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(04/19/25 12:57am)
Taxation without representation is tyranny: The words of James Otis echo as true today as they did in 1761 when he first uttered them in public arguments and speeches across Massachusetts. When crafting the Constitution in the 1780s, the Founders took great care in giving Congress, not the executive, total control over tax policy. By giving Congress control over tax policy, the Founders ensured that taxation would be subject to democratic accountability — a direct response to the lack of representation that had sparked unrest and revolution in the colonies. For almost 300 years, this sentiment has been embedded in the American political ethos and the democratic education embraced by institutions including Penn. However, the Trump administration is currently threatening to flip this concept entirely on its head, which would have serious repercussions for the American people.
(04/10/25 12:44am)
On a Penn women’s basketball trip to Arizona this past winter break, sophomore center Tina Njike met a childhood friend from Canada, who she used to play basketball with. When Penn played Arizona State, her friend’s family watched the game, and she met him again after five years. Together in Canada, reuniting in Arizona.
(04/07/25 9:26am)
College and Wharton first-year Ayaan Jeraj was awarded the King Charles III Coronational Medal for his volunteer and service commitments.
(03/27/25 10:00am)
If I were to ask you: What makes a Penn student a Penn student? Would you say it’s being enrolled at Penn? Is there a unifying culture or ethos for all of us? Or is it something more subjective, like what you wear, where you’re from, what clubs you’re in, or who you know?
(03/28/25 2:50am)
New research jointly conducted by Penn's School of Dental Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine has found that chewing gum has the ability to prevent contagious diseases.
(02/24/25 6:32am)
Four Penn professors have been recognized as 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.
(02/18/25 2:41pm)
Let me guess: You graduated top of your high school class, right? You were valedictorian, gave a tear-jerking commencement speech, had an SAT score above 1550, and name dropped at least one nonprofit on your Common Application?
(01/27/25 2:35am)
Elite is what the Quakers were at this past weekend’s Penn 10 Elite track meet.
(12/09/24 11:07am)
Three former athletes on the Penn women’s track and field team alleged mistreatment during their time with the program, describing instances of sexual harassment and retaliation after reporting the incidents to the team’s coaching staff.
(11/08/24 4:00am)
Despite being excluded from the United States' electoral process, several of Penn's international students voiced fears and concerns about 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump's election to a second term as president.
(11/06/24 10:54pm)
History has been made.
(10/11/24 2:06am)
Penn has changed its financial aid application for the fall 2024 admissions cycle to make the process easier for applicants.
(09/05/24 12:13am)
At this year’s World Rowing Under 23 Championships — hosted in St. Catharines, Ontario — up to 1000 rowers from around the world competed in 22 different boat classes. Among the contingent were eight Penn athletes, representing all three of Penn’s rowing programs.
(08/29/24 2:56am)
Penn Dining won two silver awards in this year’s National Association of College & University Food Services competition.
(08/15/24 12:20pm)
Penn chemist Eric Schelter was recently named as one of 11 researchers to receive the 2024 Cottrell Plus Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery (SEED) Award, a prize that comes with a cash reward of $60,000.
(08/15/24 6:25am)
Penn Masala, the internationally renowned and University’s first South Asian a cappella group, performed at the Indian Olympic House last week in Paris.
(07/30/24 4:16am)
Sports is all about peaking at the right moments. For recent Penn graduate Blake Broszus, there was no time better to hit his stride than ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
(08/04/24 7:19pm)
Many students among the over 65,000 domestic and international applicants to Penn’s Class of 2028 applied to schools both in the United States and abroad.
(07/29/24 12:03am)
On day one of the Olympics, 2016 Penn alumnus Shaul Gordon was eliminated in the Table of 32 of the men’s individual sabre event. The event is hosted in Paris’ Grand Palais, a historic and breathtaking venue.
(05/14/24 4:00am)
With graduation right around the corner, here are the best graduating women’s student-athletes in the Class of 2024 to have donned the Red and Blue.
