Some Penn alums choose to enter the priesthood instead of pursuing more lucrative professions.
9/11 10th Anniversary Issue
Senior Design Project winners to bring portable wind energy across the globe
Four engineering seniors have worked since September to create a product they call Turbox, which can generate power in remote, off-grid locations.
Senior column by Ben Lerner | It ain't no lie
The month preceding graduation is filled with finales. But sometimes an especially climactic event, like Final Toast, feels too surreal to process, so it doesn’t even feel like an emotional milestone.
The purported goal of The Daily Pennsylvania article “Black PhDs face disparate treatment in the sciences” was to discuss disproportional funding trends facing under represented minorities in science.
Senior Design Project winners to bring portable wind energy across the globe
Four engineering seniors have worked since September to create a product they call Turbox, which can generate power in remote, off-grid locations.
Senior column by Ben Lerner | It ain't no lie
The month preceding graduation is filled with finales. But sometimes an especially climactic event, like Final Toast, feels too surreal to process, so it doesn’t even feel like an emotional milestone.
Senior column by Taylor Culliver | Stay the course
I closed the door on my Penn career sitting in Huntsman Hall watching the timer as it ticked towards blinking zeros.
Penn administrators talk graduation
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked some Penn administrators to reflect back on when they too were motivated young adults ready to conquer the world. Here is what they had to say.
Penn basketball goes beyond the box score
It’s November 23rd, 1998 and Penn basketball is up against a tough task, No. 7 Temple, a team that has had the Quakers’ number for the past 17 meetings. But that night was different.
Jerome Allen's last stand
It’s just a few minutes until tip-off as Jerome Allen strolls out of the locker room and onto the Palestra floor for Penn basketball’s penultimate game of the season.
Kasper |The people make the experiences
It’s a running joke that sports interviews are decidedly uninformative. At best, they involve a string of very sincere platitudes. At worst, they are with Jerome Allen.
Wenik | Learning to say "yes"
“No.” Penn women’s soccer coach Darren Ambrose didn’t have much to say to me when I asked him what changed in the second half of his team’s 8-0 win over NJIT, the first game I ever covered (they only scored three goals in the final 45 minutes).
Netter Center uses Alumni Weekend to engage the community
Former 1979 Final Four basketball co-captains will host one of the events.
Then and now: The news, gossip and trends back in 2011
A look at what was trending during the Class of 2015's freshman year.
Brunch spots for graduation
There’s no need to sit through the Class of 2015’s graduation on an empty stomach.
Jenny Lu | Finding comfort despite change
It took a recent walk through campus for me to realize how much things can change in just a few years’ time. At risk of sounding like an actual senior citizen — back in my day, Spruce Street across from the Quad had only one sidewalk.
Gianni Mascioli | Moments of courage
I had people that encouraged me to challenge myself and take risks every day, and that feeling was hard to find anywhere else.
Steven Jaffe | Risk taking for the risk-averse
In coming up with a concept for this column, I can easily say I rediscovered my deep admiration for the ability of every columnist I ever edited to come up with compelling topics on a regular basis.
Sarah Smith | How to count cop cars
When I was The Daily Pennsylvanian city news editor, I learned not to stop for emergency vehicles unless they gathered in what I nicknamed a “critical mass.” One cop car on the side of the road?
Will Marble | A final bye-line
I must have said it a hundred times during my three years as a reporter and editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. “This sentence has to go.

















