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(05/15/15 7:08am)
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Shock waves reverberate in Canadian alumni community after shooting in capital
(10/23/14 6:20am)
Penn alumni in Canada found themselves under lockdown in their office buildings after an armed gunman stormed Canada’s main Parliament building and National War Memorial, killing an honor guard and shutting down the nation’s capital.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Policy and Planning has a recipe for improving public schools
(09/10/14 1:35pm)
Donna Cooper may be best known on campus for calling for Penn to pay $1.8 million to the City of Philadelphia as part of a Payment in Lieu of Taxes program, but her speech Tuesday night in the Terrace Room of Claudia Cohen Hall took a different focus.
This Week in Penn History: Penn students recount watching the Soviet Union crumble
(09/08/14 1:24am)
On September 11, 1991, then-Wharton and College junior Vladimir Bernstein recounted to the Daily Pennsylvanian what it was like standing amid tanks in front of the Russian parliament protesting a coup.
Remembering Maya Angelou on Twitter
(05/29/14 3:50am)
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Undergraduate Assembly bans laptops at meetings
(04/29/14 3:06am)
In an unexpectedly controversial move yesterday, the Undergraduate Assembly banned laptops at meetings.
This week in Penn history: Work study student goes undercover for a drug bust
(04/16/14 12:42am)
In 1977, a work-study student moonlighted as an undercover cop.
Kim wins UA presidential election, Delaney disqualified
(03/31/14 5:18am)
College juniors Joyce Kim and Joshua Chilcote will be the next Undergraduate Assembly president and vice president, respectively.
NEC to deliberate UA election violations
(03/30/14 11:11pm)
After a three-hour trial, the Nominations and Elections Committee is deliberating whether Undergraduate Assembly presidential candidate Gabe Delaney and UA vice presidential candidate Julie Bittar violated election rules that could result in their disqualification.
BREAKING: Admissions numbers released
(03/26/14 4:41pm)
Penn's admit rate dropped to below ten percent for the first time in history this year.
In wake of impeachment petition, UA presidential hopefuls make preparations
(03/06/14 6:09am)
UA members may have failed to get enough signatures to impeach their president, but getting signatures to run for president seems to be a different story.
Failed impeachment casts a long shadow
(03/05/14 5:13am)
Instead of holding its originally scheduled budget amendment meeting this past Sunday, the UA met privately in a closed caucus regarding an unsuccessful petition to impeach the UA president. The meeting contributed to a postponement of the annual budget process, leaving other branches of student government without an official budget allocation until March 23.
UA postpones budget after petition to impeach president
(03/04/14 6:59am)
Each year the Undergraduate Assembly completes its budget negotiations before spring break to avoid the political infighting that can characterize election season.
Snow cancels Thursday classes
(02/13/14 1:54am)
Classes and all University operations are canceled tomorrow, according to the Division of Public Safety website.
Events canceled due to impending snowstorm
(02/12/14 11:55pm)
Due to a forecasted snowstorm, a number of events scheduled at the University for Wednesday evening and Thursday have been canceled.
Vice President Biden unveiled new Amtrak locomotive
(02/07/14 3:20am)
Vice President Joe Biden unveiled Amtrak’s new Cities Sprinter electric locomotive yesterday at 30th Street Station in what one presenter termed “the greatest gathering of train lovers and enthusiasts since Joe Biden rode Amtrak alone.”
Sorority recruitment, fall make-up finals rescheduled
(01/23/14 5:15am)
Penn is back in session today, but the effects of the two-day snowstorm that led to class cancelations on Tuesday and Wednesday will be felt throughout the week.
Panhellenic recruitment, OCR postponed again
(01/22/14 6:23pm)
The snow is continuing to delay events around campus.
Events postponed after College freshman's death
(01/18/14 7:27pm)
Two Penn events, sorority recruitment and a track and field meet, have been modified in response to the death of College freshman Madison Holleran, who died Friday night.
College freshman died Friday night
(01/18/14 8:01am)
College freshman Madison Holleran died Friday night in Center City, according to an email sent to Hill College House residents early Saturday morning. She was 19.