Student Life
Penn's first dance marathon raises $3,814.96 for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Penn's Dance Marathon was able to bring in six different performing arts groups as well as instructors from Pottruck Health and Fitness Center to perform and teach dances throughout the day.
'I started hysterically crying' — read stories of high school seniors who found out Thursday that they got into Penn
“I kind of cloistered myself because I was scared of what would happen,” Victoria Mak said. “Those ten minutes before I found out were the longest ten minutes of my life.”
Students and faculty read 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' aloud — for seven hours straight
The Kelly Writers House held its annual Marathon Reading program on Thursday, where students and faculty took turns reading out loud from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy series.
Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on new renovation project
Yesterday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art broke ground for its new expansion project. The renovation, called the Core Project, is a $196 million endeavor which will be the museum’s most extensive renovation yet.
Students say they still plan to go to popular nightclub after multiple allegations of drugging
These Holy Trinity parties, where the bar only plays music by Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj or Rihanna, happen about once a month and often have Penn students in attendance.
Meet the three Penn alumni who serve on the Philadelphia City Council
Three Penn alumni are currently members of the Philadelphia City Council. Here’s a brief introduction to each one of them.
Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault rejection spurs debate about student group exclusivity
“I said, well, that’s weird not to be accepted to this group that seemed like they should want more people to talk about rape and sexual assault,” Butkiewicz said.
Clubs could be barred from activities fairs in the future for requiring resumes or failing to give sample questions before interviews
The Undergraduate Assembly and Student Activities Council have partnered to make club recruitment a less stressful and more fair process by passing six new guidelines.
Meet the Penn students who are out and about in the morning long before you wake up
For Zhou, sleep is a vital component to her well-being. The Detroit native said health is her “number one priority” and getting enough sleep allows her to work more efficiently in the mornings and throughout the day.
Penn Medicine and current students worked to organize a conference around LGBTQ youth and healthcare
“Overall, I think the point of the panels was really to elevate [youth] voices over professional voices because they are the experts on their lives,” Rosemary Thomas, Program Coordinator for the Penn Medicine Program for LGBT Health said. “It’s really powerful for professionals to hear real life experiences if they haven’t before”
These 15 students traveled across Cuba in search of artistic inspiration
Penn Design lecturer Gabe Martinez said viewing Cuban art and interacting with Cuban artists influenced students' projects and so the content of some of their projects actually shifted in turn.
After the presidential election, these students created an app to combat 'fake news'
Lee and Oh began creating the app during the 2016 presidential campaign because they felt the ways in which people got their news had an unprecedented impact on the election result.
Alpha Phi sorority sisters win $10,000 on the Ellen DeGeneres show
Wharton freshmen Victoria Sacchetti and Katrina Arman completed an obstacle course to win the prize.
Modernity meets tradition at Natives at Penn annual powwow
“You learn to dance from the elders in your tribe,” Dienes said. “So you don’t want to do the same moves that your mom and dad did.”
Meet the Penn students who write love letters to strangers
“Sometimes on college campuses that seem really big and massive and sprawling, it’s really easy to forget one another, or not see one another, or look past one another,” Brencher said. “We miss opportunities to serve one another if we aren’t present.”
Muslim and Middle Eastern students angered and scared by new airport electronic restrictions
On Tuesday, DHS announced that individuals flying from Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Morocco would not be permitted to carry electronic devices bigger than a smartphone on planes.
Meet the TAs who also happen to be freshmen
“They wanted people who had more knowledge of mechanical engineering,” Wharton and Engineering freshman George Pandya said. “I was able to get some experience with developing mechanical tools before I came here and that really helped me get the position when I applied.”
Kenan Thompson: I would 'crap all over' a book that didn't list me as a great black comedian
Thompson spoke as part of the SPEC Connaissance & Film event in Irvine Auditorium on Tuesday
Freshmen promote students' cultural identities with video campaign
College freshmen Tiffany Wang and Lisa He Wu launched a video campaign to encourage students to "Be proud of your roots. We're rooting for you."