Student Life
Wristbands for Fling parties create culture of exclusivity
Students say wristbands had the potential to leave people out, because of their price and limited quantity.
MERT kicks off First Aid Week
In the coming week, MERT is working to show that their organization is even more than late night rescuers, through their inaugural First Aid Week, which stretches from Sunday to Friday.
New program teaches students to be club leaders
The Asian Pacific Student Coalition — the umbrella organization for Asian and Pacific Islander groups — is teaching freshmen to leap into action through its program, Leadership in Events and Programming.
Penn Haven provides a home for those seeking alternative living
The Penn Haven Co-op, located on Woodland Avenue, is a vegan cooperative living community that values local engagement and conscious living.
Legally Bound: Two students took different undergraduate paths towards law degrees
For many Penn students, post-graduation plans begin to cast their shadow early, in a hazy and frequently terrifying way. Some manage to ease the anxiety with an unambiguous post-grad trajectory.
Students join Fight for $15 minimum wage movement
An estimated 3,000 students from Drexel, Penn, Temple and other colleges stood in front of McDonald's and marched down to the Market Street Bridge.
Students critique curriculum, community of Benjamin Franklin Scholars program
The Benjamin Franklin Scholars program promises to offer undergraduates a fulfilling, intellectually rigorous way to pursue their interests at Penn, but some students say the program could use improving.
College junior named 2015 Truman Scholar
College junior Adam Cohen was named a 2015 Truman Scholar, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced on Wednesday.
Students respond to Michelle Obama's Black Girls Rock controversy
The event, which aims to celebrate the power, accomplishments and beauty of black women and girls has come under fire in the past from critics who claim the event promotes reverse racism.
Admissions Office aims to separate Quaker Days and Spring Fling
As hundreds of prospective Penn students flood campus for Quaker Days, current students are gearing up for the wildest weekend of the year.
For international students, aid doesn't cross borders
Is it better to get into Penn and exhaust every option to afford it, or is it better to simply get rejected because of your inability to pay? This is a serious question that many international students ask themselves when applying to Penn.
Over 90 percent of AXO members expected to resign
AXO nationals compared off-campus organizations to knock-off Tory Burch handbags.
TableTalks encourages students to meet new people
The club’s mission is to start and increase dialogue between students, particularly those who would never interact under ordinary circumstances
Calorie counting a guessing game in Penn dining halls
Specific and accurate nutritional information on dining hall food is not readily available.
Philadelphia beginning to attract more college grads for careers
More students than ever are staying in Philadelphia after graduation.
Writing seminar trends toward full-time instructors, moving away from grad students
Penn's Critical Writing Program has the largest number of full-time instructors this year in its entire history.
Undergraduate Assembly names new leaders in internal election
Three new members will join recently elected president Jane Meyer and vice president Ray Clark on the Undergraduate Assembly’s new executive board.
Penn receives $7 million donation to digitalize humanities education
The donation will be used to establish the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, which aims to be this “hub” for humanities research that uses computer technology to aid students and faculty.
Penn students hold conference to discuss Cuban-American life on campus
The conference occurred as Obama met Cuban President Raúl Castro.