38Th And Spruce Street Intersection
In light of recent accidents at the intersection at 38th and Spruce streets, the Daily Pennsylvanian has begun reporting on why the intersection is dangerous, and what experts feel can improve the intersection's safety.
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Black staff matter
James Baldwin once said, “The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” From the second I started my education here I’ve constantly seen and interacted with black staff working as servers, security guards, janitors and the like.
Editorial | Penn Medicine's choice of 'ambassador' shows a lapse in judgment
Next Tuesday, Irvine Auditorium will host a panel forum entitled “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century” as part of its David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series. While the forum will notably feature Penn President Amy Gutmann and former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the other panelists has stolen some of the spotlight by virtue of being embroiled in a lawsuit over discrimination against an Iraqi family.
Penn Book Center says it will no longer sell course books
The email, which carried a subject line “Textbook Change,” said the decision was made because the store has “seen a steady decline in ... coursebook sales and profitability over the past several years.”
Turn off your lights — the energy you save will fund environmental research
Penn’s campus-wide Energy Reduction Challenge started Wednesday morning at 12 a.m. and will end 24 hours later at 11:59 p.m.
'Don’t be afraid of activism,' legal advocates say at Know Your Rights training
The overarching message of the presentation was that silence is the best course of action. The presentation included step-by-step instructions for police interaction.
Harvest is still undergoing repairs from a fire in January
Although minor issues to the electrical, plumbing, and computer systems have been fixed, repairs to the exhaust system and parts of the roof are still underway.
Penn administrator, Obamacare architect to join Fox News
Effective immediately, Emanuel will begin offering healthcare and policy analysis for Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
Reagan transportation secretary is excited about drones and self-driving cars
“When we try to inhibit the progress of technology to save a few jobs, we don’t come out ahead as a society,” former Secretary of Transportation James Burnley said.
Thousands of Harvard emails were public until recently, exposing student grades and financial information
Thousands of Harvard University student and faculty email messages were accessible to the public for years, compromising student grades and financial data, the Harvard Crimson reported yesterday. Both students and administrators have used email lists hosted by the Harvard Computer Society to create email lists that are available to the public unless explicitly made private.
HamCo may be the new place to get bubble tea or a cheesesteak this summer
University City District communications director and 2006 College graduate Alissa Weiss said the new restaurants show how new dining options complement University City’s overall development.
Penn and Columbia men's basketball are tied for fourth in the Ivy League — but who makes the tournament?
First would be head-to-head. Penn won the first meeting between the two teams as it kickstarted its comeback in the league from rock bottom to fourth just two weekends later — but the two teams meet again this Saturday in a high-stakes clash at Columbia. If the Lions were to win, but still end the season on the same record as the Quakers, the scenario would have to go to the next tiebreaker.
Roundtable | What's going to happen during a crazy championship weekend?
This weekend, a number of winter sports teams wrap up their seasons with Ivy League championships. While women's swimming and men's squash finished up last week, their opposite-gender counterparts along with gymnastics and indoor track and field all compete this weekend for postseason glory.
Salah and Sobhy: two longtime friends form collegiate squash's greatest rivalry
“First time I played her was when we were both nine years old,” Reeham Salah recalled. “We both just started getting into squash, so I won that match in three games, but it was tight from the beginning.” That’s a pretty good way of describing the rivalry between Penn’s Salah and Harvard’s Sabrina Sobhy.
Fleischer | Five reasons why you shouldn't underestimate Penn men's lacrosse
Don’t sleep on Penn men’s lacrosse. That’s not just a message to the students here at Penn or even to the team’s rivals in the Ivy League. That’s a message to all of college lacrosse.
Penn track and field rewrites record books in fantastic indoor season
Over the past month, the Quakers have been tearing up the indoor circuit in the six meets they have competed in since winter break. Only half of those competitions had team scoring, but a quick look at the individual results shows a Red and Blue side that has been dominant in multiple areas.
Applying to college? There's an online class for that
Furda touted the course recently as a way Penn is attempting to play a larger role in students' lives before they get to college.
Former cardiologist and 1983 College graduate joins Penn Center for Innovation
The Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) recently named Mark Turco as the inaugural Chief Innovation and Corporate Outreach Officer.
Columbia University mistakenly sends acceptance letters to 277 applicants
Explanations for the mistakes can be ambiguous. According to Time, the universities cite reasons such as “technological glitch” in their “automated mail-merge process,” “human error” and “clerical error.”
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Protecting the press from tyranny
The state of the press is alarming. And many of the critiques of the media, echoing endlessly in the ears of the American people, are legitimate and necessary.