Midway through the winter sports season, Director of Penn Athletics Steve Bilsky sat down with the Sports Editors of The Daily Pennsylvanian to talk about a successful fall for the Quakers and what’s on tap for 2011.
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Supporters rally against deportation
Members of the Penn and Philadelphia communities participated in a rally Monday afternoon to stand up for individuals facing deportation from the United States.
New Wharton initiative to focus on consumer analytics
The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative — launched as an expansion of the Wharton Interactive Media Initiative — will also be integrated into the undergraduate Wharton curriculum.
Groups honor King's legacy
The event — which was divided into multiple moderated discussion groups — grew out of a partnership between the Penn Project for Civic Engagement and NewCORE, or New Conversation on Race and Ethnicity, an organization committed to furthering the cause of racial dialogue and cooperation.
Supporters rally against deportation
Members of the Penn and Philadelphia communities participated in a rally Monday afternoon to stand up for individuals facing deportation from the United States.
New Wharton initiative to focus on consumer analytics
The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative — launched as an expansion of the Wharton Interactive Media Initiative — will also be integrated into the undergraduate Wharton curriculum.
Former Sen. Arlen Specter to teach at Penn Law
The five-term senator will teach a course next fall on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court, with a focus on separation of powers and the confirmation process.
Penn celebrates MLK through events, vigil
Though students and faculty had the day off Monday, around 500 community members participated in service events as part of a larger symposium on social change.
Philo discusses Arizona shooting
Roughly 50 students attended the presentation, which examined the media's labeling of so-called "criminal madmen" in the wake of the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman.
Advanced Placement exams to be revamped
Next month, the College Board will announce details of an extensive remodeling of its Advanced Placement program to emphasize depth — instead of breadth — of coverage.
Squash squeezes past Williams with 5-4 win
Not even injury could slow down the No. 10 men’s squash team on Saturday when they took on No. 11 Williams at Ringe Courts.
Penn pushes the pace
Despite a 41-day layoff since their last match, the Red and Blue (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) showed few ill effects against Williams (6-6), ultimately winning 8-1.
Freshman Cowan headlines Penn's sweep of UVA, VMI
The Quakers (5-3) traveled to Charlottesville, Va. for a dual meet and left with a 18-15 win over Virginia and a dominating 33-6 victory over VMI.
Freshmen fuel track to success
The women were triumphant at the Navy Invitational, and two hundred miles up the coast, the men’s team finished third at the Saturday Night at the Armory Invitational in New York, N.Y.
Quakers' rally falls short against ACC's Virginia
The Penn women’s basketball team rallied, but suffered its third straight loss Sunday, falling 54-45 to ACC powerhouse Virginia.
Road split for W. Swimming
The Quakers’ women’s swim team traveled to New Haven, Conn. this weekend, defeating Dartmouth, 164-136, but falling to Yale, 179-121.
M. Swimming doubles its pleasure
The Penn men’s swimming team defeated both Yale and Dartmouth on Saturday in a tri-meet held in New Haven, Conn.
Seven wounded in high school knife fight
Friday morning, seven high school students were hospitalized after a brawl between students from Boys Latin Charter and West Catholic High School in West Philadelphia.
Penn Cheer flies into Florida
Tomorrow afternoon, Penn Cheerleading will make its way to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the Universal Cheerleaders Association College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.
Ex-hoops soph aims to join football team
Tommy Eggleston, brother of senior forward Jack, has begun the process of walking onto the football team.








