The incoming class of MBA students will likely witness 40 percent female enrollment for the third year in Wharton's history. Admissions Office initiatives geared toward prospective female students may have helped Wharton attract more female students than its peer universities.
Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections
Penn researchers teach a robot to read
Researchers in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception Laboratory worked for three months to create a software that successfully taught a robot to read.
Farmers’ market reopens with new vendors
The University Square Farmer’s Market at 36th and Walnut streets, a staple of Penn’s campus life since 2004, is up and running in time for the warmer months.
Crime Log | May 15 - May 19
The DP's roundup of crime on and around campus from May 15 to May 19.
Penn researchers teach a robot to read
Researchers in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception Laboratory worked for three months to create a software that successfully taught a robot to read.
Farmers’ market reopens with new vendors
The University Square Farmer’s Market at 36th and Walnut streets, a staple of Penn’s campus life since 2004, is up and running in time for the warmer months.
ADHD meds do not increase heart attacks in children
A Penn study has found that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications do not increase the risk of severe cardiovascular events in children. It could also have implications for adults.
Marathon Grill at 40th and Walnut closed
Marathon Grill and MarBar in University City did not renew their lease. Penn is searching for a new occupant.
Penn strengthens Korean Studies program
The University received $7.5 million for its Korean Studies program and will partner with a university in Seoul.
Few Penn students vote in Philly primaries
Penn mirrored a city-wide trend of low voter turnout in this year's municipal primary elections on May 17.
Penn grad Donald Trump will not run for President in 2012
1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump announced that he will not run in next year's presidential election.
Denzel urges Class of 2011 to 'be open to life'
At Penn's 255th Commencement, actor Denzel Washington spoke of the risks he took in his life and the failures he experienced.
Pulitzer-winning alumna returns to campus
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan and poet Sam Donsky read selections from their work Saturday.
W. Lax falls 12-9 to Duke in NCAA Tourney
The loss ends an up-and-down season for the Quakers, who were co-champions of the Ivy League but lost twice to Princeton.
At NCAAs, men's lax no match for Notre Dame
Penn men's lacrosse's season came to an end in the first round of the NCAA tournament, losing 13-6 to another former NCAA finalist, Notre Dame.
Farewell Column by Jessica Riegel | Stop chasing perfection
We’ve finally learned to manage our lives here, and we have to move on. Do I know how to manage, motivate and challenge myself in new contexts?
Farewell Column by Alec Webley | Dear Penn
We have to break up. It’s not you; it’s me — you know the drill. We both have to move on. Like any relationship, ours contained its good and its bad.
Farewell Column by Dana Vogel | My many experiences
My experience at Penn has not been typical, and nearly each semester has felt like an entire college experience in itself.
When I look back at the timid 18-year-old who showed up on campus four years ago, I realized that my time at Penn has been full of change.
Farewell Column by Thomas Jansen | Graduation: Is that a thing?
We should cherish our fleeting feelings of universal participation. The chances that we’ll have another uniting experience like Spring Fling are slim to none.









