Blaze Bernstein, a College sophomore, died in a homicide in January this year. Sam Woodward, a 21-year-old who attended the same high school as Bernstein, is currently being held in connection to his murder.
Front Breaking
Penn faculty on hiring committees are now required to undergo unconscious bias training
The requirement went into effect this semester, but the decision was made in March 2017 as part of the President and Provost's Faculty Inclusion Report.
When a Player Gets Up Dazed, Part I
In Part I, three former Penn sprint football players deal with the effects of playing through brain injuries during the 2017 season. When they played through their concussions, they didn't think they'd still be feeling the effects today.
Penn football's Mohammed Diakite named Ivy Rookie of the Week after late-game heroics
The heroics, in addition to his team-leading six solo tackles, earned the eastern Pennsylvania native Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for the first time in his career.
Penn faculty on hiring committees are now required to undergo unconscious bias training
The requirement went into effect this semester, but the decision was made in March 2017 as part of the President and Provost's Faculty Inclusion Report.
When a Player Gets Up Dazed, Part I
In Part I, three former Penn sprint football players deal with the effects of playing through brain injuries during the 2017 season. When they played through their concussions, they didn't think they'd still be feeling the effects today.
Penn men's and women's cross country ran well at Penn State National Open
In their last tuneup before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship, Penn men’s and women’s cross country teams competed against nationally-ranked teams at the Penn State National Open in State College, Pa.
Penn biology professor designs 'floating' backpack that reduces physical stress
Teaching biology at Penn gave Lawrence Rome a more general knowledge of the human body that he used to create suspended-load backpacks.
Penn men's soccer scores first goal in 700 minutes, falls to Dartmouth 3-1
On Saturday, the Red and Blue went on the road to take on four-time defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth. The Big Green came out on top, handing the Quakers a 3-1 loss.
Street is launching its Sunday morning newsletter
Very aptly named The Toast.
Second-half header pushes Penn women's soccer past Dartmouth, 1-0
The Red and Blue were victorious, winning 1-0 in a hard-fought nail-biter that came down to the final few minutes.
Buoyed by Jiranek's first career goal, Penn field hockey stays one game back in Ivy title hunt
Friday afternoon was a de facto elimination game between Penn field hockey and Columbia, and the Red and Blue played like it from start to finish.
Penn volleyball ends losing streak with dominant sweep of Columbia and Cornell
The Quakers secured their first and second Ivy League victories of the season upon welcoming Columbia and Cornell to the Palestra this weekend, beating Columbia 3-0 and Cornell 3-1.
Raven Sulaimon's 29 kills in two games earn her DP Sports Player of the Week
Sulaimon combined for 29 kills and four blocks over both games, the first and second in Ivy play all season for the Quakers, and the 17 against the Big Red tied her career-high set earlier this season against Georgetown.
Under a new manager, Penn's Common Press printing studio settles into its new home in Fisher Fine Arts
In May this year, Penn's official letterpress and book arts studio welcomed its first full-time studio manager, Mary Tasillo, as part of several new initiatives to expand the Press' reach on campus.
More than 100 students attend finale of Penn MSA's week-long Islamic Discovery Series
This year’s Islamic Discovery Series is part of the Muslim Student Association’s continued efforts to spread awareness of Islam and mutual understanding in the current political climate.
Penn alumni couple donate first student research fund to Center of the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration
1982 College graduate Ruth Turner and her husband 1982 College graduate and 1985 Penn Law David E. Schulman created a research fund to promote student research at the Center.
9 most important study supplies you need for midterm season
Do you find yourself overwhelmed in the middle of all of your midterms? Here’s a list of life-saving midterm study supplies that are helpful for us all, whether they ease our novice jitters or help facilitate our already practiced study routines.
7 go-to snacks you need to keep in your room
On those days when the dining halls are closed, it’s raining outside and delivery would take forever, or you just want to stay local (extremely local), resort to these tasty and easy-to-grab snacks.
Julia Mitchell | Tired of partisan squabbles? Take a note from local politicians
A state or district politician gains approval by reaching out to seniors on their birthday, responding to complaints about potholes, you know … the boring stuff, the bugs in the system.



















