With data provided by Penn Student Registration & Financial Services (SRFS) and other resources, The Daily Pennsylvanian Online Graphics Department took a deeper look into financial aid at Penn. These comparisons, infographics and interactive maps provide a transparent look at how Penn’s policies compare with those of other Ivy League schools, how aid packages differ for students from across the country and around the world and how work study functions, to name a few.
Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections
Penn fencing dominates at Philadelphia Invitational
Both teams produced mirror 6-0 records on the day, with both teams posting wins against Duke, Haverford, NYU, and NJIT, and Sacred Heart. The men’s sixth win came against Drew, while the women closed their day with an impressive performance to defeat Temple.
Northwestern University recommends adding mental health-friendly language to syllabi
Northwestern’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution last week encouraging professors to include information about mental and physical health in their syllabi. First reported by the Daily Northwestern, the statement recommends language such as, “If you find yourself struggling with your mental or physical health this quarter, please feel free to approach me. I try to be flexible and accommodating.”
Harvard faculty member to join Trump administration
Carlos E. Diaz Rosillo, a lecturer in Harvard’s Government department and resident dean of Dunster House, will join the Trump administration, The Crimson reported Wednesday.
Penn fencing dominates at Philadelphia Invitational
Both teams produced mirror 6-0 records on the day, with both teams posting wins against Duke, Haverford, NYU, and NJIT, and Sacred Heart. The men’s sixth win came against Drew, while the women closed their day with an impressive performance to defeat Temple.
Northwestern University recommends adding mental health-friendly language to syllabi
Northwestern’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution last week encouraging professors to include information about mental and physical health in their syllabi. First reported by the Daily Northwestern, the statement recommends language such as, “If you find yourself struggling with your mental or physical health this quarter, please feel free to approach me. I try to be flexible and accommodating.”
Peer counseling helpline launches a texting service
RAP-Line began in 1990 as a calling service and added letter writing as an additional peer support service in 1996. Now, RAP-Line will make Penn the third college campus nationwide — after Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the service originated, and University of Chicago — to offer the Lean On Me text message service.
Penn Law professor and District Attorney candidate Joe Khan says he wants to 'send a message' to Donald Trump
"The District Attorney’s office is going to have to be a bulwark against what appears to be likely excesses and infringements of the federal government. The best example I can give is Donald Trump has pledged to institute bans on Muslims in the country. If he is going to attempt to follow through on those threats, then I think it’s important that the people of Philadelphia understand that there is somebody on their side trying to stop that."
A tennis trek to Tennessee: Penn's season-opening weekend
There were mixed results for Penn men's tennis in the opening weekend of its spring season, as the Red and Blue kicked off the year down in the Volunteer State with a win over Middle Tennessee State and a sweep at the hands of Vanderbilt.
What does Trump's nominee for education secretary mean for Penn?
President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s billionaire nominee for the typically uncontroversial secretary of education position, Betsy DeVos, has faced substantial scrutiny.
Howard, Betley shine in Penn men's basketball's loss to Saint Joseph's
Penn men’s basketball was never out of the fight against St. Joseph’s. The players lasted the full twelve rounds.
Penn men's basketball can't overcome early deficit in 78-71 loss to St. Joseph's
The Red and Blue couldn’t escape an early 15-point deficit Friday, staging a furious comeback before coming up short to St. Joseph’s in a 78-71 loss at the Palestra. With the defeat, the Quakers’ remain winless in the season’s most important games, as they are a combined 0-6 in Big 5 and Ivy League play.
Editorial | Uplifting speech can drown out hate. No leaf blower required
Although the University denied knowledge of any Penn staff being instructed to interfere with the protests, a FRES worker running the engine of a noisy maintenance vehicle at the site of one of the demonstrations said he had been instructed to drown out the protesters by someone from the University.
Penn gymnastics shocks Yale with wild come-from-behind victory
After trailing for nearly the entirety of their dual meet against Yale on Saturday, the Red and Blue stunned the crowd with a ridiculous effort of 49.025 points in the floor exercise, pulling off a comeback for the ages in the final event and securing an unbelievable 193.575-192.125 win.
Penn wrestling overpowered by No. 7 Lehigh, but takes down Lock Haven in weekend split
One weekend after a signature win against the 17th-ranked Stanford Cardinal, Penn wrestling (2-4, 0-3 EIWA) would go on to face another ranked squad, this time visiting No. 7 Lehigh (8-1, 6-0 EIWA) in Bethlehem on Friday. Unfortunately, the magic would not continue for the Quakers, as the Mountain Hawks were victorious in all but two bouts on the day.
Thousands more than expected join Women's March in Philadelphia
The Women’s March on Philadelphia was expected to have around 20,000 people. According to the Communications Director for Jim Kenney, almost 50,000 people showed up.
Nearly every Penn student knows now how former Vice President Joe Biden plans to "set up shop" at Penn now that his term is completed, but the Delaware native has long had a close relationship with the University.
The Washington Post reported that the number of people using the metro to get into the city to march is already higher than it was for the inauguration yesterday.
Hours after Trump is inaugurated, students walk out of class to protest on College Green
At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, a group of about two dozen Penn students gathered in front of the Benjamin Franklin statue on College Green as part of a walkout organized by Penn Students for a Democratic Society to protest the inauguration.
'I’d take George W. back in a minute,' Kenney says of Trump administration
Three days before the Donald Trump's inauguration, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said he would rather see former President George W. Bush back in office.

















