Front Breaking
Wharton club hosts Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins for speaker event
Despite his job on basketball’s biggest stage, each year Jenkins takes the time to speak with Penn students at meetings hosted by the Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club, which occurred yet again on Friday, Feb. 25 over Zoom.
Women's basketball dominates Dartmouth 79-54 in Senior Day celebration
With the welcome return of senior captain Meg Hair after an absence due to injury, the seniors stepped up to name the night as their own.
Without Jordan Dingle, Quakers dig deep into rotation but come up short to Dartmouth
In a game in which Penn was missing its star player, sophomore guard Jordan Dingle, the team dug deep into its rotation but wasn’t able to pull out a win, losing 84-70 at Dartmouth.
‘Stop Putin! Stop war!’: Hundreds protest Russian invasion of Ukraine in front of City Hall
Hundreds of people at City Hall were draped in the Ukrainian flags and carrying signs, some of which read: “Stop Putin,” “USA help Ukraine,” and “NATO protect our sky.”
Sean Deresh | Penn should launch a campus-wide switch to LED lighting
Guest columnist Sean Deresh argues that a campus-wide shift to LED lighting at Penn would be a crucial step towards refining the University’s sustainable development.
Penn Wharton Alliance to host annual Diversity Case Competition with Natives at Penn
The event will be held virtually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will focus on solving problems at the intersection of environmental sustainability and Indigenous issues.
Wharton MBA graduate hands his Good Pizza nonprofit over to Philabundance
Berman said that his time at Penn had a huge impact on the development of Good Pizza.
Penn offers $25,000 in incentives to each class year for uploading vaccine records
Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the incentives were created to encourage "good behaviors and smart choices" and to further foster a "community of care."
Philadelphia School Board passes resolution to promote city voter registration efforts
Students, organization leaders, and elected officials spoke on the Student Voter Education and Registration Resolution, which will make sure that all students have access to civic engagement and voter registration education.
Lynn | Five takeaways from Penn's win at Cornell
Sports reporter Carter Lynn gives his thoughts on Penn's win against Cornell, which comes at a crucial time for a team on the Ivy Tournament bubble
Women's basketball beats Cornell 70-57 to earn huge Ivy win
Led by Kayla Padilla's 25 points and and Kennedy Suttle's 17 rebounds, the Quakers earned a huge road win in Ithaca in a close game against the Big Red.
Nearly 100 people protest Penn’s role in evictions of University City Townhomes residents
The protest was hosted by the Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes, a group composed of Penn faculty and students, the Black Bottom tribe, housing justice organizers, and West Philadelphia community members.
Penn men's basketball travels to New Hampshire to face Big Green
The Quakers look to build off last week's narrow victory against Brown and head to Hanover, N.H., to face the seventh-place Dartmouth Big Green Saturday at 2 p.m.
Pa. unveiled a new state congressional map. Here’s what Penn political leaders have to say.
The court chose a map submitted by a group of citizens and proposed by the Democratic plaintiffs that used the "least-change" approach to maintain the same, general representation as the previous map.
Members of the Paul Robeson High School community are calling for renovations
Parents, staff, and students of the Robeson High School community gathered at district headquarters on Tuesday to fight for renovations for the school.
Yale Law School announces full-tuition scholarships for low-income students
The new Soledad ‘92 and Robert Hurst Horizon Scholarship program will grant 45 to 50 full scholarships to J.D. students, awarding more than $70,000 annually per student.
Penn Pre-Dental Society to host "Give Kids a Smile" event
The volunteering event will educate students at The City School at Spruce Hill on the importance of oral hygiene and dental healthcare.
Timethius J. Terrell | Diversity, equity, and inclusion: What predominantly white universities could learn from Beyonce's “Black Is King”
Columnist Timethius J. Terrell urges predominantly white universities to reconsider their often ineffective approaches towards diversity, equity, and inclusion, using Beyonce’s “Black Is King” as a reference.
Amjad Hamza | Don’t donate to Penn; the world needs your dollars
Guest columnist Amjad Hamza argues that Penn students and current donors should redirect their donations to the world’s most effective causes.