Articles by Cherry Zhi
12/06/16 12:03am
This new Penn website will personally find you community service opportunities
The Undergraduate Assembly, in collaboration with PennLabs, has been working on Pennvolvement.com — a centralized website to connect students with different volunteer opportunities. 11/06/16 10:01pm
Anna Kendrick is coming to Penn, SPEC Connaissance announces
Presented by SPEC Connaissance, Kendrick will speak at Irvine Auditorium on Nov. 18 from 7 to 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale on November 7 and are $10 for Penn students. 10/31/16 1:27am
The UA announced its special election results after five members resigned
Last week, the Nominations and Elections Committee announced the Special Elections results after four Undergraduate Assembly members resigned. 10/14/16 7:20pm
The NEC will hold another election after four people resigned from the UA
Online voting will be open to sophomores, juniors and seniors in the College from 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct.18 until 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. 10/04/16 12:58am
For fine arts students, creative classes are an escape from Penn's pre-professionalism
Attending an Ivy League school isn't often associated with studying fine arts. 09/28/16 4:03pm
Karim El Sewedy wins freshman Class Board presidential election
This year's new student election results were delayed from their planned Sept. 22 release after accusations were raised of violations of the Fair Practice Code, the regulatory document that governs student elections. 09/27/16 2:41am
The Trustees voted against divestment, but Fossil Free Penn is planning to fight on
Last Thursday, the Board of Trustees announced that Penn will not divest from fossil fuel industries, despite two years of campaigning from Fossil Free Penn. 09/24/16 8:08pm
Two freshmen disqualified from Class Board race, election will be re-run
In the UA New Student Representative race, there was a tie for the candidacy between College freshman Michelle Kim and College freshman Max Grove. There will be a runoff election between these two candidates. 09/23/16 1:32pm
Freshman election results delayed due to alleged Fair Practices Code violations
The results of the elections will be delayed until the conclusion of a public Fair Practices Code Hearing, which will be held this Saturday at 10 a.m. 09/17/16 2:09pm
Meet the freshmen competing for positions in student government
Voting begins Monday and closes Thursday. 09/12/16 5:58pm
Nursing graduate student dies 'suddenly' over the weekend
Stephanie Marchesani died in New Jersey on Sunday. 08/29/16 8:38pm
We analyzed Amy Gutmann's Convocation speeches over the past five years and noticed some interesting patterns
Some more unexpected words appear in Gutmann's speeches, like “strange”, “Palestra” and “rex”, which have all appeared over five times. 06/23/16 12:01am
Penn Wellness to receive $8000 budget for upcoming year
Penn Wellness is set to receive $8000 from VPUL for the upcoming school year after not previously being allocated an annual budget. 06/16/16 12:23am
Wharton alum quits finance to pursue cage fighting
"Some people said ‘this is the coolest thing ever’ and others were like ‘what are you doing, you’re ruining your life'." 06/09/16 12:07am
Administration clarifies graduation, academic honors policy change
The revision actually allows "more students to not be penalized" when they violate Penn's academic integrity code, according to Director of the Office of Student Conduct Julie Lyzinski Nettleton. 04/28/16 3:32pm
Students work towards easier access to SHS health records
Some students are trying to streamline the paper process by adopting a completely electronic system instead. 04/27/16 9:04pm
SPEC-TRUM cancels spring concert following two artist cancellations
Originally, the Social Planning and Events Committee to Represent Undergraduate Minorities planned its annual spring concert featuring YG, Metro Boomin and Kamaiyah to be held on Wednesday night. 04/22/16 11:41pm
SPEC-TRUM concert to feature YG, Metro Boomin and Kamaiyah
On the last day of classes, YG, Metro Boomin and Kamaiyah will be performing in SPEC-TRUM’s annual Spring Concert held at the Armory. 04/13/16 10:16pm
Penn reconvenes mental health task force following Monday's suicide
This time, the task force will need to evaluate the effects of its 2015 recommendations, which did not set firm deadlines nor include ways to measure the impact of its proposed changes. 04/12/16 2:24am