Student Life
Penn to host 300th anniversary celebration for Benjamin Franklin’s arrival to Philadelphia
All members of the Penn community are invited to attend the celebration from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., which will include lunch and remarks from various speakers.
Penn Medicine, Omega Psi Phi fraternity host Men's Wellness Day event alongside campus groups
The event provided a variety of resources like free screening and tests, specifically geared toward promoting men’s health.
La Casa Latina celebrates 2023 Latinx Heritage Month at Penn
La Casa Latina, the main community space for Latinx students at Penn, has been organizing various cultural events to promote greater awareness of Latinx issues and culture on campus during the month.
Wharton hosts workshop for HBCU students to learn about alternative investing
The campus workshop, which ran from Sept. 29 to 30, marks the second year that the programming was held in-person.
A rundown of next year’s campus housing application deadlines
Here's a rundown of dates, deadlines, and housing options for first-years, sophomores, and juniors looking to live on campus next year.
Upperclassmen offer advice for Penn's on-campus housing process
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked upperclassmen for advice they would give to those going through Penn's housing process.
Students commend prime location, spacious dorms after Radian becomes college house
Last September, the Board of Trustees voted to lease The Radian as student housing to accommodate upperclassmen for on-campus housing during the Quad facilities renovations.
Here's the latest on the Quad renovations, and what's coming up next
To accommodate the closure of the lower Quad entrance in Riepe, a new Quad entrance was opened next to the Butcher building in Ware College House.
Stouffer Hall re-opens its doors following $35 million renovation
According to Residential Services, Stouffer Hall will once again be a first-year dorm for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Pencilbite Studio creates space for student animation at Penn
Established this summer, Pencilbite Studio is Penn’s first student-led 2D animation studio.
SCUE hosts annual Education Week, highlighting Penn’s educational opportunities
Education Week spotlighted educational possibilities beyond traditional classrooms, spanning civic engagement to community-building endeavors.
New gift will establish fund for the study of Jewish history and antisemitism
The Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation is a family foundation committed to supporting education, cancer research, and archaeology in Israel.
Penn alum who interviewed Muhammad Ali, Blondie, and Mick Jagger speaks at Kelly Writers House
Victor Bockris discussed his life, stories, and legacy in an interview at the Kelly Writers House with director Al Filreis.
DPS to host Health and Safety Fair, conduct annual safety tests
As part of the fair, PennReady will conduct a sprinkler test at 11:30 a.m., which consists of a side-by-side simulated burn of two residential rooms.
Penn RAs, GRAs overwhelmingly vote to unionize
Voting took place over two days, from Sept. 27 to 28, in the Golkin Room on the second floor of Houston Hall.
Penn Chabad holiday structure vandalized, no antisemitic connection identified by DPS
The vandalism occurred at an open lot across the street from Chabad at Penn's Lubavitch House.
Will this 2023 College graduate outwit, outplay, outlast as a contestant on 'Survivor'?
At Penn, Basile worked as an acquisition intern at Penn’s Press Incorporated and as a researcher for Your Language My Ear, a Russian-language poetry symposium.
Penn RAs head to polls today to vote on whether to unionize
A simple majority of votes in favor of unionizing will allow the vote to pass and continue a trend among peer universities.
'Power in numbers': Coalition of Workers at Penn unites campus labor organizations
The Coalition of Workers at Penn was created in collaboration with The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.