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“My dad played — he was on the Harvard tennis team. My uncle was on the Yale tennis team. My other uncle was at Berkeley,” said Josh Pompan, a senior who is now serving in his second year as a Penn men’s tennis team captain.
Pennsylvania has the second-highest sales of organic products, only surpassed by California, according to a report published last year by the United States Department of Agriculture.
I grew up surrounded by “Pasifika” culture. Soaking up the languages, celebrating Samoan dance at festivals, eating delicious Tongan food, and even watching satirical “brown TV.” The shows, food, and culture weren’t spectacles — they were simply a part of New Zealand life.
Janet Yellen, who served as the chair of the Federal Reserve System from February 2014 to February 2018, discussed her tenure and education at the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre on Monday. Her talk with Finance professor Jeremy Siegel drew nearly 1,000 attendees.
A Penn alumna has just been appointed as one of the top leaders of the American airline company, JetBlue.
The restoration of vacant lots can lead to a significant decrease in crime rates, according to a recent study involving Penn researchers.
There were 96 anti-Semitic incidents in Pennsylvania last year, which is a 43 percent increase from 2016. This is the largest single-year increase in anti-Semitic incidents recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in the past decade.
A recent study ranked Philadelphia as the fourth best city for women in technology.
On Nov. 9, 2016 — the day after Donald Trump stunned the nation by winning the United States presidency — Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania was packed to the brim. That day’s University Council meeting, a routine administrative gathering of Penn’s student, faculty, and staff leaders, had become a hotly anticipated event.
Euphoria spread across the wet streets of Philadelphia last night as the clock on the Super Bowl ran out, and it became clear that the Philadelphia Eagles had beaten the New England Patriots 41-33 in Minnesota. Penn students, staff, and faculty joined thousands of Philadelphians in every corner of the city as they celebrated the team’s first ever Super Bowl win.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) canceled his scheduled talk at the Perry World House on Jan. 23, as a result of the federal government shutdown over the weekend.
A federal injunction that was issued Tuesday, Jan. 9 temporarily blocked the White House's plans to rescind Obama-era protections for young undocumented immigrants. But some Penn students affected by these policies still worry that their futures remain uncertain.
For a group of institutions that espouse egalitarianism, the Ivy League certainly does not hesitate in skirting the law to perpetuate white domination.
Penn men's fencing freshman Michael Li might be new to the Red and Blue, but he's old to the sport.
After extending the deadline for students affected by natural disasters, Penn has received a record number of early decision applications for its incoming class of undergraduate students.
There's a new Ivy League recruiter in town: Walmart.
Nobody likes to talk about money. It’s a sticky, uncomfortable topic that’s seen as distasteful and gauche to discuss. But there’s a culture of wealth at Penn that can be extremely restrictive and divisive. Socially, academically and professionally, students who come from affluent families have a leg up — and that’s worth a conversation.
Gun violence is not actually a contagious phenomenon — its effect is usually contained in a neighborhood, according to a new study completed by Penn and a researcher from Imperial College London.
Few topics in national politics are as long, complicated and dull as the United States Federal Tax Code. Equally few topics, however, are as important to the lives of all Americans. Considering this importance, we must swallow its “boringness” to analyze President Trump’s new tax plan and the literally life-changing contents it contains.
With a pair of conference championships in Ray Priore’s first two seasons, it’s no secret that Penn football’s turnaround has been one for the history books.
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