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(04/30/25 2:01am)
May 1 marks the deadline for the roughly 3,500 high school seniors admitted to Penn to decide if they’ll be joining us in University City this fall. For most of them, this decision — whether obvious or agonizing — centers around a single factor: prestige. On that basis, Penn is certainly an enticing option. We have a reputation for excellence reflected in those 3,500 admits: 99th-percentile scorers, published researchers, and nonprofit founders, all invited into a world defined by its exclusivity.
(04/15/25 11:04pm)
Penn was founded with a purpose distinct from its peers. While other colonial colleges trained clergy, Benjamin Franklin envisioned an institution rooted in public service, scientific advancement, and the practical improvement of society. Nearly three centuries later and 12 weeks into a new United States presidential administration, that foundation is beginning to crack. Sweeping federal actions have defunded research, dismantled diversity efforts, and targeted international students — policies that clash with the very ideals Franklin set forth. Now, as we stand before his creation, our home, it raises a difficult question: Do we rebuild it into something easier to accept, or fight to preserve what it was always meant to be?
(03/17/25 5:19am)
The 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were held this past weekend at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. and brought together universities from all over the country, including past powerhouses Arkansas, Louisiana State, Oregon, Southern California, and Florida. Oregon ended up winning the 2025 D-I women’s indoor track and field title, while USC snagged the title for men’s track and field.
(02/26/25 4:47am)
Penn’s Graduate School of Education held an event titled “Role of Social Safety Net Programs in College Student Success,” featuring the work of public policy and economics professor Jesse Rothstein from the University of California, Berkeley.
(02/24/25 6:32am)
Four Penn professors have been recognized as 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.
(01/21/25 2:52am)
Penn released early decision admissions results for the Class of 2029 on Dec. 19, 2024, admitting nearly half of the incoming class.
(12/10/24 1:37am)
Throughout 2024, The Daily Pennsylvanian editorial team captured a historic year — both at Penn and in Philadelphia. Documenting each story in a year defined by administrative transitions, activism on campus, and historic political moments, these are some defining of the images from 2024.
(12/09/24 10:18am)
The results of the 2024 election marked a decrease in the number of Penn affiliates serving in Congress, according to an analysis by The Daily Pennsylvanian.
(11/15/24 3:08am)
1999 College and Wharton graduate Dave Min, a Democrat, won election to the United States House of Representatives in California's 47th Congressional District, retaining Democratic control over the seat after Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) decided not to seek re-election.
(11/11/24 6:45am)
Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives and 1986 University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate, lost his reelection campaign against Rob Bresnahan.
(11/11/24 3:18am)
An athlete’s true personality becomes hidden come game time, overtaken by their competitive drive and instinct to win. But Penn women's soccer sophomore forward Abbey Cook is proof that most athletes balance myriad personalities, hers being one of empathy, one of intensity, and one of conviction.
(10/31/24 3:27pm)
Former Vice President Mike Pence has said that former President Donald Trump “[put] himself over the Constitution.” General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the Trump administration, has said that the former president is “fascist to his core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.” General John Kelly, once Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, has said that the former president is “the most flawed person” he’s ever known and has dictatorial tendencies. General James Mattis, one of Trump’s Secretaries of Defense, said that Trump “[makes] a mockery of our Constitution.” Mark Esper, another Secretary of Defense under Trump, said that the former president is “irresponsible” and has fascist “inclinations.”
(11/01/24 1:28am)
Ahead of Election Day, The Daily Pennsylvanian has compiled a comprehensive ballot guide to all of the candidates — national and local — on the ticket, along with where you can go on campus to vote for them on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
(10/23/24 4:30am)
Penn’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace and Penn Chavurah hosted a "Gaza Solidarity Sukkot" on Oct. 22.
(09/26/24 5:15am)
Penn cited the formation of the new Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit against the University alleging an insufficient response to antisemitism, just days after the office was formed.
(09/23/24 3:39am)
Many Penn students received an email last week informing them that they may be entitled to $2,000 in monetary compensation as a result of an ongoing class-action lawsuit alleging price fixing at 17 elite American universities.
(09/04/24 4:09am)
On Aug. 16, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein announced that historian and 2004 Penn Ph.D. graduate Rudolph “Butch” Ware III will be her running mate in the 2024 United States presidential election.
(09/03/24 5:18am)
Penn renewed its membership in a national cancer research partnership funded by the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and will be one of the recipients of a $125 million grant distributed across the PICI’s network.
(08/08/24 2:41am)
Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate during an electric rally held at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Tuesday, the first stop of a national tour to jointly campaign the newly announced ticket.
(05/14/24 5:15pm)
At the close of their Quaker careers, here are the best graduating men’s athletes for the Class of 2024.
