How this Penn grad's new app aims to foster 'healthier relationship with technology'

In the first three weeks, the app has reached several thousand downloads, a few hundred daily active users, and a 4.1-star rating out of five in the Google Play store.

Penn alumni donate $4.5 million for curatorial positions at Institute of Contemporary Art

Daniel Sundheim, a 1999 Wharton graduate who is the former chief investment officer at the Viking Global Investors, donated $3 million to the museum. 

For some admitted students, Quaker Days can be a deciding factor in their college decisions

Over the two-day period, students are introduced to the various academic, social, cultural, residential, and extracurricular opportunities that the University has to offer.

Meet Juliet Lubwama: national student poet and a member of Class of 2022

The Scholastic Awards recognized Lubwama as a 2017 Northeast National Student Poet last year, after undergoing a rigorous selection process. 

Expansive Penn study uncovers methods to significantly improve treatment of head injuries

The Medical School found that those with head injuries have a much higher chance of recovery if taken to a designated trauma center. 

Penn prof. develops algorithm to identify fraudulent research papers

Penn Bioengineering professor Konrad Kording helped develop a new algorithm that compares images across journal articles to uncover fraudulent scientists who have used other researchers' images.

Hundreds attend first-ever deaf and hearing Story Slam held on campus

ASL advocate and performer Wink Smith, Jr. emceed the event, while interpreters made the stories accessible for both hearing and non-hearing attendees.  

At Civic House event, speaker urges activism with 'risky, disruptive, and creative schemes'

Camika Royal spoke for this year's Alvin P. Gutman Public Scholar Lecture, an annual Civic House event that invites a noted scholar to inspire guests to actively seek social change. 

Student groups work together to address mental health in Eating Disorder Awareness Week

For National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Project HEAL has several initiatives, including a laptop sticker fundraiser and the distribution of informational brochures given out on Locust Walk.  

This new fencing club at Penn has no dues, application or attendance requirements

“For an hour or an hour and a half, just meet some people, get your mind off school, just have some fun stabbing each other," said Wharton sophomore and club co-founder Max Norleans.