The University of Pennsylvania football team will be welcoming 29 members of the Class of 2020 onto their team this coming fall. The new student-athletes — sixteen defensive players, 12 offensive players and one kicker — hail from 13 different states.
9/11 10th Anniversary Issue
Louis Capozzi | Another brick in the wall
There’s a wall at the center of the 2016 presidential election, but Mexico has nothing to do with it.
Class Board of 2019 survey connects students' summers
In early May, the Class Board of 2019 compiled a list of the locations where rising sophomores will spend their summers.
Rowing teams push on into the summer
Classes may have ended, but some students are facing finals of a very different variety. With the season coming to a close, Penn rowing has been competing in a host of monumentally important events, notching impressive results along the way.
Louis Capozzi | Another brick in the wall
There’s a wall at the center of the 2016 presidential election, but Mexico has nothing to do with it.
Class Board of 2019 survey connects students' summers
In early May, the Class Board of 2019 compiled a list of the locations where rising sophomores will spend their summers.
Admin's mental health pamphlet makes limited impression on undergraduates
Despite the University’s efforts to increase awareness of and access to mental health resources, some students felt that the pamphlets didn’t do enough.
Jack Hostager | A crisis we don't own
The problem with the way that we discuss mental health at Penn is that we emphasize the “at Penn” part far too much. In doing so, we have tricked ourselves into thinking that mental health is specifically a Penn problem.
Student suspended from frat after using slurs in email listserv
A fraternity listserv email thread containing racial and homophobic slurs prompted a member to leave the organization at the end of the spring semester.
Amazon@Penn opens first shipping center among Ivy League
The new shipping center, which occupies half of the ground floor of 1920s Commons, officially opened its doors to the public last Wednesday.
Penn is No. 16 in new reputation rankings
Times Higher Education has ranked Penn 16th based on a world-wide university ranking system.
Canvas transitions to new interface over the summer
According to Canvas at Penn’s blog post about the May 16th user interface update, everyone would “jump for joy over the new Canvas UI!” But to students, while a welcome change, the update was largely inconsequential.
During the three-and-a-half hour hearing in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Judge Elizabeth A. McHugh found enough evidence to continue with a criminal trial against the comedian.
Penn State eliminates No. 7 Penn women's lacrosse from NCAA Tournament
Traveling to take on Penn State, the seventh-ranked Quakers took a early lead before falling, 8-4, at the hands of the Nittany Lions in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Penn baseball's Graul wins Ivy Player of the Year, O'Neill is Rookie of the Year
On Thursday, junior catcher Tim Graul was announced as the Ivy League's Player of the Year.
Awad strides into Olympic Trials qualification
With a quarter of a second to spare, senior distance runner Thomas Awad took a colossal step towards representing the United States in the Rio Olympics this August. Last Monday at the Swarthmore Final Qualifying meet, Awad recorded a personal best in the 1,500 meter race with a historic time of 3:37.75, narrowly giving him an automatic qualification to compete in this July’s United States Olympic Trials.
Former Penn professor who killed wife denied early release
Rafael Robb, who taught economics at Penn, was denied early release on Monday for the 2006 killing of his wife.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Penn Law grads: 'Hold justice in your hand'
Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke about fighting injustice and promoting inclusivity at the Penn Law commencement ceremony on May 16.
College seniors graduate, Trump and Biden in the audience
Tiffany Trump, daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Naomi Biden, the grand-daughter of Vice President Joe Biden, were among the roughly 1,500 graduating students of the College of Arts and Sciences on May 15.
Lin-Manuel Miranda to the Class of 2016: 'Your stories are essential'
At Penn’s 260th Commencement this morning, playwright, composer and self-described “painfully aware” Lin-Manuel Miranda addressed the “dear, terrified graduates,” encouraging them to live and tell the stories of their lives.


















