Student Life
John Legend, Train to 'make history' on campus
John Legend and Train will perform at a celebration of the University’s Making History fundraising campaign on April 19.'Likely' students to receive added pull from U. admissions
Prospective students were contacted by Penn’s Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, and will hear from current student volunteer and select alumni regarding their likely acceptance to Penn.
Student startup Lore acquired by search engine site
On March 15, CEO of Lore and former University of Pennsylvania student Joseph Cohen announced that e-learning platform Lore has been acquired by another startup site, Noodle.org.39th and Spruce experiences two power outages
Approximately 370 residents on the 3900 block of Spruce Street, Delancey and Pine streets lost electricity due to a power outage that occurred Monday night.College Republicans adjust platform on same-sex marriage
College Republican’s partnership with Penn Democrats and the Lambda Alliance last month to host a marriage equality event at the Love Statue on campus kicked off its recent support for same-sex marriage rights”
For some Greeks, housing can present a dilemma
Each spring, freshmen and sophomores who join fraternities and sororities are faced with the question of whether or not they are going to live in their chapter houses for the next school year.
QPenn celebrates diversity in LGBTQA culture
Mock, a transgender woman of color and “fierce activist” for transgender rights, gav the keynote speech for QPenn, Penn’s annual weeklong celebration of LGBTQA culture on Sunday night.Two students to create Body Positive Fashion Festival
Creative Ventures project at the Kelly Writers House recently awarded College seniors Josh Herren and Henry Steinberg $1,000 to put toward a body positive fashion festival.Lambda Alliance reaches out to prospective freshmen
For the past three years, Penn students in the LGBT community have reached out to welcome prospective freshmen before they even arrive on campus.Excelano Project performs its last spring show
Snaps, shouts and applause resonated in Dunlop Auditorium Saturday night in appreciation of the Excelano Project’s show “Split No Lightning,” which took place this past Friday and Saturday. Excelano welcomed both old devotees and some new faces in the audience.Black Love Lives explores the art of healthy relationships
“Personally I have been through a lot of bad relationships, which is why I came to this conference,” said West Chester University student Sherita Rooney, who attended the Black Love Lives conference last Saturday. “I wanted to learn strategies that would help mend past relationships and would hopefully foster successful new ones.” This past weekend, writer, holistic healer, community activist and motivational speaker Nisa Ra hosted Black Love Lives in Houston Hall.
Students spend spring break serving the community
Instead of vacationing in Cancun or California over break, some groups of Penn students opted to help drug addicts on the street. Others embarked on various community service trips.Pope Francis's election excites Penn Catholics
Catholic students react to the election of new Pope Francis I.
New associate vice provost for student affairs named
Hikaru Kozuma has been named Penn’s associate vice provost for student affairs, the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life announced.