Student Life
Penn announces $94 million project to renovate graduate student dorm Sansom Place East
This summer, a variety of construction projects are underway, including on the Graduate School of Education, Pennovation Works, and the Class of 1949 Generational Bridge.
‘Very bittersweet’: Associate Director of La Casa Latina Kareli Lizarraga leaves Penn
2013 College graduate and Associate Director of La Casa Latina Kareli Lizarraga ended her position on June 30, making Director of La Casa Latina Krista Cortes the only remaining staff member.
Some students say they feel comfortable attending Made in America, citing vaccination rates
Some Penn students that plan on attending the festival said that concert reopenings generally felt safe as more Philadelphia residents become vaccinated.
Penn LGBTQ groups host in-person events for Pride Month as COVID-19 restrictions ease
The celebration of Pride Month highlighted the sense of unity among queer and allied members of the Penn community.
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts rebrands to ‘Penn Live Arts’
The rebranding will give the center the opportunity to grow and expand programming beyond Penn's campus by holding upcoming performances at Morris Arboretum and the Church of the Holy Trinity.
Penn Law students urge admin. to arrange meeting about student debt with Biden officials
A group of Penn Law students collectively wrote an open letter to refute Biden's argument that Ivy League students are undeserving of student debt relief.
Penn confirms plans to conduct fully in-person fall semester
Fully vaccinated students will not be required to submit to any form of regular COVID-19 testing, as they had been in the spring 2021 semester.
Students, professor deem spring 2021 course taught using virtual reality a success
Students attended INTR 391: Senior Seminar for Thesis Research using virtual reality headsets, which allowed them to customize their avatars, walk around, and have face-to-face conversations with their classmates.
Penn's transfer acceptance rate drops below 5% this year, a record low
Penn offered admission to about 165 of the more than 3,500 students who applied to Penn this year, according to Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Sara Cohen.
More than 200 petition Penn to pay reparations to victims of Kligman’s prison experiments
The petition has five demands as part of the reparations process including a formal apology from Penn President Amy Gutmann to the victims and their families and financial reparations for those affected.
Penn Libraries offers students, faculty, staff free access to The New York Times
Penn community members can access their subscription — both on The New York Times' website and its mobile app — by creating an online account using their PennKeys.
Author Ibram X. Kendi discusses antiracism with Wharton Dean Erika James at Juneteenth event
The hour-long webinar was hosted to commemorate Juneteenth and discussed racism as a power construct and the power of an individual to challenge racial ideas and structures.
Finance majors are most vengeful and cutthroat, Penn Marriage Pact finds in final report
The 2021 Penn Campus Report analyzed how students' answers to the matching questionnaire varied based on gender, class year, major, and political affiliation.
Mapping U.S. colleges' COVID-19 vaccine requirement policies
In real time, The Daily Pennsylvanian is tracking the fall 2021 vaccine requirement policies at over 200 U.S. colleges across each of the 50 states.
Penn lifts nearly all indoor mask-wearing requirements for vaccinated individuals
The move marks the first time in well over a year that students, faculty, and staff will not be required to wear a mask indoors at Penn, a monumental step towards Penn's plan of holding a fully in-person, on-campus fall semester.
‘A sense of normalcy’: students welcome Penn’s new mask guidelines
Several students remain concerned about the enforcement of new mask-wearing regulations and the impact they will have on the West Philadelphia community.
Penn Band reintroduces color guard section after over 10 years
The section has assembled approximately 12 members and is gearing up for performances at various Penn events in the fall.
More than 300 students, faculty, alumni sign statement urging Penn to divest from Israel
The statement, released on May 19, has been signed by nearly 330 members of the Penn community and 28 Penn groups and Philadelphia-based organizations.
Students coming off gap years say they enjoyed work, travel experiences despite COVID-19
After taking a year away from school, many of these now members of the Class of 2025 said they are optimistic about the upcoming semester.