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As Jess Mertz departs from Penn, she leaves behind a legacy of fighting sexual violence

(05/02/19 12:29am)

When Jessica Mertz became the inaugural director of Penn Violence Prevention in 2014, the office had just one employee — Jessica Mertz. She has since helped the office grow to employ three full-time staff as well as half a dozen students. Mertz has occupied many different positions on campus, but she has always remained at the forefront of Penn's fight to end sexual violence. A decade after arriving at her first job on campus, Mertz will leave Penn in May to become the executive director of the Clery Center, whose mission is to create safer campuses for college students nationwide.





Throwers often go under the radar, but Rachel Lee Wilson is firmly in the spotlight

(04/25/19 3:40am)

Over the past few years, senior thrower Rachel Lee Wilson has become one of the most dominant athletes in Penn track. The numbers don’t lie: Wilson currently holds the program record in the outdoor hammer throw (63.89 meters) and the indoor weight throw (20.53m). These numbers secured her a second consecutive title in the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships earlier this season.


Photo Essay | A tour of the 20 best outdoor study spots on campus

(05/04/19 12:30am)

With finals season and warmer weather now here, The Daily Pennsylvanian has scoped out some of the best outdoor study spots on campus. Some are old favorites, others less known. Some are secluded, and some are known as "see-and-be-seen" spots. Regardless, there is a place on campus for everyone to study, eat food, or just catch up with friends.








Before he coached basketball at Penn, here's what Jerome Allen was like as a player

(04/22/19 11:56pm)

Since July 2018, when the news broke that former Penn men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen had taken bribes to recruit a student-athlete, much has been said about the scandal and how Allen should not be celebrated by Penn Athletics – with some arguing that he must be removed from the school’s Hall of Fame. Nonetheless, Allen had four stellar years as a player for the Quakers and is still considered one of the best in school history.


Guest Column by Maria Curry and Chase Serota | Maria and Chase for UA

(04/02/19 3:54pm)

Hi — we are Maria Curry and Chase Serota, and we would love to be your Undergraduate Assembly president and vice president. Throughout the last years, we have seen how not only ambition, but also determination and strategy, can lead to concrete, tangible change for the student body. As your president and vice president, we want to continue to challenge the status quo and bring student engagement with the UA to a new level. We believe experience is more than a title or the number of years in an organization, and we have proved that you can only accomplish what you have the courage to demand.