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Forbes released its annual ranking of the 400 wealthiest people in the United States, and Penn can once again boast about having the most alumni out of any university on the list.
A new Forbes magazine ranking places Philadelphia among the top 10 rising cities for startups in the United States.
Democracy is based on the notion that the people should govern themselves — that the people have a voice. When we don’t vote, we lose that voice. In doing so, we do ourselves, and our community a disservice. And this disservice will not be short-lived. The reverberations of the 2018 election will be felt far into the future. If we don’t vote, we won’t have a say in that future.
For the first time, Penn students can learn Mongolian and delve into a new culture.
Every year, students from across the United States arrive at the eight Ivy League schools peppered along the East Coast. After graduation, however, a disproportionate number of these students all head to one place: New York City.
Over the past few weeks, I have read countless headlines and declarations expressing grief and outrage at the death of Mollie Tibbets, who was studying psychology at the University of Iowa. It is understood that Cristhian Bahena Rivera followed Tibbets and killed her after she rebuffed his advances and threatened to call the police. Many accounts focused on the fact that Rivera was an undocumented immigrant, and used this tragedy as a platform for their political parade preaching the end to all undocumented residencies in the United States.
Penn is third on a list of universities that have the most billionaire alumni, according to a new ranking.
Penn and the rest of the Ivy League have been at the top of the rankings for centuries.
“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.
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