Student Life
Penn grads are fundraising a scholarship for midwives of color — a field that's 95% white
As their graduating gift, the Class of 2017 of Penn’s Nurse-Midwifery program decided to start a scholarship for midwives of color.
At Civic House event, speaker urges activism with 'risky, disruptive, and creative schemes'
Camika Royal spoke for this year's Alvin P. Gutman Public Scholar Lecture, an annual Civic House event that invites a noted scholar to inspire guests to actively seek social change.
Filling a gap at Penn, these Wharton students created a seminar to design mobile apps
Design of Mobile Products is a seminar consisting of six 90-minute sessions that introduce students to the basics of designing and prototyping a mobile app.
Hundreds honored Blaze Bernstein at a memorial in California this weekend
The memorial, entitled, #BlazeItForward, was organized to thank volunteers who helped search for Bernstein when he went missing and who continued to help the family after his body was found.
Civil Rights advocate calls on students to create a 'society that puts human beings first'
As Black History Month comes to a close, Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, Civic House, and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity organized the talk with civil rights advocate James McFadden.
Student groups work together to address mental health in Eating Disorder Awareness Week
For National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Project HEAL has several initiatives, including a laptop sticker fundraiser and the distribution of informational brochures given out on Locust Walk.
Harnwell's new 'Eco-House' residential program will integrate 'living with sustainability'
The mission of Eco-House is to demonstrate affordable sustainable living in order to inform, engage, and inspire Penn’s fellow residents, visitors, and community members.
Penn receives a record-breaking 44,482 applicants for the Class of 2022
37,409 applications were submitted in the regular decision application process while the remaining 7,073 were part of the early decision batch.
#MeToo movement: effective platform or 'support from afar'? Penn students weigh in.
While open to anyone who wanted to attend, the meeting consisted of half a dozen members of PennFems, a feminist student organization that hosted the event.
Penn has the 'most attractive' applicants to investment banking firms, report says
Penn is the target of 3.2 percent of the recruitment and hiring efforts of major firms including Credit Suisse Group, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup, reported Business Insider on Tuesday.
Students critique sexual assault policy after admin. say they haven't heard significant feedback
A day before the Open Forum, Pritchett said he hadn't heard significant criticism of Penn's policies on reporting sexual assault but that the U. was 'going to continue to ask that question.'
NPR journalist Rhitu Chatterjee discusses gender violence in India at KWH event
Attendees filled the space at the event titled “Reporting on Gender Violence in India," a discussion sponsored by the Penn South Asia Center and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Facebook representatives spoke to Penn's Women in Computer Science club on Tuesday
The talk primarily featured employees from Oculus, which emphasized the potential of virtual reality, as well as the diversity of applicants the companies are looking for.
Penn formed a group to research its historical ties to slavery. Here's what it aims to do.
In an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Pritchett, the group's chair, wrote that its purpose is to better "our understanding of Penn's connection to slavery and the implications of these findings."
At campus memorial for Blaze Bernstein, friends and family shared food, photos, and memories
Laughter and tears filled the Kelly Writer's House this afternoon as friends and family of College sophomore Blaze Bernstein shared personal stories of the 19-year-old Penn student.
Ben Yagoda discussed the state of journalism at the Kelly Writers House on Monday
Yagoda visited the Writers House as a part of an ongoing speaker series funded by a donation from 1962 College graduate Maury Povich.
Gutmann confirms she will speak at 1vyG two days before conference for first gen. students
The conference, which includes students from all eight Ivy League institutions, will feature over 350 attendees, 275 of whom will be staying on Penn's campus over the weekend.
In yearly tradition, Penn Glee Club serenades students and Amy Gutmann
The Glee Club is working with Penn KDSAP, or Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program, to help fund free health screenings in medically-underserved communities in Philadelphia.
Penn Appetit faces challenges after loss of managing editor and friend
“Blaze wouldn’t want us to stop because of him. He was very thoughtful,” Penn Appétit Culinary Director and College sophomore Jennifer Higa said.