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(01/24/22 12:49am)
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already endemic housing crisis in Philadelphia, killing neighbors and destroying communities. The recent devastating fire in Fairmount took the lives of 12 people, including eight children. The 12 people were all members of a low-income, extended family squeezed into a four-bedroom apartment in a neglected building owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA). The fire is the latest evidence of a systemic assault on Black residents, of which housing inequity is just one of many forms of violence. As Penn watches its endowment grow to over $20 billion and develops real estate across the city, tens of thousands of Philadelphians are struggling to find housing, turning to friends for shelter or living on the street. Penn is not just complicit in this inequity; it is one of its foremost perpetrators.
(01/25/22 12:57am)
The University’s next president, M. Elizabeth Magill, has the resume necessary to become the next great leader of Penn. Set to assume current Penn president Amy Gutmann’s role this July, Magill will take the reins of a university that has seen a rapid expansion in endowment, groundbreaking research, an increase in socioeconomic diversity among its student body, and the construction of numerous prominent campus facilities. But Penn has also seen tensions between Greek life and students of color, recent changes in University leadership, and pushback from Philadelphia officials and community members — all while navigating a ruthless pandemic.
(01/20/22 1:46am)
West Philadelphia’s median market value has increased significantly from 2015 to 2021, making it more difficult for current residents to remain in their homes.
(01/19/22 1:35am)
On Dec. 30, Penn Athletics announced that there would be a ban on fans attending games, meets, or matches during the winter sports season until further notice.
(01/10/22 2:46am)
Penn swimming and diving hosted Yale and Dartmouth at home on Jan. 8, a month after the women’s team placed second and the men’s team first at the Zippy Invitationals in Akron, Ohio.
(01/08/22 4:17am)
If its last two games — both against conference opponents — will serve as any indication, Penn men’s basketball is a whole lot better than its record suggests.
(01/08/22 12:17am)
On Thursday, Jan. 6, both Penn Athletics and the Ivy League released separate statements at 2 p.m. in support of transgender Penn women’s swimmer Lia Thomas.
(01/04/22 3:09am)
After starting out slow in the road matchup, Penn women’s basketball (6-7, 1-0) finally found its rhythm to dominate Brown (5-8, 0-1) in a lopsided 66-37 win.
(12/31/21 4:04am)
Penn Athletics will be restricting public spectators for all athletic events beginning Dec. 31 until further notice.
(12/27/21 8:30pm)
Just a day before it was scheduled to compete against James Madison University, Penn men’s basketball’s game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within JMU.
(12/11/21 1:57am)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Even though it’s been over 20 years since they last played each other, it seemed like Penn and Stony Brook picked up right where they left off on Friday night.
(12/09/21 5:34am)
At Penn, 2022 will bring more than just the start of a new calendar year. It will mean the departure of longtime University President Amy Gutmann, who was nominated as the next United States ambassador to Germany. Gutmann's successor will have big shoes to fill. The search for her successor is already underway, with students, faculty, and trustees having various degrees of input and influence.
(12/09/21 5:54am)
As did fall sports, the winter athletics teams entered the season having not played in almost two years. Unlike this past fall season, however, it looks like a few of these teams have a shot at competing for Ivy League titles.
(12/09/21 5:57am)
With two classes of rookies, plus an additional year of graduate students returning to play, the vastly varying makeup of rosters presented unordinary opportunities for many Penn athletes — another result of the unique circumstances for sports competition in 2021.
(12/07/21 2:43am)
Yet another visiting soccer team arrived in Philadelphia to claim a conference title on their hosts’ turf and spoil their opponents’ final home match of the season.
(12/06/21 2:30am)
This past Tuesday, Penn men’s basketball alum Hassan Duncombe, who graduated in 1991, passed away at the age of 52 at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono in East Stroudsburg.
(12/03/21 1:56am)
"I just love their team. I love watching film of them. You watch certain teams preparing to play them, and you get caught up watching all the good things they do, the intelligent way they play. That's why they're always a tough matchup for us. We couldn't put them away, they hit tough shots in this place."
(12/02/21 5:36am)
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration announced an expansion in eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans age 18 and older. Penn students may soon have easy access to such vaccines; earlier this week, Penn's Chief Wellness Officer, Benoit Dubé, told The Daily Pennsylvanian that Penn plans on offering COVID-19 booster shots in the coming weeks.
(11/28/21 11:33pm)
As the fall season comes to a close — the first since 2019 — we take a look at five interesting statistics from fall sports teams that were exceptionally noteworthy.
(11/18/21 2:44am)
With Penn football struggling on the field right now, we enter into the world of hypotheticals, as we imagine a better Quaker team.
