Penn students teach West Philadelphia children how to swim
Every Saturday morning, about 15 Penn students take an hour out of their mornings to give students from Lea Elementary School in West Philadelphia swimming lessons.
Every Saturday morning, about 15 Penn students take an hour out of their mornings to give students from Lea Elementary School in West Philadelphia swimming lessons.
A recent reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act may affect the way in which Penn is required to report details about sexual violence on campus.
Koller, one of the two co-founders of Coursera, took some time at this weekend’s inaugural Coursera Partners’ Conference to sit down and speak with The Daily Pennsylvanian.
On Friday and Saturday, Penn hosted hundreds of university professors and administrators from around the world to discuss the future of massive open online courses.
A recent reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act may affect the way in which Penn is required to report details about sexual violence on campus.
Koller, one of the two co-founders of Coursera, took some time at this weekend’s inaugural Coursera Partners’ Conference to sit down and speak with The Daily Pennsylvanian.
The Penn men’s golf team took sixth place in the Yale Spring Invitational Saturday at The Course at Yale, shooting 298-302—600 over 36 holes.
Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) announced that $960,000 in Affordable Housing Grants would be awarded to sponsors of building projects that will house veterans, homeless families and the mentally ill.
This Saturday about 25 Penn students spent two hours helping clean up a neighborhood in South Philadelphia with Ready, Willing & Able, an organization that helps previously incarcerated and homeless men re-enter the workforce.
Four Wharton students calling themselves the “Team Work” team won the 4th Annual Villanoval Real Estate Challenge, taking away a $1,000 prize.
Penn (17-13, 7-1 Ivy) swept Yale (7-21, 3-5) courtesy of back-to-back shutouts, 7-0 and 9-0, respectively. Then the Quakers swept Brown (7-16, 1-7) in two more solid performances, 7-1 and 6-4.
Cornell and Penn joined forces to take on the combined team of their British opponents, and both the men and women emerged victorious by scores of 14-5 and 15-4, respectively.
The Quakers wrapped up their Ivy road trip with a 5-2 loss at Brown, and a 7-0 loss at No. 54 Yale.
The Penn baseball team finished its cross-divisional play this weekend, splitting a pair of doubleheaders against Yale and Brown with the Lou Gehrig Division race still wide open.
Officially formed this year by College senior Jake Cohen, the five-man Penn Pipes bagpipe band consists of a handful of Penn graduate and undergraduate students united by the unique sound of their instruments.
The Quakers (9-5, 1-2 Ivy), were able to slip by Brown (6-9, 0-2) on Friday, 4-3, but fell to No. 41 Yale (13-2, 2-0), 5-2, to close out their weekend homestand.
The Quakers knocked off Columbia in New York, 13-8, the 17th Penn victory in 17 meetings between the schools.
The Quakers (6-3, 2-2 Ivy) rode a 5-0 run to close the first half on their way to a bruising 10-3 victory behind a hattrick by sophomore attack Isaac Bock — Penn’s first victory over Brown in four years.
Today’s match against the Bears was the first of a home doubleheader for Quakers, and a victory helps set the tone for tomorrow’s duel against Yale at the Hamlin Tennis Center.
The free event will offer students an opportunity to celebrate the coming of spring and splatter colorful powder on each other.