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(04/30/18 7:44pm)
This primary season, 19 Penn alumni have joined in congressional and senatorial races around the country. These alumni hail from 10 states, span three parties, and are running for both House and Senate seats.
(04/27/18 5:16pm)
While many undergraduates at Penn choose to pursue traditional career paths, each year there are some students that opt for less common ones.
(04/25/18 6:04pm)
Just after 2006 College graduate Conor Lamb won a close special election in the mostly-Republican Pennsylvania 18th district, he launched a campaign for reelection in Pennsylvania’s newly defined 17th district. If he is selected as the Democratic candidate during May's primaries, he will officially be up for reelection for the congressional seat in the 17th district.
(04/18/18 5:57pm)
A plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on April 17, killing one passenger and injuring seven.
(04/18/18 6:42pm)
The conservative political columnist and managing editor of The Daily Wire Michael Knowles will be speaking on campus this Thursday at an event called “Reasons to Vote for Trump.”
(04/15/18 9:10pm)
2014 Wharton graduate Sean Danowski and 2014 Penn Law graduate Dafan Zhang recently launched VOHTE — a mobile-friendly website that will act as a resource for Pennsylvania voters looking to learn more about candidates in their district.
(04/05/18 9:58pm)
New digital privacy regulations will go into place in Europe on May 25, and in order to avoid fines and protect students, Penn will be taking steps to comply with these changes. The University will join many United States-based companies and schools by complying with the new General Data Protection Regulation.
(03/29/18 12:00pm)
Three candidates are running for the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s May 15 primary election to represent the newly drawn third district, a district that represents Penn's campus and most of Philadelphia.
(03/19/18 1:15am)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released an updated state congressional map on Feb. 19, redistricting the University of Pennsylvania from the 2nd Congressional District to the 3rd Congressional District — a map drawn by former Penn Law professor Nathaniel Persily.
(03/01/18 2:12am)
Pennsylvania State Rep. and 2007 College graduate Nick Miccarelli (R-Delaware) has been accused of abusive behavior and sexual misconduct, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
(03/26/18 2:14am)
This May will mark 50 years since President Donald Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania — a credential he rarely fails to mention. However, as fellow alumni book airplanes and hotels in preparation for the 50th year reunion, it's unclear if their most famous classmate will join them back on campus.
(02/22/18 7:38pm)
Months after she sent campus into an uproar with a fiery opinion piece praising "bourgeois culture," Penn Law School professor Amy Wax has divided students and colleagues alike with a familiar weapon: another op-ed piece.
(02/13/18 11:34pm)
Following allegations of sexual misconduct against 1963 College graduate and former trustee Steve Wynn, Penn removed his name from Wynn Commons, revoked his honorary degree, and removed his name from a scholarship made up of his donations on Feb. 1.
(02/28/18 2:10am)
Three of President Donald Trump's children have attended Penn — administrative records show that all of them have donated to the University.
(02/14/18 1:00pm)
Penn revoked Steve Wynn’s honorary degree and removed his name from campus, as well as from a scholarship on Feb. 1, eliciting fierce debate and widespread difference of opinions among members of his graduating class.
(02/09/18 11:36pm)
Penn announced on Tuesday that Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC and 1967 College graduate, is selected to be the 2018 commencement speaker.
(01/31/18 11:57pm)
The 2018 midterms will see an unprecedented number of women running for office — a demographic that currently makes up only 18.5 percent of Pennsylvania's General Assembly. Among these women is Jennifer O’Mara, a 2017 graduate of Penn's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences who works at Penn admissions.
(02/01/18 4:40am)
After closing six days before Penn this past winter break, Penn Global, which includes International Students and Scholar Services and Penn Abroad, is located this semester in a temporary new location farther from Penn's campus.
(01/24/18 5:43pm)
Rear Admiral and White House physician Ronny Jackson announced that President Donald Trump was in excellent health after conducting his annual physical exam last week. The next day, however, Penn medical professor Daniel Rader said otherwise.
(01/22/18 1:00pm)
One year after Trump's inauguration and the first ever Women's March, tens of thousands of protesters returned on Jan. 20, armed with posters with sayings from "a woman's place is in the House and in the Senate" to "girls just want to have fun—damental rights."