Lauren Sallan speaks at TED2017 - The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED

Lauren Sallan speaks at TED2017 - The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED

Furda: Too early to tell if Trump's travel ban is going to impact applications from international students

Penn administrators and alumni said it might be premature to make conclusions of the “Trump effect” on applications from international students.

Why international students at Penn have to think twice about applying for financial aid

When Engineering junior Dhruv Agarwal applied to Penn, he thought for a long time if he should apply for financial aid. Unlike students from the United States, Canada or Mexico, Agarwal, who was born and raised in India, knew that this decision would likely impact whether or not he would be admitted to Penn.

Travel ban causes visa uncertainty and research limitations for these Iranian Ph.D. students

Aylar Abdolahzadeh is looking for 200,000-year-old evidence of fire in Western Europe.

Four Penn professors among select few granted prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

After being approved by The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 173 Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded on April 6 to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists from the United States and Canada.

Are Penn's grad students underfunded? Many say yes — and the problem could be getting worse

Lise Puyo, a Penn anthropology Ph.D. student, needs $30,000 to present to the United States Embassy in three years’ time.

Lauren Rachel Zeitels, pictured here, died in a recent avalanche in Alberta, Canada | Photo from Jake M. Chanin

Months Later, Here’s How Students Are Coping With the Fire That Closed Harvest

Newsflash— Harvest experienced a fire in January, and has been closed ever since. According to the DP, the fire did "substantial damage" and the establishment is still undergoing repairs. Yeah, Harvest Seasonal Grill and Wine Bar closed because of a fire and somehow people aren't even talking about it anymore! We took to Locust walk to find out how the student body has been doing in the aftermath of the inferno.

​All Undergraduates Can Now Apply Early for the Wharton NBA Program, Thanks to a Large Donation of a Bunch of Basketballs

At a school where a Management 100 teams aren't always seen as herds of 12 guys dressed in identical suits, one man is responsible for changing Wharton's image from Wall Street to the basketball court. Thanks to Paul Baker (W '80) and his generous donation of one million basketballs, the University has been able to finalize the establishment of the Wharton School’s NBA program. This program will allow students from Wharton to apply and gain admission to his new Baker Advanced Layup Lin (B.A.L.L) program as undergraduates.

A 2006 Penn graduate, who died in recent avalanche in Canada, is remembered as compassionate and brilliant doctor

Lauren Rachel Zeitels, a 2006 College graduate who was one of the two victims of a deadly avalanche in Alberta, Canada, was remembered by friends and family as utterly brilliant. 

I Thought I'd Hit Rock Bottom, Then My Shoe Came Untied

I thought I’d hit rock bottom. Someone took my Canada Goose jacket from a frat party with my keys in the pocket. And when I posted about it on the Class of 2020 Facebook page, all of my friends made fun of me. Later, I missed Joe Biden’s talk because my computer crashed when I tried to buy tickets. Then I tripped on a loose brick on Locust trying to avoid talking to some UA candidate.

Amy Gutmann's Celery to Increase by 5 Percent in 2017

In a recent announcement, Penn's Board of Trustees revealed President Amy Gutmann's celery for 2017. The value of Gutmann's celery will be $3.5 million, a 5 percent increase from last year.

Penn Course Review Update Introduces New Metric: Classmate Quality

Last week, Penn Labs updated Penn Course Review to support a new feature, Course Cart. The feature allows you to track multiple classes at time and find the average rating of your entire courseload, so you can see if your next semester is going to be utter hell or only mostly hell. In addition, the good people at Penn Labs have developed a less well-advertised but even more important feature: a new course metric, Classmate Quality.

You Aren't Cool Now Unless Your Parents Bought Shares of Canada Goose

On Thursday, March 16th, two of Penn's most stereotypical interests came together in beautiful union. Canada Goose, the beloved-if-unethical brand of expensive cold weather apparel, had its initial public offering (IPO), creating a mixture of luxury jackets and finance that no self-respecting Penn student should ignore.

Frats to Introduce Extreme Vetting for St. Patty's Weekend

A fraternity without borders is not a fraternity.

Group Of Junior Girls Celebrate A 21st Birthday

This past Sunday night, Christina Preston (C'18) received a group text from her friends to meet at 41st and Pine at 11:30 PM. They were to celebrate Junior Katie Reilley's 21st birthday. Plans for the night included Smirnoff "Icing" Reilley at her house after taking a couple hundred photos of Reilley posing with 66 inch long gold balloons in the shape of the numbers 2 and 1. 

Amy Chan | Burning neither bridges nor money

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. — Last Thursday, a Pembroke College student burned a £20 note in front of a homeless man on Bridge Street. I’m not certain how many people in the United States, let alone Penn’s campus, heard of it, but it was a huge deal over here in Cambridge. The negative social media reaction was so overwhelming that the Pembroke Facebook page had to disable its comments for a while.

Men's Lacrosse Issue | Sophomores to lead the way for Penn

They went across the continent to win a world championship. Now, they’re tasked with something that hasn’t been done since 1988: help bring an Ivy League title back to University City.