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(12/11/21 6:15pm)
This is a unique year for Penn basketball. The Ivy League was the only league that did not compete last year because of the health risks surrounding COVID-19. Partly because of that hiatus, we have a team that only has a few players with any real college basketball experience at Penn. The rest of the team — whether it be sophomores who missed their first season, players who have not played because of injury, or this year’s first-year class, new to college basketball like any year — has no experience. With that year off, our student-athletes were left to react remotely and in isolation from the rest of our team to the protests that arose from the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace, among many others, as well as incidents like that in Central Park with Amy Cooper telling Christian Cooper she was going to weaponize the police against him.
(12/09/21 5:57am)
With two classes of rookies, plus an additional year of graduate students returning to play, the vastly varying makeup of rosters presented unordinary opportunities for many Penn athletes — another result of the unique circumstances for sports competition in 2021.
(11/30/21 5:51am)
Penn Democrats hosted a virtual dialogue on Zoom on Monday featuring Rebecca Rhynhart, the first woman elected as city controller of Philadelphia.
(11/29/21 1:40am)
Nearly every young sports fan dreams of one day growing up to work for their favorite team.
(11/21/21 10:18pm)
I stood in the corner of a dimly lit fraternity house, solo cup in hand, observing the commotion in front of me. The air reeked of cheap beer accompanied by the occasional crisp sound of ping pong balls landing in cups. I had two thoughts in mind: it is surreal that I’m finally at college after a year of online school and I can’t believe how much I’m enjoying a fraternity party.
(11/09/21 4:09am)
Penn women's basketball prides itself on dedication and perseverance. Senior Meg Hair is all-in on these values.
(11/11/21 6:51am)
Penn’s Gene Therapy Program is at the forefront of pioneering biotechnology developments — but employees allege a toxic workplace environment lies behind the allure and that Penn is ignoring their complaints to protect the moneymaking program.
(11/01/21 3:44am)
An activated sprinkler in Lauder College House on Friday afternoon led to a building-wide evacuation and flooding in 13 suites, prompting the relocation of 12 students to the Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel.
(10/29/21 3:11am)
"Dude With Sign" walked around Penn's campus on Thursday to promote the opening of Penn Medicine's new Pavilion.
(10/27/21 3:14am)
Kendall Grasela was on a trip to Cape Cod when she sent a routine text to Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin. There was nothing special about the text; it was just like the one she sent her former coach every few weeks.
(10/26/21 4:28am)
An activated fire sprinkler on the fifth floor of Harnwell College House flooded the residences of 27 students last week, causing significant damage throughout the first five floors of the building.
(10/27/21 5:00am)
Penn’s transition to an in-person semester has left students slipping through the cracks — particularly those with diagnosed disabilities in need of exam accommodations and extra academic support from the University.
(10/19/21 4:24am)
The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Penn football’s Jason McCleod, Jr. to ask him 15 questions about his career, his time at Penn, and his personal life outside of football. Here is what Jason had to say:
(10/18/21 4:27am)
Penn vaccinated 14,000 community members at its longest and largest-ever flu vaccine clinic.
(10/21/21 2:22am)
When a young Allison Kuzyk went to the park one day, she never thought that she would find something that would change her life forever.
(10/07/21 12:54am)
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Aditya Gupta of Penn men’s tennis 15 questions about his sport, his time at Penn, and how he adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what the junior had to say.
(10/19/21 3:45pm)
It started out with a slight sore throat in the morning. Then a runny nose followed by congestion. By the end of the day, I had many of the symptoms of the Delta variant of COVID-19. I panicked and became full of anxiety. Convinced this was more than just my seasonal allergies (despite being fully vaccinated), I immediately filled out my PennOpen Pass with my new symptoms and started a cautionary quarantine period at home for the sake of my professors and classmates. As is protocol, I went to my local pharmacy the next day to get a COVID-19 test and anxiously awaited the results. Over the next few days, I developed a fever and felt just downright sick. When the results came in, I was shocked: Negative.
(10/04/21 3:58am)
On Saturday, Penn students and doctors at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania joined about 1,000 protesters who marched from the Rocky Steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall demanding abortion rights.
(09/30/21 7:08am)
Today is the tenth anniversary of Marina Keegan’s "Even Artichokes Have Doubts," a work that ignited a national debate on whether new graduates should chase passions or paychecks. Keegan — a senior when the piece was published in the Yale Daily News — was dismayed that approximately 25% of her employed peers would end up in finance or consulting after graduation. In her words, “In a place as diverse and disparate as Yale, it’s remarkable that such a large percentage of people are doing anything the same — not to mention something as significant as their postgraduate plans.” The anniversary invites us to reflect on what has, and has not, changed in the past decade, as well as contemplate the situation at our own institution.
(10/03/21 9:50pm)
In Penn’s career survey for the Class of 2020, over 50% of graduates who went directly into the workforce went into some form of finance, with 20% going into consulting. The pre-professional culture at Penn places heavy prestige on careers in finance, which pressures many Penn students who would otherwise pursue different careers into consulting. The influence Wharton has on Penn’s reputation, both on campus and to the rest of the world, certainly props up that prestige. There are dozens of consulting and consulting-related student organizations listed on Penn Clubs, all influencing wide-eyed first years. And with Penn’s ever-increasing cost of tuition, students are coerced into seeking jobs with high starting salaries like consulting.
