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(01/29/19 4:25am)
The Penn Beauty club, which was founded to address social justice issues within the beauty community, plans to build its presence on campus this semester with several upcoming projects centered on gender equality.
(12/23/18 4:35am)
This winter break, “highly-aided” students staying at Penn will receive reloadable debit cards to help pay for meals.
(11/30/18 5:11am)
Administrators from Student Registration and Financial Services hosted an event on Wednesday to clarify the term "highly-aided" to students.
(11/18/18 11:53pm)
Students categorized as "highly-aided" will have more subsidized meal options than in previous years for those staying on campus over Thanksgiving break.
(11/05/18 3:14am)
Six professors gathered Thursday to discuss with members of the Penn community the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, which killed 11 people including 1973 College graduate and 1977 Perelman School of Medicine graduate Jerry Rabinowitz.
(10/01/18 4:42am)
Student Financial Services has rolled out new terminology to describe a specific selection of students on financial aid. Students qualifying as “highly-aided” will be eligible to receive four new benefits outlined by SFS last week.
(09/27/18 5:55am)
Penn's new "Second Year Experience Program," which will require all sophomores to live in college housing starting 2021, received widespread criticism from student leaders upon its recent announcement.
(09/21/18 9:59pm)
Former President Barack Obama urged students and local residents to enact change and vote for Democrats in the upcoming November elections at a campaign rally in Philadelphia.
(09/20/18 4:21am)
It typically costs $160 for U.S. citizens to obtain a passport, but at a Penn event last week, dozens of first generation, low-income students received partially subsidized passports for just $10 each.
(09/20/18 3:32am)
Around this time of year, the sight of Penn students dressed in business-casual attire for on-campus recruiting and job interviews is not uncommon. But on Tuesday night, around 30 freshmen came to Perry World House dressed in formal wear for a different reason: dinner with the Philadelphia mayor.
(10/17/18 2:44am)
Hundreds of Penn students were notified at the beginning of the academic year that they would receive a new financial aid counselor.
(08/23/18 6:25pm)
The summer before College senior Lyndsi Burcham began her freshman year at Penn, she was faced with a task familiar to all undergraduates: either to enroll in or to opt out of the Penn Student Insurance Plan.
(06/04/18 12:10am)
While some Penn students are visiting home or working in various cities this summer, almost 1,300 undergraduates are currently registered for summer classes on campus.
(05/27/18 3:16am)
A Pennsylvania judge has halted the state's new medical marijuana research program. The injunction, announced on May 22, comes just a week after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Penn’s medical school would become one of eight university institutions in Pennsylvania selected to be part of the state's new initiative.
(04/05/18 3:54am)
Penn First, the student organization for first-generation, low-income students on campus, held its fifth bi-annual summit this weekend since the group’s creation in the fall of 2015.
(04/04/18 12:30am)
When Penn students decide whether or not to participate in Greek life, the cost of dues is often a factor, particularly as the percentage of first-generation, low-income students at Penn continues to grow.
(03/10/18 3:29pm)
Currently, no student group exists solely for LGBTQ first-generation, low-income students at Penn. Now, however, one student from the Graduate School of Education is trying to change that.
(02/16/18 11:35pm)
In a change of plans, Penn President Amy Gutmann has confirmed that she will speak at the opening ceremony for the fourth annual 1vyG conference this Saturday. 1vyG is the largest conference for first-generation, low-income students in the world, and will feature 350 attendees, 275 of whom will be staying on Penn's campus for the weekend.
(02/09/18 12:51am)
Millions of people attended the victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday. Every one of them withstood sub-freezing temperatures, wind chills, and congested trains just for a chance to catch a glimpse of their athletic heroes. Reporters from The Daily Pennsylvanian went out to take their portraits, listen to their stories, and learn why Philadelphia is known for having "the greatest fans in the world."
(01/26/18 10:33pm)
As the search for summer internships has picked up, first-generation, low-income students say that traditional job search avenues at Penn are not tailored to their experiences.