Minorities fall behind in graduation rates
While 90.9 percent of white students graduated in four years, those numbers were lower for black and Asian students, who had four-year graduation rates of 82.2 percent and 87.3 percent, respectively.
While 90.9 percent of white students graduated in four years, those numbers were lower for black and Asian students, who had four-year graduation rates of 82.2 percent and 87.3 percent, respectively.
The event was presented as part of the Latino Coalition’s Festival Latino, a week that honors the Latino culture across a diverse array of settings.
The Undergraduate Assembly will suspend its regular parliamentary procedure this coming Sunday in order to vote on a resolution supporting changes to Penn’s alcohol policy.
Penn and other major nonprofits, which once made millions of dollars in voluntary payments to Philadelphia, pay nothing today.
The event was presented as part of the Latino Coalition’s Festival Latino, a week that honors the Latino culture across a diverse array of settings.
The Undergraduate Assembly will suspend its regular parliamentary procedure this coming Sunday in order to vote on a resolution supporting changes to Penn’s alcohol policy.
Students were excited to hear Cumming, QPenn Week’s keynote speaker, discuss his career in film and television and being an openly bisexual man in the public sphere.
The shouts of Penn students echoed through the city as a group of nearly 200 marched down Market Street in a public demonstration against racial injustice. VIDEO: Trayvon Martin Hoodie March GALLERY: Penn for TrayvonAya Saed | Why wear a hoodie for Trayvon MartinINTERACTIVE: Timeline of Trayvon Martin
The M&T students who decide to take up the offer will not live in one single hall, but rather throughout the college house.
More than two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, Penn’s School of Nursing is still looking to do what it can to help with the recovery effort.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health amended regulations of a proposal that requires groups to obtain permits to distribute food in public.
The 5th Annual Pride Games brought together over 150 Penn students in support of LGBT members of the Penn athletic community.
“Cancer is a Drag” featured 13 drag queens, one self-proclaimed “drag king,” and a transgender individual, who pushed past the pain of lip-syncing and dancing in six-inch heels for the benefit of Camp Kesem, a week-long camp for kids whose parents have, or had, cancer.
At The Daily Pennsylvanian’s annual UA debate, the two presidential candidates and the three vice presidential candidates gathered in the Philomathean Halls to discuss the issues of student government. VIDEO: Final Debate VIDEO: Diversity DebateEDITORIAL: The Daily Pennsylvanian EndorsementsThe Daily Pennsylvanian UA Elections Center
Sunday night marked the beginning of the 30th annual Festival Latino, a week-long celebration of Latino culture and heritage. The Latino Coalition launched this year’s festival with a kick-off ceremony of food and spoken word artists known as “Sancocho.”
The sixth annual Penn Microfinance Conference took place Saturday in Huntsman Hall. The conference explored how individuals have transformed their lives through microfinance.
The 99% Declaration group and the Occupy movement are both planning national conventions this summer, but the groups differ in their philosophies toward governmental change.
About 2,000 international students are enrolled in Penn’s English Language Programs, a set of intensive programs for people from abroad who want to learn English. During their stay at Penn, students are enrolled in the program but are not officially affiliated with a school at Penn.
The George A. Weiss Pavilion will be receiving the Grand Jury Award from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia on May 8, along with 16 other restored historic buildings in the Philadelphia area. The restoration and construction of the Music Building also won the award in 2010.