Student Life
Penn hosts weekly 'office hours' to clarify social event policies, but most students don't know they exist
The Division of Public Safety and the Vice Provost for University Life have begun hosting hourlong sessions every Friday at 11 a.m. to address student concerns.
Dozens of Penn students are studying in Catalonia. Here's what Penn did when protests hit the region.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Penn students studying abroad in Barcelona were evacuated out from the city to Peñíscola, a town south of Catalonia.
Why some students are told by Career Services that they might be banned from OCR
Several students say this warning can add to their stress, particularly during a personal crisis, but administrators say most who receive this message are never actually banned from OCR.
Teams of six to eight CAPS staff discuss each student's treatment — often without their knowledge
These treatment teams are reshuffled every three years, sometimes forcing students to switch from their CAPS psychiatrists.
Meet the Penn students and faculty making films to advocate for refugee communities
“People don’t consider that refugees had a full and vibrant life before they became refugees. This experience of being a refugee isn’t all that they are. They’re so much more than that.”
Penn students are creating 'Penn Club Review' to change the University's stressful club culture
Students said they were influenced by Harvard University’s Q-Guide, a resource launched this fall that provides reviews and comments about different student clubs.
Penn students debated the gun rights advocate and Fox News columnist John Lott last week
“People can’t agree on facts," College senior Nicholas Hagemann said. "At the end of the debate, they are just saying ‘Your facts are wrong.’”
Phila. leaders think hosting Amazon's HQ2 will benefit the city. This Penn Law professor isn't so sure.
"Amazon isn’t just 50,000 jobs and an office complex over the tracks. It’s 50,000 jobs and an office complex over the tracks controlled by a single negotiator."
Students rubbed shoulders with owners of sports teams at the inaugural Wharton Sport Business Summit
The star-studded lineup of panelists included the owner of basketball team Philadelphia 76ers Josh Harris and the general manager for baseball team Houston Astros.
In this Penn class, students of different faiths learn from each other and form a 'sense of family'
“I’ve learned many life lessons from this class, and I can’t say that of most classes. This class helped me think about wisdom."
Philadelphia has over 12,000 restaurants. What happens when they violate health codes?
Various establishments near campus have been cited for health violations, though students don't always think these violations are reason enough to avoid the eateries.
Students worry that a new dorm on high rise field will take away one of Penn's remaining green spaces
Vice President of Facilities and Real Estate Services Anne Papageorge said the new building will make high rise field “a more useable green, not just a leftover one.”
Sixty students marched into the Trustees meeting on Friday calling for fossil fuel divestment
Around 60 students chanted, “Hey, hey, Amy G, make Penn fossil free,” as they marched from the Button outside Van Pelt Library to the University Board of Trustees meeting.
Experts say the Myers-Briggs test is misleading. Why does Penn still invite students to take it?
“Palm readings and horoscopes can spark insights too. That doesn’t mean we should talk about them in our work teams," wrote Wharton professor Adam Grant who has repeatedly criticized the use of the MBTI.
Penn students prepare to discuss the future of the LGBTQ community at the annual IvyQ conference
“I’m definitely interested in making, in whatever ways I can, the world an easier place for queer people, especially in this current political climate," College sophomore Jess Araten said.
At a Penn Democrats event, panelists call on students to protect DACA by taking concrete action
“Some of my students are undocumented, and they deserve better,” said Chemistry professor Zahra Fakhraai, who attended the event.
Ta-Nehisi Coates at Penn: 'Trump is professionally stupid'
“If Donald Trump was black he wouldn’t have made it off the block," said the 2015 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.
Student groups apply to umbrella organizations for representation at Penn — but not all are admitted
Two groups recently applied to be constituent members of APSC, but only one was accepted.
Penn is hosting specialized study sessions for first-generation, low-income students
"It’s really nice to have this extra help and not have to fight such a big crowd [for tutors],” College freshman Lin Chen said.