Malcom Gladwell questions Penn's legitimacy
The noted journalist and author, once again returned to campus on Wednesday to discuss the legitimacy theory and how it relates to Penn.
The noted journalist and author, once again returned to campus on Wednesday to discuss the legitimacy theory and how it relates to Penn.
According to the most recent data available, which is from 2001, GPA varies slightly by school.
In the wake of AXO's vote to revoke its charter, the Daily Pennsylvanian takes a look at other recent off-campus moves.
Hip-hop singer Casey Bridgeford was living off of food stamps in Indianapolis, working at a community center by day and performing by night when he decided to go back to school 12 years ago.
According to the most recent data available, which is from 2001, GPA varies slightly by school.
In the wake of AXO's vote to revoke its charter, the Daily Pennsylvanian takes a look at other recent off-campus moves.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
I’m the first to prattle about my love for Penn, but there’s a glorification of wealth that permeates this campus.
3,100 students were accepted to the University of Florida on the condition that their first year is spent taking online classes, a catch not made known to them at the time they were applying. The online class requirement is part of a new program called Pathway to Campus Enrollment-also knows as PaCE- which he says allows the school "to offer admission to additional qualified applicants with academic potential and demonstrated success." As part of the program, students may move to on-campus courses after completing two semesters of classes online. UF expects less than 10 percent of students to accept the offer and an even smaller amount to go on to become on-campus students. Read more at the Washington Post.
Drexel law professor Lisa McElroy is being investigated after sending her students a link that directed students to a pornographic video, Philly.com reports. The email, sent on March 31, had the subject "great article on writing briefs" and included a link that led to a clip of "a woman engaging in a sexuality explicit act." Drexel released a statement in which it explained it was required to investigate reports of any behavior of sexual nature that could impacts members of its community.
I have lived most of my life feeling a constant dissonance between myself and my peers and within myself. That dissonance is home to me. It’s where I find growth, challenge, kindred spirits grappling with their own identity crises. When I reflect back on my time at Penn, I am deeply grateful for that dissonance.
Six accidents have occurred on the busy intersection of 38th and Spruce Streets since the beginning of 2015.
Penn’s history major was ranked eighth-best in the country by College Factual in 2013, but some within the department are not so satisfied.
Although a string of Greek life scandals have proliferated in the national media, Penn continues to give fraternities and sororities a positive spin to prospective students.
On Monday, Rolling Stone Magazine published an official retraction of their viral story “A Rape on Campus” along with a rigorous external review of the story by the Columbia School of Journalism.
The incoming class will be expected to complete four online pre-orientation programs as part of a new project called Thrive at Penn, or TAP.
According to data from Career Services last year, 69.1% of international graduates who responded to career surveys reported that they were employed full-time.
The Campaign is a Penn initiative that aims to create conversation and dialogue between different groups on campus, and to foster a more closely knit community at Penn. It is an attempt to “to provide a forum for constructive conversations about the most difficult issues facing our students, campus community and larger society,” according to Provost Vincent Price.
Abraham recovered but could not finish the debate.
The only Republican candidate running for mayor wants Philadelphians to have alternatives.