Following last weekend’s narrow victory over Yale in New Haven, Penn gymnastics returns to the Palestra to host Southeast Missouri State in the team's home opener on Friday night. The Quakers started off the season with some struggles at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational, and are looking to find their stride going into February and the all-important Ivy Classic.
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Finally back from injury, Penn squash star Melissa Alves ready to make up for lost time
As Penn women’s squash (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) enters its main extended stretch of conference play this season of the season against Princeton (9-0, 2-0), the Red and Blue’s lineup will be bolstered by the recent return of senior No. 2 Melissa Alves, who went undefeated last season and is back for more.
Walk-on Julia Buchholz brings fresh enthusiasm to Penn women's squash
Since joining the team as a walk-on, the freshman has accumulated a seven-game winning streak. She has now risen all the way up to No. 6 on the squash ladder.
Penn Provost Pritchett was appointed to the panel to help form Phila.'s new school board
This panel of city officials is tasked with nominating 27 candidates to serve in nine positions on the new board, which ultimately will influence the education of around 200,000 students.
Finally back from injury, Penn squash star Melissa Alves ready to make up for lost time
As Penn women’s squash (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) enters its main extended stretch of conference play this season of the season against Princeton (9-0, 2-0), the Red and Blue’s lineup will be bolstered by the recent return of senior No. 2 Melissa Alves, who went undefeated last season and is back for more.
Walk-on Julia Buchholz brings fresh enthusiasm to Penn women's squash
Since joining the team as a walk-on, the freshman has accumulated a seven-game winning streak. She has now risen all the way up to No. 6 on the squash ladder.
Penn students say ‘inconsistent’ financial aid policies leave them unsure about tuition costs
Two months ago, an outside consultant hired by SRFS completed an “extensive documentation” of its financial aid policies and practices to examine their consistency.
Penn men's basketball looks to break out of Big 5 funk against Saint Joseph's
The Quakers (12-6, 0-3 Big 5) have gone winless in the famed Philadelphia circuit, dropping their first three contests to Villanova, La Salle, and Temple. On Saturday, the Red and Blue will get one final chance to avoid a Big 5 shutout when they host crosstown rival St. Joseph’s (9-9, 0-2).
Grad students petitioning for better sexual harassment policies see unionization as solution
A petition was circulated in September about Penn's practices regarding victims of sexual harassment in Penn's graduate schools. Student leaders claim that unionization will help address these issues.
Penn women's basketball topples Temple, wins share of Big 5 title
In the final Big 5 matchup of the season, Penn women's basketball took down Temple, 74-59, to earn a share of the Big 5 title for the first time since 2014-2015.
In the City of Brotherly Love, one brotherhood stands out
A major part of the Big 5's special nature is the unparalleled relationships that the different coaches in the conference have with one another. These relationships, based on mutual respect, competitiveness, and shared experiences, create one of the most remarkable coaching fellowships in the country.
Penn forms group to address new research tying its founding trustees to the slave trade
Students found that of the 28 founding University trustees they investigated (there were 126 in total), 20 held slaves between 1769 and 1800 and had financial ties to the slave trade.
Penn med prof. argues Trump’s cardiac health is worse than the White House is letting on
After Trump's annual physical last week, the White House physician, Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, said Trump was in "excellent health."
Rebecca Alifimoff | How Aziz Ansari made me rethink rape culture at Penn
Throughout my high school and college years, I’ve listened helplessly as friends and acquaintances have described encounters with their own Azizs, and I’ve cried to them when I had my own.
Sarah Khan | 'Tis The Cookie Season
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Claudia Li | Slide-ing right into your DMs
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
It's been 33 years since Penn men's squash has had a start this good
That team in the mid-80s got its season off to a prolific 10-0 start, and eventually finished the season with a 10-2 record. The men of 2018 currently stand at an 8-2 record, are ranked No. 5 in the nation, and are showing plenty of signs that their season can eclipse that of the 1985 team.
Penn women's squash superstar Reeham Sedky takes "playing like a girl" to new level
As the classic song goes, “anything you can do I can do better.” For Penn women's squash’s Reeham Sedky, this very well could be the case. The two-time defending CSA finalist has taken her game up yet another level, now training with Penn's men’s team.
After leading Penn to an upset over Villanova, Parker earns trio of weekly awards
Alongside her second straight co-Ivy League Player of the Week, Parker also won her fifth Ivy League Rookie of the Week and became just the second player ever to win more than one National Freshman of the Week awards.
He's only a freshman, but Penn men's squash's Andrew Douglas is already dominant
In large part due to freshman phenom Andrew Douglas, Penn men's squash is off to its best start since 1985. Douglas, who has played at the No. 1 spot all season, has come in and made an instant impact. In fact, the Quakers (8-2, 2-0 Ivy) are currently ranked No. 5 in the nation.



















