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(UPDATE) Penn Student Dead of Apparent Suicide
[Update 1:33 p.m.] The Daily Pennsylvanian is identifying the deceased student as Amanda Hu, 20, from a suburb of Charlotte, N.C. “She had left what […]
Meet the Penn Grad Blogging About His Olive Garden Pass
Matt Pershe recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has joined AmeriCorps. His AmeriCorps stipend has him looking for cheap food and he’s found […]
Penn Expands Boundaries of West Philly Home-Buying Program
A Penn program credited with helping revitalize the residential neighborhoods around the university’s West Philly campus is expanding its boundaries.
Penn Continuing Marijuana Ban Despite City Decriminalization
Despite the City of Philadelphia’s law decriminalizing marijuana possession expected to take effect next month, the University of Pennsylvania has no plans to change its […]
Penn Can’t Quite Get Over Last Year’s NYT “Hookup Culture” Article
Kate Taylor, who wrote last year’s infamous “hookup culture” article about Penn for the NYT, will be back on campus Thursday to talk about media […]
Penn Juniors Create “Frat Jacket”
You are looking at the “Frackit,” a jacket designed by Caroline Calle and Melissa Greenblatt and so named because, well, let’s let the Daily Pennsylvanian […]
Penn’s Ezekiel Emanuel Wants to Die at 75
Penn’s Ezekiel Emanuel — known for being Rahm‘s brother and a key figure in the development of Obamacare — has a provocative piece in The […]
Penn’s Endowment: $9.6 Billion
Maybe this is why Playboy said Penn is America’s No. 1 party school: The university’s huge endowment just keeps on getting bigger. There’s enough money […]
Penn Prof Named a MacArthur “Genius“
Danielle Bassett, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Penn, is a recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant,” the foundation announces today.
Playboy: Penn Is America’s No. 1 Party School
Playboy, in what must’ve been an exceedingly scientific and rigorous process — and not at all just pulling something out of thin air — has named […]
Another University of Pennsylvania Student Has Committed Suicide
Back in March, we told you that three University of Pennsylvania students had committed suicide since the start of that school year. And now we […]
Penn Named Best College in the Country
Do you know what the best college in the United States is, per a website called College Factual? That’s right: Philadelphia’s own University of Pennsylvania. […]
How the Penn Working Dog Center Turns Puppies Into Saviors
There’s a golden retriever in the ladies’ room. It’s my first visit to the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, and traffic was tied up on […]
Singh Center Named One of World’s Best
Architectural Digest has named Penn’s new Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, designed by Weiss/Manfredi, as one of its NINE BEST NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS AROUND […]
Hilariously, Penn Students Named Most Polite in Nation
If there’s one reputation Penn students have, it’s being impolite — especially to workers in the service industry. Penn kids reportedly tipped 40 cents at McGlinchey’s earlier […]