Student Life
Seven Penn seniors awarded 2024 President's Engagement and Innovation Prizes
All prize recipients collaborate on their projects with a Penn faculty mentor, and the projects receive up to $100,000 as well as a $50,000 living stipend for each team member.
A look at the preparations for this year's Spring Fling concert and festival
Over 10,000 students attend Spring Fling over the course of two days, according to Wharton senior and SPEC President Megan Li.
Protestors rally to support graduate student workers' unionization effort amid election delays
The rally was led by GET-UP in conjunction with the Penn chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Penn Museum Workers United, and United RAs at Penn.
UA-funded grief support group set to launch this week at Penn with speakers, peer mentors
The program's first event will be held this Thursday in Irvine Auditorium, where David Fajgenbaum will speak about the power of community support in times of grief.
Behind the scenes of the ‘holistic’ process to match College first-years with pre-major advisors
The DP spoke with Director of Advising in the College of Arts and Sciences Carolyn Ureña, who described the pre-major advisor matching process as "holistic."
Penn graduate student workers' unionization election postponed indefinitely
The election, which was scheduled for April 16 and 17, was postponed on April 11.
Five members of Regular Decision Class of 2028 discuss backgrounds, interests, and ‘why Penn’
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with five students from the Regular Decision Class of 2028 to learn about their backgrounds, interests, and what led them to commit to Penn.
Penn Fund donations down 21% from this time last year amid leadership crisis, donor backlash
The Daily Pennsylvanian found that Penn was closer to meeting the fundraising goals outlined on The Penn Fund website at this time last year.
Ria Ellendula, Michelle Chen elected Undergraduate Assembly president, vice president
Nominations and Elections Committee Chair Yousef Elyoussef told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the voter turnout was the highest since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community service student organization Penn Rotaract loses national organization membership
Penn Rotaract had its membership terminated by Rotary International, an organization that is composed of roughly 46,000 clubs and 1.4 million members.
Thousands of Penn affiliates, interim president marvel at solar eclipse — despite clouds over campus
The community gathered by the thousands on College Green and beyond to celebrate the spectacle over shared viewing glasses, Moon Pies, and astronaut ice cream.
UA presidential, vice presidential candidates debate transparency, club funding, planned initiatives
During the debates, the two presidential candidates — College junior Ria Ellendula and College junior Hannah Liu — discussed their varying priorities.
Everything you need to know ahead of the biggest solar eclipse on Penn's campus in 40 years
Philadelphia will see approximately 90% of the sun covered at the maximum point of the eclipse, with many different options for viewing the eclipse on and near campus.
Penn leaders address mental health, club funding at State of the School
This year’s event touched on unused funding for student groups, the Spring Fling concert, and the upcoming announcement of the first-ever winners of the Sarah Katz award.
Stouffer Hall music room undergoes week-long closure after repeated fire alarms
The first fire alarm — which began at 7 a.m. on March 31 — was caused due to a fire that originated in music room A100
Iron Gate Theatre to reopen this weekend after Penn attributes closing to cracked beam
A statement from Penn's Executive Director of Real Estate said that the landlord of Iron Gate Theatre noticed a cracked wood arch beam while conducting roof maintenance and repairs.
Protestors allege ‘robotic dogs’ produced by Penn spinout are involved in Israel-Hamas war
The protestors allege that Ghost Robotics is selling robots to Israel's military to be utilized in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Muslim students criticize Penn’s Ramadan food offerings, allege inaccessibility and unhealthiness
Muslim students at Penn have raised concerns with Penn Dining’s Ramadan food options, limited halal dining options, as well as a lack of halal food available on weekends.
Penn moves to dismiss amended student lawsuit alleging insufficient response to antisemitism
Penn wrote that the plaintiffs’ claims should be dismissed on the grounds that their challenge is "premature," given that the University's response to antisemitism is ongoing.