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Penn Ties Duke, MIT for Seventh in US News Rankings Report
Penn nabbed seventh place on US News & World Reports recently released college rankings, tying Duke and MIT. Penn’s ranking this year is slightly better […]
The University of Pennsylvania No Longer Has a Drinking Problem
To answer a question posed by Sandy Hingston in May of last year: 43rd and Chestnut. Since the state store at 41st and Market closed […]
The Next Great Mind to Speak at Penn Is … Ashton Kutcher?
Looks like the Ivy League is going a little Hollywood thanks to a projected Sept. 18 visit from Ashton Kutcher as part of the Wharton […]
Finally, An All-Female Secret Society Sorority Is Coming to Penn
Alpha Delta Pi is not your typical Put on your Stilettos and Black Dresses and Book it to a Downtown on a Thursday night kind […]
Penn Students Now Get Condoms for Free
Just one more benefit of an Ivy League education: In previous years, SHS has been selling packs of 12 condoms for $3. Now when students go up […]
Amy Gutmann’s Massive Raise Brings Salary to $2 Million
Ever wonder why Ivy League tuition keeps going up, up, up? One reason: Rising costs doesn’t seem to be deterring applicants. Amid yearly tuition hikes, […]
Penn Study: Philly Bodegas Are Slowly Killing Us
PennDesign professor Amy Hillier has a study out today that documents a large volume of ads for sugary drinks and cigarettes in the corner stores […]
Penn, Drexel Among Nation’s Best Robot Builders
NewsWorks reports that Penn and Drexel are among six semifinalists in DARPA Robotics Challenge. The two will compete in December on an obstacle course in […]
Wharton Now Suing Everyone and Everything Called “Wharton”
Penn is suing a five-year-old Jersey firm called “Wharton Advisers Corp.” for selling “financial consulting services that are inferior to The University’s services sold under […]
Dear Kate Taylor, Hook-Up Culture Is Not New At All
Kate Taylor, you wasted your time. Taylor, the author of the Girls-Have-Sex-At-Penn story that the Times published last month, worked exclusively on the piece from September […]
A University City Sequel: The Hub, Part Deux
The Hub is the apartment building on the corner of 40th and Chestnut distinguished by its impressive ground-floor restaurant: Distrito, the Philadelphia outpost of Jose […]
Penn Cancer Center Treating Disease Through Gene Testing
First the work of Carl June and his group of dedicated researchers, and now this from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center: Researchers are now testing patients’ […]
Comedian (And Stripper) Asks Penn to Refund Her Master’s Degree Tuition
Via Daniel Rubin at The Talk—and we’ll be talking about him later today—comes the story of Rachel Fogletto, who has a master’s degree in social […]
Penn Not Happy With Buzzfeed’s Inevitable Penn List
Buzzfeed publish a list (of course) about Penn called “19 Signs You Went to Penn.” Including: The list was apparently too obvious for Under the […]
WATCH: Colbert Makes Fun With NYT Penn Hookup Article
Oh, yeah, this was on last Thursday and we’re just bringing it to you now. In our defense: Colbert is on really late. And we […]