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(03/02/20 3:50am)
Penn men’s basketball pulled off an impressive win over Brown this weekend to keep its Ivy League Tournament hopes alive. Despite all the passion and drive that the members of the team put forth every season, there will be more than just Brown’s tough perimeter defense getting in their way for the coming years.
(02/29/20 10:26pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball take on Brown on Saturday in the second game of the Ivy Weekend. After both teams lost to Yale on Friday night, the women could put themselves in dominant Ivy League Tournament position with a win, while the men must come out victorious to avoid elimination from postseason contention.
(02/28/20 11:52pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball face Yale on Friday night, with the women at home and the men in New Haven, Conn. The women will take a big step towards Ivy Madness with a win over the Bulldogs, while the men will look for another upset over the League-leading Elis.
(02/27/20 3:37am)
Complaints about imminent “midterm seasons” are a ubiquitous part of the Penn undergraduate experience. Many students dread these periods throughout the semester filled with papers, exams, and group projects, but they are standard practice at Penn.
(02/25/20 11:01pm)
Penn women's basketball is taking on No. 23 Princeton on Tuesday night in New Jersey. The Quakers are attempting to extend their seven-game winning streak and hand the Tigers just their second loss of the season.
(02/24/20 3:50am)
While Penn likes to celebrate the fact that legendary American thinker W.E.B. Du Bois was an instructor at the University, many scholars say Du Bois was treated poorly during his time at Penn.
(02/22/20 10:50pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball faces Harvard on Saturday night, with the women at home and the men playing in Cambridge, Mass. The men are searching for their second win over Harvard, while the women are looking to avenge their Jan. 31 loss to the Crimson.
(02/21/20 11:49pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball faces Dartmouth on Friday night, with the women at home and the men playing in Hanover, N.H. Both sides are looking to pick up their second win of the season over the Big Green.
(02/20/20 3:53am)
In a wave of high-profile clemency orders earlier this week, President Donald Trump pardoned ‘junk bond king’ Michael Milken, a 1979 Wharton MBA graduate.
(02/17/20 1:23am)
Students and Penn community members recently learned that the Fresh Grocer will close, prompting widespread confusion among Penn students and West Philadelphia community members.
(02/15/20 10:22pm)
Penn men's basketball dropped to 4-3 in Ivy League play on Friday night after a 75-63 home loss to Brown. The Quakers have another tough task ahead on Saturday against first-place Yale.
(02/14/20 10:25pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball take on Brown on Friday night with hopes of extending their Ivy League winning streaks.
(02/13/20 4:20am)
Earlier this week, Penn students praised the University for selecting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as the speaker for Penn’s 2020 commencement, the first Black female speaker since 1978. While this does reflect an unfortunate lack of diversity presented by Penn’s choices of commencement speakers over the last four decades, it hopefully shows Penn leaning toward a more progressive and diverse future list of commencement speakers.
(02/10/20 1:18am)
While the Palestra is one of college basketball’s most historic sites, many Penn students fail to attend basketball games.
(02/07/20 11:38pm)
Penn men's and women's basketball are gearing up for another weekend full of Ivy League basketball as the Quakers face Columbia and Cornell. The women tip off Friday night at the Palestra, while the men will play Saturday at 2 p.m. in New York City after a weather delay forced the game to be pushed back.
(02/06/20 2:01am)
Students received an email from Penn President Amy Gutmann last month, which mentioned various actions and investment decisions the University is adopting in response to climate change.
(02/03/20 1:58am)
No one can change the world alone.
(02/01/20 10:36pm)
One day after Penn men's basketball shook off Harvard in overtime while the women fell to the Crimson on the road, the Quakers will face Dartmouth.
(01/31/20 9:24pm)
Coming off a thrilling win over Big 5 rival Temple, Penn men's basketball is back in conference action to face Harvard. The Quakers are looking for their first conference win this season, but the Crimson are riding an eight-game winning streak.
(01/30/20 4:10am)
When it comes time to choose courses for the upcoming semester, Penn undergraduates have to be cognizant of their respective schools’ graduation requirements. The College of Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Nursing each have their own set of requirements for their respective student bodies. But, when students search for possible classes to fill these requirements, they are often met with limited options in terms of both the content and availability of these courses. This lack of options may drive students to choose classes they are less passionate about, even if they are interested in the general topic of the requirement.