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(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.
(05/05/24 11:51pm)
Read all of our coverage of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and protesters’ demands here.
(05/06/24 1:15pm)
As a Penn parent, I received an email on Apr. 26 signed by Interim Penn President Larry Jameson, Provost John L. Jackson Jr., and Senior Executive Vice President Craig R. Carnaroli. The email claimed “legal and policy violations'' by the Penn encampment protesters based on vague allegations of "harassing and intimidating conduct" and threatened the students who will continue to protest with "sanctions." No specific examples of harassment, threats, or intimidation were offered in the letter, which appears to be an attempt to demonize the students who exercise their right to free speech enshrined in the United States Constitution and express views inconvenient to Penn's administration.
(05/02/24 5:59am)
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that he is opening a housewide investigation into antisemitism on college campuses at a Tuesday press conference.
(04/26/24 5:50am)
As night fell on the pro-Palestinian encampment which began on College Green on Thursday, participants prepared for the possibility of arrest and community members rallied in support of Penn's divestment from Israel's war in Gaza.
(04/28/24 10:41pm)
The number 1.5 seems to be permanently etched in my brain.
(04/25/24 1:32am)
As waits to see if Penn's athletes will win their heats in this year's Penn Relays, others are sitting at home waiting for their turn to don the Red and Blue. In the case of women’s track and field, these commits hope to uphold Penn’s longstanding history of success in the near future.
(04/22/24 4:04pm)
Perelman School of Medicine professor Carl June (center) was awarded the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences on April 13 (Photo courtesy of Breakthrough Prize).
(04/05/24 3:06am)
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences received a $13.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technology that will advance national cybersecurity.