Articles by Jill Castellano
05/13/16 11:38am
Senior column by Jill Castellano | Looking back, not forward
Last year, I was privileged enough to attend convocation for the incoming class of Penn freshmen as an honorary guest. 04/22/16 5:06pm
The 30 easiest and hardest classes at Penn
Here are the top 30 easiest and hardest undergraduate classes at Penn, as ranked by their Penn Course Review difficulty score out of 4.0 between 2009 and 2015. Senior projects and theses, clinical rotations for nursing students and classes that have not been taught since 2013 are not included. 02/24/16 1:47am
How much have your Penn peers and professors donated to presidential candidates?
See how much money students, faculty and staff at Penn have given to political campaigns in the past year. 02/17/16 2:32am
Trustees chair David Cohen major donor to indicted Phila. congressman
Campaign filings show that Cohen, a 1981 Law School graduate, was Fattah’s fifth-highest-paying individual donor in the 2014 election cycle. 12/07/15 1:07am
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief | Stronger together
Behind my desk in the windowless office I’ve spend an absurd number of hours in this year, you can find a cork board littered with business cards of Managing Editors from years gone by. 04/15/15 12:24am
Over 90 percent of AXO members expected to resign
AXO nationals compared off-campus organizations to knock-off Tory Burch handbags. 04/06/15 11:29pm
Alpha Chi Omega to move off campus
Penn’s chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon, plans to officially revoke its charter with the University this week. 04/02/15 1:35am
Q&A with the new director of the alcohol and drug program office
Noelle Melartin, the new director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, served as associate director from 2010 until March 2015, when she was promoted to her new position. 02/26/15 2:26pm
UPDATED: Penn students interrupt Board of Trustees, calling out Comcast Exec. VP David Cohen
The protest centered around the issues of net neutrality and education. 02/23/15 2:35am
Penn junior Alex Bilotti dies of cancer
Alexsandra Bilotti, a Penn junior, died early Saturday morning of Ewing's Carcoma. She turned 22 years old last Wednesday. 02/22/15 2:48pm
Flood damage in Huntsman Hall leaves part of the building closed off
On Saturday, stormwater flooded the area of Huntsman Hall on the ground floor by the Walnut Street entrance. 02/22/15 12:43pm
UPDATED: Power returns to stores on Walnut Street, cause of outage still unclear
Store operators along Walnut Street said Penn maintenance staff told them buildings in a four-block radius were affected. 02/18/15 8:30am
Explosion, gunshot scare on 41st Street prompts police investigation
The scare was caused by a transformer explosion on the block of 41st Street between Pine and Baltimore Streets. 11/12/14 12:44am
Penn public safety tops security charts for eighth year
Penn's Division of Public Safety was ranked the number one university on Security Magazine's "Security 500" list. 11/10/14 1:43am
Busting barriers, Penn's top cop celebrates 20 years
It was Maureen Rush’s fifth week on the job as a Philadelphia police officer, and she was already in a standoff with a drug addict. 11/04/14 1:46am
Housing Guide 2014 |House Hunting in the Big Apple
There’s no clear path to finding a home in New York City after graduation. But as the many 10/17/14 6:01pm
Penn prepares for potential Ebola cases
Student Health Services and the Penn's Health System are working with the CDC and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to monitor the Ebola situation. 10/10/14 12:19pm
DPS investigates cyclist incident with alleged excessive force
The Division of Public Safety is investigating an incident where a Penn Police officer allegedly used excessive force against a person riding her bicycle on campus, CBS News reported Thursday night. 10/06/14 1:28am
How to prevent college suicides is not well understood
Experts say suicides on college campuses tend to happen in waves. 10/01/14 1:44am