Whether you're a Philadelphia native or new to the city, here are the figures to know in local and statewide politics:
Vice President Joe Biden will attend the University Commencement on Monday
In a change of plans, Vice President Joe Biden will be at the main University Commencement on Monday, the Division of Public Safety said on Thursday night.
Penn professor Guido Menzio was on an American Airlines flight when he was profiled as a terrorist — for working on a differential equation onboard.
College seniors graduate, Trump and Biden in the audience
Tiffany Trump, daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Naomi Biden, the grand-daughter of Vice President Joe Biden, were among the roughly 1,500 graduating students of the College of Arts and Sciences on May 15.
Vice President Joe Biden will attend the University Commencement on Monday
In a change of plans, Vice President Joe Biden will be at the main University Commencement on Monday, the Division of Public Safety said on Thursday night.
Penn professor Guido Menzio was on an American Airlines flight when he was profiled as a terrorist — for working on a differential equation onboard.
Penn Police will be working with the Secret Service and city police to prepare for the event, which may include protesters.
Kasich drops out of presidential race
Ohio Gov. and Republican John Kasich will suspend his presidential campaign, Politico reported Wednesday.
It's looking even more likely that a Wharton alumnus will clinch the Republican nomination for 2016.
Malia Obama to attend Harvard after gap year
The First Daughter has chosen America's first college.
Jon Huntsman Jr. says Trump is 'best positioned to build new coalitions as a nominee'
In a recent MSNBC video, Wharton students may not have been keen on supporting 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, but a famous name connected to Wharton has weighed in.
After chairing Obama's bioethics commission, Gutmann will stay out of public policy to focus on Penn
Gutmann said she thinks it’s important for everyone in academia, and people in general, to get involved with public policy or other ways to give back.
Student groups eager to get out the vote for Pa. primary
Tuesday began early for College junior Leopold Spohngellert, one of the many Penn students leading get-out-the-vote efforts on the morning of the Pennsylvania primary.
DP receives results from investigation of reporting practices during South Carolina presidential primary trip
Executive Editor of Politico Peter Canellos, Managing Editor at Propublica Robin Fields and writer at New York Times Binyamin Applebaum conducted the report and passed on their findings.
Reporter's Notebook | An early morning ticket to Primary Day in Pennsylvania
One brave (or overzealous?) Daily Pennsylvanian reporter rose before dawn to watch the democratic process at work across campus.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump took sweeping victories across the east coast on Tuesday.
Fels grad and indicted 11-term Congressman Chaka Fattah loses Democratic primary
State Rep. Dwight Evans beat Chaka Fattah, a 1986 Fels Institute of Government graduate, by eight percentage points in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton victorious outside Pennsylvania
Republican nominee and 1968 Wharton graduate Trump won in all four of the other states that had primaries on Super Tuesday, sweeping up Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Rhode Island.
Hillary Clinton celebrates primary victory in Philadelphia
Presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton celebrated her Pennsylvania primary victory at the Terrace Ballroom of the Philadelphia Convention Center.
On Primary Day in Pennsylvania, multiple races to watch
After months of on campus voter registration, campaigning and opinionated Facebook protest today is primary day in Pennsylvania.



















