There’s no place like home. Penn basketball has been desperately searching for a victory for exactly a month now, losing five straight games on the road with only a brief return to the Palestra in mid-February.

A couple months ago, at the beginning of the season, Penn’s underclassmen bore a striking resemblance to wannabe New Yorkers.

Powered by a stifling defense and standout performances by Sydney Stipanovich and Michelle Nwokedi, Penn women’s basketball beat up Columbia on Friday in a convincing 50-36 win.

Penn basketball came out of the gates at the Palestra trying to avoid the number eight. With three games left in their season, a loss against Columbia would have been the Quakers' eighth consecutive defeat and made the Red and Blue's first ever eighth-place Ivy League finish almost inevitable. But after holding the Lions to a paltry 15 percent shooting in the first half, the Quakers held on for a 54-46 win over their Empire State rivals to snap a program record seven-game Ivy losing streak.

The Quakers won’t be sending all six to them semi-finals, but they certainly held their own against some of the East Coast’s top grapplers.

Instead of heading back home to get some much-needed rest and relaxation, DP Sports is going all in to cover the Red and Blue in the opening weekend of Spring Break.

A study conducted by three researchers at Princeton University has concluded that African Americans and Hispanics receive “boosts” equivalent to 230 and 180-point SAT increases, respectively, in college admissions.

Yik Yak, the social media app that has become very popular on college campuses, is causing some trouble for university administrators across the country.

Wilson, 30, was shot at a North Philadelphia GameStop during an attempted robbery Thursday afternoon.

Samantha Powers, earlier announced as Penn’s Commencement speaker, will also deliver the keynote address at Barnard College’s 2015 graduation.

Any student who had already declared the Cognitive Science major, however, would not be asked to switch.

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Police Zone between Feb. 21 and Feb. 26.

The Daily Pennsylvanian took part in a phone conference with two of this year’s nominees, Rae Sremmurd and 2010 Wharton graduate Hoodie Allen.

While Eco-Reps spent the month of February encouraging college house residents to reduce energy usage, consumption in fact increased for over half of the buildings during the Power Down Challenge.

Five Engineering seniors are changing the life of an 8-year-old boy while revolutionizing the field of 3-D printed prosthetics for their senior project.

Penn's partnership with PNC Bank, a longstanding concern for Penn students, should no longer raise eyebrows.

When Penn uses salt, it washes into the Schuylkill, which can contribute to toxic conditions.