The Daily Pennsylvanian

11/20/2025

Penn English professor Buzz Bissinger collaborated with United States Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on his new memoir, titled “Unfettered.”

"Unfettered” chronicles Fetterman’s political career and lifelong struggles with mental health, including his six-week stay in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for clinical depression in 2023.

11/20/2025

The University of Pennsylvania Press recently released a three-volume book project on Philadelphia’s history ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary in 2026.

The three volumes — titled “The Greater Philadelphia Region,” “Greater Philadelphia and the Nation,” and “Greater Philadelphia and the World" — cover subjects from the American Revolution and abolition to urban development, immigration, and cultural life. 

11/20/2025

Her Place Supper Club — a Philadelphia restaurant owned by 2015 College graduate Amanda Shulman — received a Michelin star on Tuesday.

"Her Place," which first opened as a pop-up in June 2021, is Philadelphia’s first restaurant to receive a Michelin star.

11/20/2025

Opinion | Guest columnist Ted Kwee-Bintoro argues that the security of the Penn community must supersede all other concerns.

Guest columnist Ted Kwee-Bintoro demands that Penn take concrete action to guarantee the physical security of its students, faculty, and staff.

11/20/2025

As the Department of State prepares to suspend 38 universities from a research partnership program for using diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in their hiring, Penn was named among the institutions that the federal government will continue to support.

A spreadsheet accompanying the memo evaluated universities on a four-point scale, with red-marked universities showing “clear DEI hiring policy” and green universities — including Penn — demonstrating “merit-based hiring with no evidence of DEI.”

11/20/2025

Several Shops at Penn storefronts in University City currently have vacant units — a trend that University officials say mirrors citywide retail conditions.

A University official clarified that while five individual storefronts may be empty, “there are no vacant Penn-owned buildings at this time.”

11/19/2025

Opinion | Columnist Viktor Wittner explains that rural students are being left in the dust and in their hometowns.

Columnist Viktor Wittner sheds light on Penn’s lack of initiative to recruit and support rural students.

11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

College and Wharton senior Florence Onyiuke has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar.

The Rhodes Trust announced this yearu2019s group of scholars on Nov. 15, with Onyiuke listed as one of 32 chosen in the United States. 

11/19/2025

Lawyers petitioned a district court on Monday to consolidate a series of class-action lawsuits filed against Penn following an Oct. 31 data breach, all of which alleged Penn did not take sufficient steps to protect confidential data.

The consolidated class action case would assume the name of the first plaintiff, 2014 College graduate Christopher Kelly, and include “all other similarly situated individuals.”

11/19/2025

Opinion | Senior columnist Mritika Senthil explains how student groups exploit high-traffic weekends to cash in on overcrowded, overpriced downtown parties.

Senior Columnist Mritika Senthil explains how student groups exploit high-traffic weekends to cash in on overcrowded, overpriced downtown parties.

11/19/2025

Penn’s Office of the Provost has issued guidance about a possible work stoppage ahead of this week’s strike authorization vote by Graduate Employees Together — University of Pennsylvania.

If the motion passes with a two-thirds majority, GET-UP’s elected bargaining committee will have the power to call a graduate worker strike at their discretion.