Senior Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka argues that at Penn, social savvy and networking has become the new merit.

The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board emphasizes the importance of this newspaper’s opinion to our community.

Also, Penn's Board of Trustees discussed political challenges and approved tuition increases at last week's annual winter meeting.

Three studies led by faculty of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine were selected for the Clinical Research Forum’s “Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards” this year. 

The City of Philadelphia will honor Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander — the first Black woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in economics and the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School — with a statue at Thomas Paine Plaza outside the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building.

The Anti-Defamation League rated Penn “above expectations” in publicly disclosing administrative actions and “excellent” in Jewish life on campus.

The Board of Trustees met over the course of two days on Feb. 27 and 28 at the Inn at Penn for one of three annual stated meetings.

Multiple faculty members told The Daily Pennsylvanian that AI has forced them to change how they grade and teach their courses. 

The Tennessee native is looking for an Ivy League tournament win for his last roundup on the mound. 

Their 2024 NCAA bids marked Penn as the only Ivy to send tennis athletes to NCAAs for both past two years.

Also, Penn senior Matt Fallon secured the NCAA's fastest time in the 200-yard breaststroke at Ivy League Championships.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several Penn students and faculty members about the future of higher education following cuts to graduate admissions rates.

At the event, which took place at Eisenlohr Hall, a framed portrait of Abele was unveiled on the first floor along with a series of his watercolor and pastel paintings.

The report was released on Feb. 18 and published in the Almanac.

The book talk started out with a lecture from Nesbit before opening up to a roundtable discussion.

Browne read excerpts from his book and detailed sources of inspiration for the story in a discussion moderated by Anthony DeCurtis, a distinguished lecturer in the creative writing program.

Fallon now holds the title of fastest 200 breaststroker in the NCAA this season.