Zihan Xiong

One of several positions that voters will have to elect is the new Philadelphia district attorney.  Former DA Seth Williams stepped down in June after pleading guilty to charges of corruption. 

2013 Penn Law School graduate Jeremy Peskin has been working with Penn students affected by DACA through his initiative Borderwise.

The group has historically followed the platform of the Democratic Party, but they're now shifting away from this "top-down" approach to push for the policies they believe in. 

"This shortsighted decision violates our core principles as a University community – indeed, as a nation," Penn administrators wrote. 

Approximately 19 percent of the 5,939 students who will live on-campus this semester chose to move in early. 

Reading days begin tomorrow. If exam preparation becomes too overwhelming, here are six places in Philadelphia you can go to de-stress. 

Penn's Dance Marathon was able to bring in six different performing arts groups as well as instructors from Pottruck Health and Fitness Center to perform and teach dances throughout the day. 

Doctoral candidate Colman Humphrey said Twitter would become less of a forum for intellectual conversation and more of a "tabloid" medium as time progressed after a debate.