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(01/28/16 5:06am)
Israel is often misrepresented at Penn. Whether through the placement of black flags on College Green or the construction of an “apartheid wall” in front of Van Pelt Library, Israel is depicted as an abominable tyrant, and the substantive facts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are deemed insignificant. The pro-Israel community at Penn actively chooses not to propagandize Israel, the conflict or the immensely complex situation in the Middle East. Portraying Israel’s geopolitical circumstances as simple or the conflict as one-sided is a disservice to the well-educated Penn community.
(02/07/14 2:15am)
Jerry Zhu, a sophomore at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pa., attended the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference for the first time this year. He paid approximately $500 to spend a weekend debating current events in international affairs with about 3,000 other high school students from around the world.
(12/16/13 11:27pm)
After receiving a record-breaking number of early decision applications this fall, Penn admitted 25.3 percent of the early decision applicant pool for its class of 2018, a small increase from last year’s 24.9 percent acceptance rate.
(12/05/13 10:58pm)
A call to boycott Israeli academic institutions gained traction in the American academic community this week, but Penn and the Association of American Universities continue to stand adamantly against a potential boycott.
(11/14/13 6:36pm)
The University’s 2013 early decision applications reached a new high this year with 5,133 students applying to join the Class of 2018, a 6.6 percent increase from last year.
(11/04/13 4:34am)
Though medical school applications and enrollment reached all-time highs this year across the country, the numbers have remained stable at Penn.
(10/28/13 11:43pm)
The Time to Shine tour celebrates the accomplishments of the $4.3 billion Making History fundraising campaign, which concluded in December 2012.
(10/22/13 12:16am)
An advanced degree in higher education is no longer a one-way street to professorship.
(10/20/13 10:24pm)
Since the newest version of the Common Application went live this year, technical issues have led many colleges to push their early decision and early-action deadlines back. However, Penn has decided to maintain its Nov. 1 deadline.
(10/09/13 1:59am)
On Paul Marchesano’s first day on campus in 1981, he was on College Green when he first heard the sound of the organ.
(09/19/13 1:17am)
Penn has been ranked third in a list of universities with the highest numbers of Fortune 100 CEOs among their alumni, according to the U.S. News & World Report. Harvard and Cornell universities took the first and second spots, respectively. Another ranking from the United Kingdom’s Times of Higher Education placed Penn seventh on a list that compared universities from around the world by how many top executives have graduated from their institution. The other American universities in the top 10 on that list were Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(09/16/13 8:43pm)
With an estimated 70,000 empty seats and $300 million in debt, the School District of Philadelphia voted in March to close 24 schools and lay off 3,700 employees, thereby significantly complicating the West Philadelphia Tutoring Project’s work with local schools.
(09/12/13 3:00am)
(09/11/13 2:35am)
On Monday night, U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings for 2014 with a revamped ranking methodology that put the University in seventh place.
(09/10/13 2:04am)
It’s time to start paying attention to where you leave your key and PennCard, as Residential Services has instituted a fine to those who frequently need to sign themselves in or borrow a key.
(08/28/13 3:32am)
Stats and numbers on your newest class of freshmen.
(08/28/13 1:45am)
As Apple releases its iOS 7 and Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, the Common Application is releasing its newest version: CA4.
(05/08/13 1:53am)
After almost a century of serving different purposes, the Widener Lecture Hall will finally be restored to its original function.
(04/23/13 4:22am)
Instead of the annual thrift sale of Penn students’ discarded goods at the end of the year, Philadelphia residents will now be able to buy the goods from PennMOVES all year round.
(04/17/13 2:48am)
As the largest private employer in the Philadelphia area, you might think that Penn would be hesitant to divulge how much energy they are using at any given moment, but the University makes it available for anyone to see.
