier” organization.
Ten months post-election, Penn Democrats is shifting gears to focus on local politics
The group has historically followed the platform of the Democratic Party, but they're now shifting away from this "top-down" approach to push for the policies they believe in.
Family, friends and mentors gathered to honor the life of College senior Nick Moya
Moya's mother spoke of her son as "an old soul — intuitive and inquisitive."