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Over 50 students gathered in United By Blue Wednesday evening to hear student reflections on a topic that is often stigmatized at Penn — failure.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and outspoken conservative activist Curt Schilling delivered a fiery speech to an audience of about 40 people at Houston Hall on Wednesday.
A Penn study found that undergoing a "Collective Blame Hypocrisy" intervention is effective in reducing anti-Muslim sentiment, Penn Today reported.
My parents met at Penn in 1987, during Quaker Days. Both were underprepared Cuban kids from single-parent households. My dad was a low-income student, the first in his family to apply to college.
Creating some turnovers and having a strong start will be the name of the game for Penn football this week.
The built-in advantage of being a child of someone who attended an Ivy League University is not something I have. Nor is the built in advantage of being the child of someone who has a college degree. That doesn’t make me any less capable of school spirit. It does, however, make my family less capable of donating to my college, and thus, makes me a less profitable investment for the university. The idea that legacy admissions at universities are necessary because places like Penn are run like a business is predicated on the problematic assumption that elite education should be run like a business. This promotes the idea that subsidizing the wealth of legacy families is acceptable and admissible, even though this practice inculcates difficult-to-remove barriers for upward mobility for people who are not as fortunate or privileged.
As a first-generation, low-income student, I hope to offer my perspective on legacy admissions.
The Penn Catholic Newman Community celebrated its 125th year anniversary last weekend. The festivities included panels, conferences, and mass and were attended by hundreds of Penn and Drexel students, alumni, and faculty as well as local community members.
If you listen closely, you still might be able to hear the echoes of the cannon.
My mom graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. Her love for Penn is the reason why I had Penn sweatshirts before I could walk, why she would drag us to TEDxPenn every year, and why getting into Penn was one of the most exciting moments of my life.
History professor Kathleen Brown discussed her research on the history of slavery at Penn and the United States at a Philomathean Society event on Oct. 3.
At 6:45 in the morning, while rushing to get back to Penn’s campus in time to shower, change, read the required Spenserian stanzas before my British poetry class, and get to work by 9 a.m., the last thing I expected to feel was at ease. Hopping into an Uber, the driver immediately greeted me with a smile and a question, “How’re you feeling?” This unexpectedly intimate opening to conversation was exactly what I needed in the moment — the reassurance that I was being seen.
On Oct. 1, Philadelphia officially became the first major U.S. city to completely ban cashless stores, requiring city-wide retail locations to accept cash payments. Businesses that fail to comply with the bill’s demands will incur charges of up to $2,000, CBS Philly reported.
Offensive linemen do not get a lot of love. That stops today. Penn's fun-loving, all-you-can-eat-buffet ruining, pancaking big men deserve attention.
“Would you raise money for the library and then charge students to go to the library? When the Pottruck people gave money to the gym, did they think they were going to charge students 20 bucks every time they went to work out?”
Avan Jogia discussed his experience as a multiracial actor at the Penn Bookstore Friday evening.
Hitomi Yoshida, former manager of diversity programs at Penn Museum, has taken over as office coordinator for the Pan-Asian American Community House. Yoshida replaces Kusum Soin, who retired in May after holding the role for more than 18 years.
That subject line almost made me drop my phone.
For Penn students interested in a finance internship for summer 2020, the fall semester is a busy time filled with submitting applications and preparing for interviews.
Fifty years ago, Bill Wagner was introduced to sprint football, known at the time as lightweight football. Now, he’s the embodiment of the sport.
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