Penn President Amy Gutmann, chair of the center's Liberty Medal Committee, and former Vice President Joe Biden presented the 2017 Liberty Medal to former Senator John McCain. 

Housing at Penn has undergone significant transformations over the years. From the earliest on-campus housing in the Quadrangle to the newly-renovated Hill College House, The Daily Pennsylvanian explored just how much Penn dorms have changed.

The DP looks back at 1999 College graduate John Legend's time here at Penn after he becomes the newest member of the exclusive EGOT club. 

As the students of the Class of 2022 finish moving in and begin their freshman year, here are some of the newest members of Penn's campus.

Krull received a bachelor's degree in Applied Exercise Science from Springfield College before earning a master's degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Merrimack College.

According to some students, reduced library hours during the summer make it difficult for them to find study spaces. 

On June 27, a Penn graduate student was allegedly mocked for his stutter by staff at a University City Starbucks. The National Stuttering Association also responded to the alleged incident, which circulated around social media.

In a wide-scale new experiment, Psychology professor Angela Duckworth and Wharton professor Katherine Milkman are looking into how Penn students can be left wondering just how they can motivate themselves to stay in shape. 

The meal features 13 courses at a price of $35, with an array of dishes including “delicate hamachi brightened with lemon and layered with cucumber and tempura crisp, flash-cured salmon loin rubbed with ginger, broiled freshwater eel atop a sushi rice hashbrown, and a piece of Wagyu beef tataki dotted with heart of palm salad maki and tender sea urchin,” according to Food and Wine.

This summer, University construction projects include repairs to sidewalks, updates to building facades, and renovations of academic facilities.

The Associated Press reported that under the new policy, only one-year visas will be given to Chinese students studying fields such as robotics, aviation, or high-tech manufacturing in the United States. 

The panel discussed a number of challenges facing the media, including echo-chambers and the loss of credibility. 

Emily R. Sutcliffe, a graduate student who is earning her Ph.D. in Anthropology at Penn, was hired for the position. 

The new program features three tour guides from Iraq and one from Syria, each of whom leads visitors through the museum’s new Middle East Gallery.

The 2018 ranking, which extracted data from the the Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2018, showed that Penn issued 64 degrees to now-billionaires. 

Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Genece E. Brinkley sentenced Mill to two to four years in prison in November 2017 and repeatedly denied Mill bail, prompting the proliferation of the nationwide #FreeMeekMill movement.

Thirty institutions are now part of the Sponsored Academic Research Agreement, including Harvard University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cornell University.