Student Life
CO-OP Restaurant and Bar reopens blocks from campus
Located on the corner of 33rd and Chestnut Streets, the restaurant accompanies The Study, a hotel chain marketed towards academic visitors.
Campus Apartments releases updated plans for planned building at 41st and Walnut Streets
The new building, which is expected to be completed in 2026, will be eleven stories and house the company headquarters, additional office spaces, and 136 apartments, including a penthouse level.
Wharton and College senior named as one of 12 Mitchell Scholars
The Mitchell Scholarship accepted only 12 students out of 306 applicants this year, and Balasubramanian will pursue a master’s degree in philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.
Financial Wellness at Penn will host events to promote financial literacy during the spring
Workshops for money resolutions and goal-setting will take place in January, followed by tax workshops and budgeting tips in February.
Black student government leaders talk diversity initiatives, importance of representation
This semester, the Nominations Elections Committee brought on its first Black chair and the Social Planning and Events Committee is currently led by its first Black female president.
Penn students travel to Philadelphia suburbs to vote in Bulgarian general election
This election marks was the country's fourth general election in two years.
Penn’s LGBT Center announces opening of its new Clothing Closet
The idea first stemmed from a desire to provide gender-affirming products like binders and shapewear to Penn students.
Edible Books Contest will be fully in-person at Kelly Writers House for first time in two years
The event asks participants to create a food-based representation of a book that is important to them.
With 40% of Penn undergraduates participating, Penn Marriage Pact returns
A total of 4,235 undergraduates filled out the Marriage Pact this year.
Penn Violence Prevention names new director after nearly year-long vacancy
Elise Scioscia will head PVP beginning Dec. 7, according to a University press release.
At long last, Five Guys plans to open on Penn's campus in mid-December
The new Five Guys location replaces Beijing Restaurant, which closed its Spruce Street location in September 2020.
Biden extends student loan repayment freeze through June 2023
The Department of Education suspended federal student loan payments at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide borrowers with more leeway during the difficult financial period.
Upper respiratory illnesses are on the rise on campus and across the city
The flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are on the rise following the relaxation COVID-19 prevention measures, such as social distancing and mask-wearing, according to Public Health and Wellbeing.
Report indicates strong recruiting season, 99% job offer rate for Wharton MBA graduates
Among various career paths, financial services continued to be the most popular with 38.6% of graduates taking a job in the sector, with private equity as the most pursued subfield at 12.6%.
ABA panel votes to drop LSAT requirement for law school admissions
Lawyers, administrators, and professors compose the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which voted 15-1 to eliminate the testing mandate.
Penn student performing arts groups to perform in annual showcase at Carnegie Hall
“A Toast to Dear Old Penn,” which will be held on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. this year, is organized every year by the Platt Student Performing Arts House.
Two recent Penn graduates create career learning platform for students
The mentors on the platform range from Nick Hamburger — founder and CEO of Quevos, who was featured on Shark Tank and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 — to recent college graduates working in tech and investment banking.
Penn juniors launch Road2Research, a student-run initiative aimed at high schoolers
The program partnered with Vaux Big Picture High School and Paul Robeson High School to amass a pilot cohort of 15 students.
Penn's Quechua Language Program seeks to expand campus presence, increase resources
While Penn is the only Ivy League institution to offer the language in such a capacity, the program suffers from lack of resources and currently has no full-time faculty members.