Politics
Teams of Penn students pitched startups to help refugees over spring break
Team Haya qualified for the Regional Finals in Boston by winning the Hult Prize at Penn, proposing a plant-based toothbrush that does not require water or toothpaste.
Quakers in Washington: Meet the four Penn grads who serve in Congress
Although President Donald Trump is the highest-ranking Penn graduate in the federal government, other notable graduates of the University serve in Washington as well. Here are the four current members of the U.S. House of Representatives that hold Penn degrees.
Perry World House speaker: 'Unless there is a political reorganization in place, we will see some other sort of ISIS in three or four years'
Lustick said he does not forsee progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the near future. "We have this so-called Nash equilibrium, where everyone — all the players are trapped on a global maximum, and it won't get off it."
Conservative National Review executive editor says he wants poor immigrants to be able to 'enter the elite of our society'
Penn Political Coalition — the umbrella organization for political student groups — joined with College Republicans and Penn in Washington to host Reihan Salam, the executive editor of National Review, in Huntsman Hall.
Joe Biden receives humanitarian award, gives shout-out to granddaughter Naomi
The award was presented by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to recognize Biden’s advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, survivors of domestic violence and veterans, according to an NBC report.
Why a majority Democratic North Philadelphia district could elect a Republican state representative
After the resignation of incumbent Democrat Leslie Acosta due to her guilty plea for embezzlement, a special election was called for Pennsylvania House District 197.
How will the House Republicans' health care bill affect Penn (and your future)?
The proposals in the GOP Health Care Plan is significantly different from Obamacare — but what would this mean both nationally and for Penn students? The Daily Pennsylvanian broke it down.
These are the Penn students fighting human trafficking
Some crimes are less visible than others, and the Students Against Human Trafficking club at Penn is determined to end one of the most insidious.
Penn Law's Quattrone Center received $2.2 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation
According to the Washington Post, the foundation offered Florida State University millions of dollars under the stipulation that its Department of Economics would promote a free trade philosophy and consult the foundation when selecting faculty members.
After the presidential election, this School of Medicine professor decided to run for office
After the 2016 presidential election, Chuang wanted to find ways to engage with her community. “I absolutely did not think that it would involve running for office,” she said.
Joe Biden will be back at Irvine on March 30
Penn President Amy Gutmann announced the event in an email Wednesday. The event will take place March 30 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. and will be available online via an live webcast.
Penn students are helping plan the March for Science in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia march, one of over 350 marches that will take place across the United States from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., is intended to be a nonpartisan show of support for public policy based on scientific fact and celebration of the role science plays in our daily lives.
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey holds town hall at Penn Museum
Most of the conference was a question-and-answer session on how Casey plans to fight the Republican Congress members' plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Jon Huntsman Jr., son of Huntsman Hall's namesake, picked to be U.S. ambassador to Russia
Former Utah governor and 1987 College graduate Jon Huntsman Jr. criticized Trump during his campaign, but will now serve as his ambassador to Russia.
Penn just reaffirmed its objection to Trump's immigration ban
Trump's policy, outlined in a new executive order released on Monday after the original version was blocked by several federal judges, bans travel from six majority-Muslim countries.
Liberals and 'constitutional conservatives' can unite against Trump, Evan McMullin tells students
“We have a president of the United States who I believe is an authoritarian and someone who is eroding our democratic ideals, norms, and institutions,” McMullin said. “And there is an America need to stand up to that, and it’s not a conservative thing, it’s not a liberal thing.”
One Penn Professor's research shows the involvement of guns in domestic violence decreases the likelihood of injury
Susan Sorenson, who serves as a professor of social policy in the school of social policy and practice as well as the Director of the Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center on Family Violence, performed a study in partnership with the Philadelphia Police Department on over 35,000 cases of intimate partner violence.
Jon Huntsman Jr. is reportedly in the running for U.S. ambassador to Russia
Huntsman, a 1987 College graduate, was previously Governor of Utah and ambassador to China
Politics and religion meet at interfaith panel to end poverty
"Now more than ever interfaith dialogue is crucial,” Tzedek Co-Chair Hannah Deutsch said, referring to vandalism at a Jewish graveyard in Philadelphia on Feb. 26 and recent anti-Semitic activity elsewhere in the country.