Front Breaking
Venezuelan street food stop, burger joint to join restaurant offerings near Penn campus
Puyero, a Venezuelan eatery, and Gouldsberger's, a popular burger joint, will join the Shops@Penn lineup of popular stores and restaurants surrounding campus.
Penn Carey Law, Wharton professor in consideration to be Trump's Treasury secretary
Jay Clayton — who is a 1988 Engineering graduate and 1993 Carey Law School graduate — previously served as the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first presidency.
Trump taps Rep. Elise Stefanik, Penn critic who grilled Liz Magill, for UN ambassador
Stefanik gained national attention in fall 2023 as a leading figure in the House education committee's investigation into how universities, including Penn, were responding to campus antisemitism.
Democrats hold majority in Pa. state House, potentially affecting Penn funding, abortion rights
Party control in the state legislature could influence issues such as the status of funding for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, abortion rights in Pennsylvania, and higher education.
Penn suspends Wharton fraternity for hanging posters alleged to mock kidnapped Israelis
DSP Executive Director Jeremy Levine wrote that DSP was suspended until at least fall 2025 “as a result of violations of the Delta Sigma Pi Risk Management Policy.”
Penn Department of History hosts panel to discuss historical context, implications of 2024 election
Each panelist delivered opening remarks related to their areas of specialty, reflecting on the historical dynamics that shaped the 2024 election outcome.
Musician, producer, and Penn honorary degree-holder Quincy Jones dies at 91
With a career spanning more than 75 years, Quincy Jones worked as a bandleader, solo artist, sideman, songwriter, producer, arranger, film composer, and a record label executive.
Mariana Martinez | Did misogyny just kill American democracy?
Columnist Mariana Martinez analyzes the gender factor of the 2024 presidential election.
O'Brien wins FCS Offensive Player of the Week following record-breaking performance
O’Brien broke Penn’s program record for passing touchdowns on Saturday.
Yao | I just witnessed Penn football history
No Penn football game will ever top Liam O’Brien’s record-setting performance against Cornell.
Diya Choksey | What Warren Buffett learned from Benjamin Franklin (and you can, too)
Columnist Diya Choksey uncovers Benjamin Franklin’s success secrets endorsed by multibillionaire Warren Buffet that can help Penn students build genuine connections, achieve self-mastery, and secure lasting success.
Mritika Senthil | Stop falling for the election hype
Columnist Mritika Senthil encourages voters to move beyond divisive election narratives to see the actual stakes.
Penn volleyball falls on senior night to Cornell 3-1
The Quakers lost three straight after winning the first set.
DP Daybreak | Students rally against antisemitism outside Hillel
Also, Philadelphia skies were hazy over the weekend with smoke from southern New Jersey wildfires.
New Jersey wildfires cause hazy skies on Penn's campus and across Philadelphia
The massive wildfires in New Jersey — resulting in the unhealthy air quality in Philadelphia on Sunday — are a result of an ongoing severe drought.
U.S. representative, Penn Carey Law graduate Matt Cartwright loses reelection bid
Bresnahan's victory by nearly two percentage points above Cartwright brings an end to the incumbent's tenure in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, representing Scranton and nearby suburbs.
Students at Penn Hillel rally against recent antisemitic violence in Amsterdam and Phila.
The Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee and Hillel co-organized the rally.
Onward and upward: Penn volleyball win over Columbia makes for winningest season in seven years
The Quakers won all six sets it played against the Lions this year.
UT Health San Antonio professor receives Penn Basser Center prize for cancer research
Sung received the award for his work on the mechanisms behind homology-directed repair, a DNA repair mechanism that can be used to suppress cancer.