Though lifting weights is physically taxing, it is also mentally strenuous — especially when lifters attempt to push themselves to the limits of their capabilities.

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Despite pushback from the administration, students are moving forward with a campaign to get the University to divest its financial holdings in fossil fuel companies.

In the halls of University City High School almost every staff or student greets the Glen Casey by name as he walks after school.

In response to collegiate stress levels, one school — Wake Forest University — recently implemented subtle innovations to their campus to enable students to improve their well-being. Director of Counseling and Psychological Services William Alexander said that Penn is working to implement a similar concept in addition to existing programs.

Penn has closed registration for Friday’s “Time to Shine” Making History campaign celebration, the Office of Development and Alumni Relations confirmed Thursday evening.

When discussing her recent work on how ethical compromises affect women’s decisions to pursue business, Kennedy, a post-doctoral fellow at Wharton, hesitated to stray from the facts — only saying what is concrete and scientifically proven.

The blog, Twit Crit, officially launched last week, and is meant to provide a space to discuss and critically analyze Twitter.

Don Ly, a campus food truck operator, was stabbed and killed while on his way to work this morning. A letter from his son: My father, Don Ly

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While the debate on gun control has reached a stalemate on Capitol Hill, the discussion continues strongly here on campus.

The annual publication, Symbiosis, began last fall as just an idea, but with support of the Kelly Writers House, the idea became a reality.

The fair, held Wednesday night, was the final stage of PennVention, a student-run program that provides students with “access to business and technical mentoring, and specialized workshops.”

As the Senate voted against a measure to expand background checks — a policy supported by a vast majority of Americans — Mark Kelly addressed a crowd in Irvine Auditorium.

Lizzy Britton, the newly elected chair of Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women, sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss her experience and goals for PCUW.

While the highlight of the night will be appearances by Legend and Train, the event — called “Time to Shine” — will also feature several hours of student performances.

The landscape of online learning is changing fast, and its latest innovation might be both its most promising and riskiest yet.