Jacob Winick

A sizable group of students — approximately 11 percent of 2016 graduates who did not graduate Penn with a full-time offer or a spot at a graduate school — choose to break the mold and do something different with their first year after graduation.

Based on calculations that include winter break, spring break, thanksgiving break, reading days and all long weekends for the 2016-2017 academic calendar, Penn gives students 34 days off for the year — that is shorter than Dartmouth, Cornell and Brown's winter breaks. 

2015 College graduate Jennifer Retzer suffered a traumatic brain injury while skiing in Vermont last Saturday. 

The former Vice President will lead the Washington-based Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.

College Republicans President and Wharton junior Sean Egan explained that Friday will be a good day for the club even though many of its members were skeptical of Trump throughout the election.

This year Penn students will enjoy the shortest winter break in years — with finals ending on Dec. 22 and spring classes beginning on Jan. 11.

For College junior Madeline Moore, the cure to blood cancer is just a few thousand cheek swabs away.

The app, Tapingo, lets users on Penn’s campus order from Frontera, Beefsteak, Starbucks at 1920 Commons, Joe’s Café, Accenture, The Wall at Houston Market, as well as many off campus restaurants.

For the residents of 4049 Sansom Street, today's presidential election hits especially close to home.

While some students dismiss voting third party as a wasted vote or even a spoiler vote, others cling to candidates like Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein as alternatives to the two-party system.