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Of the thousands and thousands of universities in the world, Penn is No.10, according to the Times Higher Education University Rankings list. Penn also ranked as the No. 7 university in the United States.
The most pressing issue facing Penn students today is increasing political and cultural polarization in the United States. As both Republicans and Democrats become respectively more consistently conservative and seamlessly liberal, a growing ideological chasm is tearing apart the social fabric of our republic.
Fans of Penn Athletics just got their first taste of what next year will look like.
Philadelphia is already a sanctuary city, but given 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, some advocates have asked Penn President Amy Gutmann to make Penn a “sanctuary campus.”
Grammy and Tony nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles held a concert in the rooftop lounge of Harnwell College House Tuesday as part of the Get Out The Vote event series.
A recently released Penn and University of California, Berkeley study found that unpredictable schedules can have negative impacts on the health of an individual working in the service sector.
Your correspondent spent his Saturday taking a nude jaunt on his bike through the streets of Philadelphia.
Charter schools, a mainstay in Philadelphia and other big cities, have become one of the few national issues embraced by politicians on both side of the aisle, including President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Cory Booker and Donald Trump.
President Amy Gutmann just started the year off with her Convocation address to the Class of 2020. We took a look at her speeches over the past few years to find her most familiar patterns — repeated words and phrases — that highlight the ideas and themes that matter most to the school.
On June 23, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld affirmative action, reasserting the legality of considering race as a factor for admissions into U.S. universities. This practice, proponents argue, increases class diversity and benefits the members of the class as a whole, while aiding students from underprivileged backgrounds.
After a dramatic and exciting week, the Republican National Convention is over. It’s hard to name a convention in recent American history more dramatic than this one, as the Republican Party worked in real time to unite, even as Senator Ted Cruz made it clear that division still exists.
After receiving recent approval from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine will move forward with the first-ever human trials using CRISPR gene therapy technologies.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax proposal has created a fierce war throughout the city and has even divided the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates.
A large group of Penn students and teaching assistants — about 50 people in total — applauded when the author of their latest reading assignment, "The Sympathizer," stepped to the front of the classroom.
Most people fly when they need to cross the United States. Some choose to drive. Forrest Gump opted to run. But this summer, Penn students are ready to ride.
In today’s racial climate, which has seen a lot of division, tension and revolt, it always seems difficult to insert the “Asian” voice in the dialogue — partly because Asian is an umbrella term. Sometimes, racial issues seem like isolated incidents when they happen to a segment of the Asian community. Yet, this fact also raises the question for me of why Penn’s Asian community finds difficulty in creating a cohesion out of its diverse cultural groups, especially during times of high tension.
Tupac Shakur once noted, “Things changed, and that’s the way it is.”
It’s a common saying in the world of track and field: “One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”
This Women’s History Month, a Penn professor was honored for her work in fighting for women’s reproductive rights.
Latinos make up 20 percent of the population aged 18-44 but constitute only 4.1 percent of university professors nationwide. According to Penn’s Graduate School of Education, 3.5 percent of Penn’s faculty is Latino, compared to 9.48 percent of the student population.
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