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(10/15/15 4:35am)
In anticipation of next year’s presidential election, the Democratic National Convention Committee is celebrating its Philadelphia launch on Thursday. The opening of the official Philadelphia office comes just days after the first Democratic debate that occurred on Tuesday night.
(10/14/15 4:03am)
For thousands of college students, studying abroad is a highlight of their undergraduate education. Each year, Penn sends over 600 students to spend a semester or two outside the United States, according to the Penn Abroad website.
(10/12/15 3:14am)
Like many Philadelphia institutions, Penn will be filled with voting booths next month on Election Day.
(10/06/15 3:40am)
While many teens spent the summer balancing internships, classes and beach outings, one Penn student was busy questioning a foreign head of state.
(10/01/15 4:31am)
This month, as hundreds of Penn students prepared for the upcoming Oct. 3 administration of the LSAT, test prep service Blueprint advertised its LSAT study materials with the following poem:
(09/30/15 4:16am)
The recent uproar at Wesleyan University is not the first time a top-tier school has been shaken by outcry over race and political correctness — the incident echoes a controversy that struck Penn 22 years ago.
(09/22/15 6:27am)
Donald Trump may be the most famous Quaker seeking the White House, but another Penn graduate is now competing with him for the job. Two weeks after entering the presidential race, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig is the fourth political outsider in the 2016 election cycle.
(09/20/15 4:00pm)
With a real estate mogul, a software executive, a neurosurgeon and now a law professor running for president, the 2016 elections have shown that interest in politics can come in many different forms. While Penn boasts a healthy set of traditionally political student groups — like Penn Democrats, the College Republicans and various candidate support groups — students have many other opportunities to learn about civic engagement. These are some programs in the college houses that have created a unique forum for residential civic engagement.
(09/10/15 1:40am)
Penn’s take on active learning courses has had a rocky start, but calmer waters may lay ahead as Structured, Active, In-Class Learning, or SAIL, courses expand into the humanities.
(09/06/15 3:00pm)
It’s no secret that many Penn students are drawn to the city. The excitement and accessible attractions in Philadelphia are some of Penn’s strongest selling points. Like many people their age, Penn-educated millennials are becoming a highly urbanized generation, making plans conducive to an “up-and-about” city life.
(08/20/15 6:21am)
With nearly two dozen candidates vying for the country’s most powerful job title, the 2016 presidential election is setting up to be the most divisive American election in history. The Aug. 6 GOP debate and latest news of Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails only intensified the question many are asking: Who should be the next commander-in-chief?