The Polybian Society is a non-partisan political discussion group on campus that is a branch of Penn's Government and Politics Association.
Penn Dems spars with conservatives online over statement on Pittsburgh shooting
Penn's College Republicans left a comment on the Penn Dems post but has since deleted it. The group's interim president Richard Murphy declined to provide further comment on the issue.
On Nov. 6, Pa. will debut its new congressional map. Here's how it affects Penn voters.
The Supreme Court ruled Pennsylvania's congressional map unconstitutional last January, and the new state map will make its debut in next week's midterm election.
Donald Trump is calling up Steve Wynn to talk — and is being spied on in the process
According to a report from The New York Times, the 1968 Wharton graduate frequently confides in his close friends in phone calls made using an iPhone that is not secure.
Penn Dems spars with conservatives online over statement on Pittsburgh shooting
Penn's College Republicans left a comment on the Penn Dems post but has since deleted it. The group's interim president Richard Murphy declined to provide further comment on the issue.
On Nov. 6, Pa. will debut its new congressional map. Here's how it affects Penn voters.
The Supreme Court ruled Pennsylvania's congressional map unconstitutional last January, and the new state map will make its debut in next week's midterm election.
The suspect in the shooting, Robert Bowers, 46, opened fire at the Tree of Life Congregation in eastern Pittsburgh and attacked during a service.
Suspicious object reported at 33rd and Chestnut streets, near New College House
A UPenn Alert was sent at 3:30 p.m., indicating that the object was cleared and is no longer a danger to the community.
Kavanuagh is Yale Law's ninth grad. on SCOTUS. Why has Penn Law only had one?
All the current SCOTUS justices hold law degrees from either Harvard or Yale, except Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She holds a degree from Columbia Law, but before transferring she attended Harvard Law.
At Penn Biden Center, students discuss whether democracy will survive today's political climate
Penn's student focus group explored levels of frustration with racism and discrimination, the role of democracy and human rights in U.S. foreign policy, and the depolarization of political parties.
PennDesign graduate students visit Puerto Rico after devastating hurricanes
PennDesign studios have recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico as part of their disaster relief research and infrastructural improvement design efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
GOP candidate Pearl Kim tells Penn students she wants to 'change the narrative' of politics
Kim was motivated to become a special victims prosecutor after she was sexually assaulted in college. Sexual assault prevention is now the top issue she campaigns on.
Analysis | The wave of female candidates across the country has energized women voters at Penn
The way women decide to vote will be a strong indication of the way demographics have shifted in the past two years, said professor Dawn Teele, recipient of Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research of Women in Politics.
What's at stake for the country — and Penn — on Nov. 6
"In every election I've ever covered going back almost 30 years, politicians have always said this is the most important election of our lifetime," Dick Polman, WHYY political columnist and Penn writer-in-residence, said. "It's kind of become a cliche— but this one really is."
Trump won Pa. in 2016. So why is Bob Casey cruising to re-election?
Democrat Bob Casey is running for his third term in Congress as Pennsylvania Senator and current polling gives him a 16-point lead.
Penn Debate Society joins forces with The Economist to discuss rights of businesses to refuse service
At the end of the debate, all students in attendance had been convinced by side government that businesses should be free to refuse to disseminate ideas with which they disagree.
New Penn prof Jeb Bush discusses 'tribal tendencies' of partisan politics at College Hall
The Former Governor of Florida recently joined former Vice President Joe Biden as Penn's second Presidential Practice Professor.
Phila. DA Larry Krasner discusses 'Spiritual activism in the age of Trump' at Penn Dems event
The conversation turned to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, with Krasner criticizing both Democratic and Republican senators for their questions during the Kavanaugh Judiciary Committee hearing.
Former Penn prof. Elizabeth Warren prompts new controversies with release of DNA results
Penn Law professor Stephen Burbank appeared in a video posted by Warren this week asserting that she has had at least one Native American ancestor from six to ten generations ago.
H.R. McMaster talks working for Trump on season 2 launch of Perry World House's podcast
H.R. McMaster discusses his experience in Trump's White House, the civilian-military divide, and why he returned to academia in the second season premiere of Perry World House's podcast.



















