An historic black organization makes its debut at Penn
W. E. B. Du Bois, a co-founder of the NAACP, once taught classes at Penn. But until now, the University never had a chapter of its own.
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W. E. B. Du Bois, a co-founder of the NAACP, once taught classes at Penn. But until now, the University never had a chapter of its own.
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It's Wednesday night, and as usual, Mathilde Poussin has a long subway ride ahead of her, all the way from Penn's campus to the last stop on the Market-Frankford line.
Forget standardized test scores and alumni giving rates: In a recent survey by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the only number that mattered to Penn's ranking was 8.8.
A slice of the Ivy League's Latino community came together in Houston Hall over the weekend.
The new College of Arts and Sciences curriculum just premiered a few months ago, but some students are pushing for more changes.
What's bad publicity for Penn could turn out to be blogger Winfield Myers' big break.
Brown University's revelation that the school was once tied to slavery has roiled the university community, but Penn history buffs say the University has no such skeletons in its closet.
For those looking to celebrate diversity or champion a cause, Penn's calendar offers no shortage of opportunities: This week is Asian Pacific American Heritage Week, two weeks ago was Breast Cancer Awareness Week and next week marks both Unity Week and Muslim Awareness Week - and many more are coming.
In the advanced calculus that is the elite college admissions process, students already weigh variables like race, home state and legacy status when trying to determine their chances at getting into their dream schools.
It's no secret that Penn boasts a thriving community of Jewish undergraduates. But more and more, the University is becoming a hub for a different group of Jewish students - senior citizens.
Dawn came at 7:12 this morning, and the sun will shine for a little over 11 hours until dusk arrives at 6:20 this evening.
Yesterday's National Coming Out Day march down Locust Walk gave students a chance to wear their pride on their sleeves - literally.
The number of black students on Penn's campus would significantly decline if the University were to end affirmative action in the next 25 years, a new study predicts.
Some are graduate students. Some are middle-aged and balding, their college days long behind them. Others are running for political office, but their T-shirts and moptop hair appear more fit for a Grateful Dead concert than the campaign trail.
What could be worse than midterms?
Ever wonder why most of your professors in science and engineering are men?
The University has increased the clinical staff of Counseling and Psychological Services by almost 25 percent, affirming what administrators are calling a strong commitment to mental health.
At $43,360, the cost of one year at Amherst College is nearly five times Yasmin Navarro's family's annual income of $9,000.
A suspicious package outside the Quadrangle prompted police to evacuate the Upper Quad and Stouffer College House last night.