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(01/30/20 2:58am)
The coronavirus. We’ve all heard about it. The latest strain that was first detected in Wuhan, China on Dec. 12 has spread far and fast. But spreading even faster than the coronavirus is widespread misinformation about the disease. Small facts are sensationalized into eye-catching stories and uncertain details into unquestionable facts, adding to the growing wall of fear. It’s this uninformed panic that encourages baseless anti-Chinese sentiment and discrimination. The coronavirus is a serious health crisis, but we can’t use it to drive us towards hatred and fear. We need to remain well-informed throughout the situation and recognize how to separate a health epidemic from the country and culture where it originated.
(01/16/20 6:22am)
Nearly one hundred mourners gathered in front of Penn’s LOVE statue Wednesday night to honor passengers who perished in a flight shot down by Iranian missiles last week.
(12/11/19 12:32am)
International undergraduate applicants and applicants to the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at Penn face a major disadvantage. Unlike other undergraduate applicants, their financial need affects their chances of admission to the University. Penn touts its "need-blind" application process, which means that degree of financial need does not affect admissions decisions. But this policy only extends to undergraduate applicants from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. All other international students “must apply for aid when they apply for admission," according to the Penn Admissions website.
(11/13/19 5:22am)
Penn Presidential Professor of Practice Jeb Bush argued the benefits of a merit-based immigration system against three students at a Penn Political Union debate Tuesday evening — and won.
(11/12/19 1:04am)
As of fall 2018, international students made up about 21% of the student body at Penn. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that they are also distributed among sports teams for the Quakers.
(11/04/19 1:25am)
Penn and Princeton are widely expected to top the Ancient Eight this season, but the final two spots in the Ivy League Tournament are very much up for grabs. Before Ivy League play is due to begin in two months, here is a preview of all the familiar foes that Penn women's basketball will face, in the order of how they were ranked in the Ivy preseason poll.
(10/02/19 2:02am)
College and Wharton junior Brandon Nguyen recently represented his home country of Canada at the United Nations Youth Climate Summit.
(09/09/19 3:15am)
As students, it’s imperative that we educate ourselves on the ails of the American health care system. Otherwise, we may be shocked at what appears on our next medical bill.
(09/04/19 3:09am)
With eight freshmen added to its lineup this semester, Penn men’s soccer may have a path to redemption after a weak offensive showing last season.
(08/26/19 6:27pm)
Sophomore attacker Michaela McMahon starred for Team USA at the Women's U19 World Championships this summer in Canada.
(08/26/19 8:48pm)
As classes start, many Penn students will begin sharing summer break stories about their internship or family vacation. But not many can say that they won a gold medal over their summer break.
(05/11/19 3:41pm)
People worry about closing the Pennsylvania Book Center, a shop on the corner of 34th and Sansom. But what difference can the presence of a small “independent” bookstore possibly make to a university community with its very own Barnes & Noble?
(05/11/19 4:04pm)
When the spire of Notre-Dame Cathedral caught fire last month, Le Monde and other news outlets were quick to quote a passage from Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (known to Disney fans as The Hunchback of Notre Dame). The French novelist’s lines seemed prescient, even prophetic: “All eyes were raised to the top of the tower. What they saw was extraordinary. On the top of the highest gallery, higher than the central rose-window, rose a great flame between the two bell towers with swirls of sparks, a great, ragged, furious flame, from which at times the wind would snatch a strip into the smoke.”
(05/10/19 10:16pm)
I can’t remember the exact moment I realized I didn’t belong at Penn.
(04/29/19 3:19am)
The 125th edition of Penn Relays was yet another historic layer in the rich tapestry of the oldest and largest track competition in the United States.
(04/28/19 4:47am)
Despite the windy conditions on Saturday, Franklin Field was packed with spectators and athletes from all over the world, eager to see the 125th Penn Relays play out.
(04/24/19 2:41am)
With one player each from Canada, Croatia, Poland, and Russia, the 2019 Penn women’s tennis roster features 10 student-athletes who represent a greater number of countries than they do states. Ever since coach Sanela Kunovac took the reigns of the program, however, that kind of roster composition has been anything but abnormal.
(04/24/19 1:48am)
After a long-awaited return, it’s that time of year again.
(04/17/19 11:02pm)
Penn Medicine researchers have used the gene-editing technology CRISPR to treat two cancer patients in the first ever human trial with CRISPR in the United States, a University spokesperson confirmed to NPR on April 15.
(04/17/19 1:13am)
Rowing for your national team signifies the highest level of competition and is the ultimate honor for many athletes. However, for Penn rowing, competing on a national team is not only a badge of honor, but also what influences the next chapter of the program’s history.
