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(01/24/24 1:04am)
When Liz Magill assumed her role as president at Penn, I wrote her an email asking about something as benign as her writing style. To my surprise and delight, Magill wrote back and shared that her favorite wordsmith of all time is Adam Smith, whose scholarship I have read ever since. Her response to my simple inquiry shows that Magill truly cared about Penn students and alumni. I have been deeply inspired by her leadership and fascinating background. Magill’s resignation is a loss to my alma mater.
(01/22/24 6:09am)
Approximately 800 students were placed on the Penn Residential Services waitlist for on-campus housing for the 2024-2025 academic year — an increase from last year.
(01/13/24 10:34pm)
Heading into Saturday’s contest, Penn women’s basketball had won its last 16 games against Dartmouth. For the past eight years, the Quakers defeated the Big Green twice per season like clockwork, and last season, Dartmouth proved just as hapless against the rest of the Ivy League, going a dreadful 0-14 against conference opponents.
(12/10/23 11:37pm)
On Saturday, Liz Magill issued her resignation as president of Penn, and in doing so, may have set the University on a path that could lead to censorship of students and staff alike.
(12/07/23 8:38am)
“It is crucial that ideas are exchanged and diverse viewpoints are debated… we need both safety and free expression for democracy to thrive,” said President Magill in her opening testimony at this week’s House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee hearing.
(12/07/23 12:12am)
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
(12/07/23 5:18am)
On the field, senior forward Lis Zandbergen, senior goalkeeper Frederique Wollaert, and sophomore forward Livia Loozen are a strong group. They each started all 17 games that Penn field hockey played this season, with Loozen scoring six goals to come in second on the team and Zandbergen adding three assists to her own pair of scores. In the net, Wollaert was a consistent presence for the Quakers, racking up a .744 save percentage and allowing under two goals per game.
(12/07/23 2:40am)
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine are developing a vaccine that could prevent cancer in individuals with mutations in their BRCA genes.
(12/06/23 6:34am)
Read the main takeaways from the hearing here.
(11/30/23 1:06am)
The Wharton Alliance, Penn’s undergraduate LGBTQ pre-professional organization, will host their annual drag show, “Drag Me Through the Holidays,” on Dec. 1.
(11/27/23 5:00am)
While most of campus and the country was spending time with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, Penn men’s basketball (5-3) stayed in Philadelphia over the break, as the Quakers hosted the annual Cathedral of College Basketball Classic at the Palestra. One of several traditional ‘Feast Week’ tournaments, Penn played host to Lafayette, Belmont, and Monmouth over the weekend.
(12/05/23 7:22am)
When Penn President Liz Magill delivered her first Convocation address at Penn just over a year ago in 2022, she shared a rule she had learned while clerking for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Engage with and understand the very best version of your opponent’s argument.
(11/27/23 2:49am)
The Dunning Coaches' Center could’ve been mistaken for a locker room Friday night, or perhaps a time machine — one that took the 20 or so members of Penn football's Class of 1970 that filled the building back to their days in Red and Blue.
(11/27/23 2:47am)
Recovering from a major sports injury is never easy. The hours spent in rehab, the days spent in the gym, and the agonizing weeks anticipating a return to action are difficult. For senior guard Michaela Stanfield, the wait is finally over.
(11/20/23 6:06am)
Many things in college are overhyped. Storming the court after a big win is not one of them.
(11/16/23 1:16am)
Last week, The Daily Pennsylvanian released a column by David Shapiro, the lawyer representing Penn Law Professor Amy Wax. In that piece, Shapiro defended Wax’s past and claimed that President Liz Magill’s response to the Palestine Writes Literature Festival exposed Penn’s far-left political bias.
(11/16/23 12:57am)
The Stuart Weitzman School of Design recently announced that it will award Chinese architect Lin Huiyin a posthumous Bachelor of Architecture diploma in May 2024. This decision was made after a careful investigation initiated by Fritz Steiner, the Weitzman School Dean, in 2022.
(11/14/23 5:27am)
Teams show their true colors when the stakes are the highest, and the lights are the brightest.
(11/11/23 11:04pm)
There’s only one chance to make a first impression, and on Saturday, Penn women’s basketball took full advantage of this opportunity, as the Quakers thoroughly trounced Marist 74-51 at the Palestra to open its season.
(11/10/23 10:02pm)
Penn women’s golf concluded its fall season at the University of Delaware’s Lady Blue Hen Invitational, which was held at the Rehoboth Beach Country Club's par-72 course on Oct. 21-22.
