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Student Life

08/20/15 2:19am
Looking to find your people niche on campus? Connecting with others of similar backgrounds is one way to do it. 
08/20/15 2:18am
Wondering what a "downtown" or a "DFMO" is? Here's what to know about the Penn social scene.
07/23/15 4:30am
On Tuesday, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life announced the appointment of Eddie Banks-Crosson as Director.
07/16/15 4:00am
Trigger warnings in classrooms — although mostly absent at Penn — were part of a national conversation across university campuses in the past twelve months.
07/09/15 5:00am
Even though the start of Penn’s fall semester is weeks away, students are already gearing up for the popular Made in America music festival, whose lineup has just been released.
07/09/15 4:36am
Philadelphia has once again been chosen to hold an organization’s biggest event of the year — and its theme reflects some of the most prominent movements on Penn’s campus this year.
07/09/15 4:00am
From August 2 to August 14, Philadelphia’s Center City District will be hosting its biannual Restaurant Week — an event that usually occurs at the end of September.
07/08/15 5:00am
Contrary to the country’s referendum results, Penn students from Greece that The Daily Pennsylvanian interviewed overwhelmingly supported accepting the creditors’ offer.
07/02/15 5:00am
Even before arriving at Penn, a pre-frosh is looking to address student mental health concerns in a new way.
06/18/15 4:18am
In the wake of recent cultural conflicts on campus, many Asian American students at Penn want the university and campus organizations to do more to bridge cultural gaps between ethic groups and create more dialogue about race on campus.
06/04/15 6:00am
Between 800 and 900 Penn students participated in the Swipe Out Hunger campaign, which was able to garner a grand total of 1,535 unused meal swipes during its set donation days.
06/04/15 6:00am
College Magazine recently named Penn the 10th most stressful college in America – citing Penn’s high price tag, the intense application process, and the high on-campus crime rate as evidence.
06/03/15 7:44pm
Gupta, a first-year analyst at Goldman Sachs, was found in a parking lot next to his apartment building in San Francisco, Calif.
06/02/15 9:07pm
2015 Law School graduate David Cooper, 24, died on Friday morning. 
05/28/15 6:50am
At the 259th Commencement Ceremony on Franklin Field, Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, warned the Class of 2015 about international problems – and provided tangible ways to solve them.
05/28/15 6:46am
A possible addition to Penn’s mental health policies and procedures may change how the faculty interacts with students.
05/26/15 10:00am
Penn political groups offer forums for a range of partisan and nonpartisan discussions.
05/25/15 2:00pm
Classes at Penn are no walk in the park. Here's a list of helpful hacks that can help with everything from Writing Seminar to problem sets.
05/25/15 10:00am
Graduating seniors Robert Hsu and Katlyn Grasso were much different when they first set foot on Penn's campus four years ago.
05/24/15 10:00am
A look at some of the go-to study spaces on and around campus.