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(01/28/16 7:04am)
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OAX gives out first bids since move off campus
(01/21/16 7:18am)
On Monday, OAX gave bids to its first pledge class since the majority of Alpha Chi Omega moved off campus and formed the new group in April.
Penn Wellness Partners program aims to bridge the 'information gap' of mental health resources
(12/07/15 4:54am)
Next semester will mark the launch of the Penn Wellness Partners program, one of the many programs intended to promote conversation between faculty and students.
Geographic diversity at Penn leaves some regions underrepresented
(12/02/15 6:31am)
As high school graduation approached, College sophomore Shelby Barlow was one of the few students in her small Mississippi town preparing to leave the state for college.
UA discusses conversation-based RA/GA sexual assault program
(11/12/15 6:38am)
The Undergraduate Assembly has been discussing the possibility of a new discussion-focused RA/GA program in light of the troubling results of the AAU Campus Climate Survey.
UVA fraternity files $25 million lawsuit against Rolling Stone for Penn alum's article
(11/10/15 3:49am)
The University of Virginia chapter of Phi Kappa Psi filed a $25 million lawsuit on Monday against Rolling Stone magazine.
New SAC Chair shares vision, goals
(11/04/15 4:39am)
The Student Activities Council announced College junior Jeremy Cohen as its new chair on Nov. 1. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Cohen, who will lead SAC until next October, to discuss his plans for the upcoming year.
Penn unlikely to follow Cornell's new spring admissions program
(11/03/15 2:17am)
For college freshmen, the fall semester typically marks a series of welcoming activities — orientation, student trips and floor events. But at Cornell University, approximately 125 students will join the community in January 2016 through its First-Year Spring Admission program.
Students work hands on in Phila. nonprofit internships
(10/29/15 3:38am)
It only took Engineering junior Sarah Poehlmann a 15 minute bike ride every morning to see the dramatic shift from Penn’s idyllic campus to the multi-unit row houses of West Philadelphia.
Special Elections to be held for Undergraduate Assembly positions
(10/26/15 4:16am)
The beginning of the school year always signals the familiar start of election cycles. Flyers crowd freshman dorm walls and eager students file into Huntsman Hall, anxious to hear election results.
Class of 2020 early-decision hopefuls explain why they picked Penn
(10/20/15 3:30am)
For most high school seniors, the month of March marks an anxious finale to their college application process. But James Madison High School senior Katharine Filipovic hopes to fast-track the waiting game.
UA to launch website to deconstruct the Penn Face
(10/01/15 4:20am)
At Stanford, it’s called ”duck syndrome.” At Penn, students casually refer to it as the “Penn Face.” These expressions, which students use to describe when they act happy and self-assured even while sad or stressed, have become the status quo at elite universities.
Students, administrators not concerned with Penn's drop in college rankings
(09/28/15 6:00am)
Penn may have dropped another spot in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, but the Penn community tends to believe that a good college is defined by more than just a number.
More music, less carnival at Skimmerfest 2015
(09/21/15 2:00am)
On Oct. 3, Penn Park will buzz with energy as students celebrate the fourth-annual Skimmerfest. A hallmark Penn tradition featuring free food and live music, the event will feature headliner and electric music duo AlunaGeorge and opener Blind Prism, a student duo from Penn.
NEC election results: Nguyen and Brown lead Class Board 2019
(09/19/15 4:15am)
On Friday night, 76 eager students finally learned the results of the Class Board and Undergraduate Assembly elections.
Penn Students Take Unconventional Paths to Graduation
(09/14/15 3:31am)
Last May, then-College and Wharton senior Jacob Slusser officially walked down Franklin Field with the rest of his graduating class. But this fall, he is back at Penn, completing requirements to graduate at the end of this semester.
Non-voting UA members find positions still valuable
(09/10/15 4:00am)
In the fall of her freshman year, College junior Tunmise Fawole got to be a part of the Undergraduate Assembly even though she had lost the general elections. The same year, College junior Eric Tepper became a UA member even though he didn’t run for a position.
Inside PennApps: A recap of Penn's fall hackathon
(09/08/15 3:00am)
In 36 hours, Swarthmore College sophomore Rachel Diamond slept for only a total of nine hours, collected more than a dozen items of sponsor-branded free swag and witnessed the greatest supply of free bananas in her life.
Penn First builds support for first generation students
(09/02/15 3:39am)
Neither of Wharton senior Megan Humes’ parents has graduated college. Between them, they have collectively applied to only one job. But Humes was an excellent student who grew up in an idyllic middle-class neighborhood and was the first person in nine years to get into Penn from her high school. She was excited to join a community of students who shared her own academic ambitions.
Penn researcher refuses to analyze Ashley Madison data
(08/31/15 2:25am)
Many surprising statistics have come from over 30 gigabytes of private information that hackers leaked from the extramarital affair website Ashley Madison: among America’s top colleges, Cornell has the most registered emails; of the largest tech companies, IBM employees top the charts.