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Sunday, April 26, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Editorial | Tapping tech talent

PennApps Labs successfully drew from students’ abilities to make a helpful online tool

A problem that long plagued many Penn students has been solved by the ingenuity of their peers.

PennApps Labs — an organization that hires student developers to create applications that improve life at the University — recently launched a website containing a comprehensive real-time list of available study spaces on and off campus. The website — PennStudySpaces.com — eliminates the inconvenience of having to search throughout campus to find a quiet place to do work.

The website has a user-friendly interface and has generated positive initial feedback from students.

Last semester, the Undergraduate Assembly contributed over $2,000 to establish PennApps Labs.

We commend the UA’s support for the organization, which has successfully tapped into the talent pool of very capable student developers and provides a valuable service to the University community.

We hope to see many more great ideas come out of PennApps Labs in the future.

How helpful do you think PennStudySpaces.com will be? Let us know in the comments below.