Politics
Here's how Clinton and Trump's student debt plans stack up
An updated look at the candidates’ main proposals for undergraduate borrowers.
Why Pennsylvania doesn't have early voting
More than 37 states have some form of early voting, including in-person, on weekends or mail-in ballots, but key swing state Pennsylvania does not.
Hillary Clinton tells Penn Park crowd at rally 'friends don't let friends vote for Trump'
Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine arrived around 8:30 p.m. from Pittsburgh to speak in Philadelphia.
Professor urges men to step up and challenge 'locker room talk' like Trump's
In an interview this week, professor Shaun Harper said not all, but too many men engage in sexist and misogynistic conversations in which they degrade and say “Trumpish” things about women.
Hillary Clinton is coming to Penn Park
VP pick and Senator Tim Kaine will also be at the event on Saturday.
Alumni look back at LBJ, George H.W. elections
Has campus always been this energetic during times of such political significance?
Here are the 10 issues the School of Social Policy & Practice deemed are most important in the 2016 election
“The mission of the SP2 Penn Top 10 is to educate, enlighten, and empower a diverse audience of voters and policymakers from all walks of life,” Jessica Bautistaok, SP2’s Communications and Public Relations Officer, said in an email.
Trump's Penn classmates decry candidate as 'proto-fascist' and 'shockingly horrible'
"Like most Americans, and perhaps even most Republicans, I wouldn’t feel comfortable being in the same neighborhood as this guy," said Donald Morrison, a 1968 College graduate, of Donald Trump.
Former U.S. Ambassador to UN trashes Obama's foreign policy in Penn Law speech
Former United States Ambassador John Bolton gave a scalding critique of the Obama administration's foreign policy when he visited Penn on Tuesday.
Penn teams take part in Hult Prize competition to solve refugee crisis
With $1 million of seed funding at stake, the prestigious Hult Prize competition draws thousands of student hopefuls each year.
In lieu of backing Trump, College Republicans focus on other November races
In the competitive Senate race between incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Democrat Katie McGinty, the College Republicans have done phone banks, door-to-door canvassing and handed out flyers.
Branch of anti-Trump SuperPAC has established a chapter at Cornell
A branch of Democratic Coalition Against Trump Super Political Action Committee, Students Against Trump, established a chapter at Cornell University.
Number of registered voters increased in Philadelphia this election season
The 27th Ward, which includes Penn, is contributing 22,860 eligible voters this election.
Why 2,000-year-old Roman columns have been sitting in the Engineering Quad
Despite the Penn Museum's promise to look after the artifacts for Philadelphia, these items have been left exposed to the elements for around 40 years.
Mothers of the Movement group campaigns for Hillary Clinton in West Phila.
Hamilton and others spoke in support of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in West Philadelphia Sunday on behalf of the group Mothers of the Movement, which represents mothers who have lost sons and daughters to fatal encounters with law enforcement.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Gun violence
On October 5, 2015, Penn was one of many Philadelphia-area colleges that lived under the threat of an anonymous online post foreshadowing a mass shooting.
Toe the Line: College Republicans | Gun control
It is not by accident that the right to bear arms is the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution─the founding fathers valued gun ownership highly, enumerating it just after the fundamental rights of free expression. A common misconception about the Second Amendment is that it is only referential to self-defense, to prevent other individual citizens from causing harm onto us.
Mayor's spokesperson blasts Penn as 'hypocritical' and 'morally wrong' to not make PILOT contributions
Lauren Hitt, Kenney's spokesperson and a 2013 College graduate, first tweeted a link to an Inside Higher Education article that described how Penn does not have to pay property taxes to Philadelphia due to its nonprofit status.
The Muslim Student Association is spreading knowledge of Islam to fight bigotry
In a year marked by Islamophobia nationally and locally, the Muslim Student Association spent the past week spreading awareness of their faith.