After a nine month layoff and rejuvenated following a surprising 2012-13 campaign, the Penn men’s lacrosse team begins its season against defending the national champions, No. 1 Duke.

The lack of student representation on the newly created mental health task force drew sharp reactions from faculty and students alike after its announcement Wednesday afternoon.

Last night, education specialists and human rights activists shared their ideas and experiences working to promote equal education among all at a panel discussion held by Amnesty International at Penn and Penn Education Society.

Last night, Penn Law hosted a panel where experts discussed the problems behind the Syrian refugee crisis and interventions necessary for fixing it. 

The Office of the Chaplaincy and the Religious Activities Commons will be moving to 240 Houston Hall this summer, taking over the space of the Cultural Center, which has moved to the ARCH.

Penn basketball already has four commitments in the class of 2018, but coach Jerome Allen in his staff are also working on the class of 2019, offering guard Isaiah Still of Union Catholic (N.J.).

It’s not just the organizers [of PennApps] who make the event the success that it is, but also the students who set aside their entire weekend to participate in the event.

A petition asking for an investigation garnered nearly 100 signatures

The Child Well-Being and Welfare specialization at SP2, which will enroll its first class this fall, will train students in a yearlong program to work with children in foster care.

Penn Med is sponsoring a competition where photographers can send in images of Philadelphia for the chance to be displayed in the new Pavilion for Advanced Care at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. 

It’s not often that high school teammates compete for the same team in college. But Wendy Zhao and Luona Wang, two members of the Penn women’s fencing team, are doing just that.

It has been a season filled with adjustments, surprises and obstacles for Penn. With everything that has been thrown at them these past three months, the Quakers could have easily fallen apart. But they have repeatedly refused to let their circumstances get the best of them.

The Board of Trustees will deliberate on how to proceed.

Earlier this month, a congressman identified over 100 colleges in the nation, Penn included, whose financial may have been violating a federal law This act would be in violation of the Higher Education Act that Congress passed in 1992.

Swimming meets are known for being close affairs. Individual events are often contested by tenths of a second, and even the meets themselves often come down to just a few points. However, on a team that is over thirty members strong, only two Quakers have been getting a crack at the 38 points that are available in the meets’ two diving events.

My identity as a person of color - and my experiences as a former member of a low-income neighborhood - is not something that can be easily taken off like a baseball cap and sweatpants and tacky chains worn at a frat party.

In reflection, even seemingly inconsequential and superficial differences, such as the fact that the word “football” is somewhat of a misnomer in the United States (it should really be called something along the lines of “hand-egg”), that Americans don’t study “maths” (a red squiggly line just appeared under the word as I write)  or that the only affordable and edible Chinese food on campus  comes from food trucks (try Yue Kee), have a much greater psychological impact.