Articles by Hari Kumar
04/04/17 9:34pm
30x30 Challenge encourages students to get outside for 30 minutes a day during the month of April
“Go out and appreciate nature, learn about local ecology and the environment, and just give yourself a little break,” Penn’s Environmental Sustainability Director Dan Garofalo said to the Penn Current. 03/30/17 12:12am
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. 03/29/17 9:21pm
Penn professors are doing their part to battle 'fake news'
“Everyone is on Facebook and Twitter now, and [these sites] can’t filter out all of the information people see,” Wharton Professor Pinar Yildirim said. “Fake news now just naturally falls into people’s feeds.” 03/28/17 5:00am
Joke Issue | Fresh Grocer chicken wins Michelin Star
Although there were scares that the Fresh Grocer would be replaced soon by Acme, this recent award could change that plan. Customers at the grocery store commented grandly about how much they loved its chicken. 03/26/17 10:58pm
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. 03/22/17 9:01pm
Quakers in Washington: Meet the four Penn grads who serve in Congress
Although President Donald Trump is the highest-ranking Penn graduate in the federal government, other notable graduates of the University serve in Washington as well. Here are the four current members of the U.S. House of Representatives that hold Penn degrees. 03/21/17 2:09pm
Adam Grant named commencement speaker for Utah State University
Grant, who is the youngest-tenured professor at the Wharton School, has been recognized as Wharton's highest-rated professor for the past five years. 03/19/17 7:26pm
With March Madness in full swing, Penn students fill out brackets, devise spin-off competitions
College freshman Adam Algalith, one of the board members for the Ware College House Council, said that the council is “definitely planning to throw a watch party for the final game with Chipotle or pizza for food.” 03/13/17 9:44pm
Penn's DJ group The Collctve launches 'Lessns' teaching workshop
“The Collctve is a group of ‘creatives.' We are a home for good music and want to bring good music to the community,” Wharton sophomore Aayush Sanghrajka said. 02/28/17 12:22am
No one is really sure what Joe Biden will be doing at Penn
A Penn spokesperson said the Office of University Communications wasn't "able to have conversations around [Biden's] specific role until he left office four weeks ago, so details are still being ironed out." 02/24/17 3:58pm
Hillel and Students for Justice in Palestine have starkly different reactions to Trump's meeting with Netanyahu
“I think there is a better personal relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu [than under the previous administration],” College junior Hannah Jaffe said. Jaffe is the Israel sector chair for Penn Hillel, the center for Jewish life at Penn. 02/21/17 3:45pm
Applying to college? There's an online class for that
Furda touted the course recently as a way Penn is attempting to play a larger role in students' lives before they get to college. 02/16/17 8:38am
College freshmen return to dorm to find ceiling collapsed
The students had submitted a work order for a leaky ceiling days earlier, but “water pooled up and the ceiling collapsed,” said College freshman Alex Crane. 02/08/17 10:02pm
College Republicans clarify contradictory statements about Trump immigration ban
College and Wharton freshman Michael Moroz, the organization’s representative to the University Council, presented a different opinion towards the executive order at the UCouncil meeting on Feb. 1. 02/07/17 7:59pm
Biden was just named a Penn professor. Here's how students are reacting on social media
Tuesday morning, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced that former Vice President Joe Biden will be a professor at Penn. Here are students' reactions on social media. 02/06/17 9:35pm
Natives at Penn react to Trump pushing DAPL forward
Natives at Penn, a student organization that represents Native American students on Penn’s campus, takes a firm position against the construction of the DAPL. 02/01/17 9:54pm
Proponents of Obamacare apprehensive about possible repeal
“The impacts of fading Obamacare are especially dangerous for both women and young people,” College freshman Lucy Ma said. 01/31/17 3:02pm
'Outraged' students and alumni sign open letter condemning immigration bans
The letter condemns these bans, stating that Trump's policies seek to "displace our classmates and separate us from our teachers and friends." 01/30/17 10:36pm
Penn Professors who signed petition protesting Ben Carson's nomination to lead HUD speak out
Nine professors at Penn joined hundreds of educators across the country to sign an open letter saying that Carson is “completely unqualified to promote appropriate solutions to the pressing housing and urban development needs facing our country.” 01/26/17 3:12pm