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(06/25/21 11:34pm)
Content Warning: The following text mentions mental illness and suicide, which can be disturbing or triggering for some readers. Please find resources listed at the bottom of the article.
(06/16/21 5:04pm)
As Paul Ryan (C '09) set up his room in Kings Court English House on move–in day his first year, his father said the words that would set the stage for Paul's four years at Penn.
(06/16/21 3:11pm)
If you're an undergraduate Penn student interested in research, you've probably heard about PURM, the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.
(06/09/21 8:57pm)
Much like the rest of us, Lua Beckman (C ‘22) has spent a lot of time throughout the pandemic in her room—except that hers has doubled as a painting studio. The room itself is huge with high ceilings, and her easel sits in the very center surrounded by a bunch of mirrors, which are helpful for looking at a painting from a new perspective and identifying areas that still need work.
(06/02/21 8:29pm)
Before the spring 2020 semester was even over, Luka Yancopoulos (Viper ‘22) resolved to never take an online course again. The Yorktown Heights native is a lover of school, but maintains that learning isn’t the same when it takes place over Zoom. Once it became clear that the fall 2020 semester would be virtual as well, Luka decided to take a gap year. At the time, he had no idea what he would go on to accomplish in his months away from Penn.
(06/02/21 7:16pm)
Content Warning: The following text mentions eating disorders, disordered eating behaviors, and mental illness, which can be disturbing or triggering for some readers. Please find resources listed at the bottom of the article.
(05/13/21 5:55pm)
It's a hot grad summer—and these 10 seniors are no exception.
(05/12/21 9:40pm)
Located over 3,000 miles north of Philadelphia, Brandon Nguyen (C, W '21) spent the summer after his sophomore year learning that the worst part about working as an organic potato farmer is weeding. After every long day of farming nothing but potatoes, he would enjoy a hot meal of more potatoes and fish freshly caught from the cold depths of the Arctic Ocean, before doing further work on the research project that had initially brought him to the Arctic Circle.
(05/12/21 9:16pm)
Bernie Wang (C, E '21) has a significantly more calm and humble demeanor when compared to any Penn student, so much so that his humility can hide how accomplished he is.
(05/12/21 9:37pm)
Adam Konkol (C '21) has the kind of resume that proves it’s possible to find a path in life where you’re passionate about the things you’re good at and good at the things you’re passionate about. It definitely inspires hope that we can all, with dedication and work, stumble on similar paths of our own—where fulfilling our academic or work responsibilities during most of the day just means we’re enjoying what we do at every moment.
(05/12/21 7:55pm)
If Sydney Lewis (C ’21) had to describe her last four years at Penn in one word, it would be "yes."
(05/12/21 7:50pm)
If you’ve ever seen someone strolling down Locust with a pair of purple Beats on, it’s pretty likely that it was Heta Patel (C '21). “If you ask any of my friends, it's an identifying feature of who I am,” she explains. “There've been some people I've run into who were like, ‘Oh my god, you're the purple Beats girl!’”
(05/12/21 9:33pm)
“I was like, ‘Dad can we go get Philly cheesesteaks and go home?’”
(05/12/21 9:28pm)
Faith Mamaradlo (C '21) starts our conversation off by emphasizing that at heart, she’s just a Philly girl who loves her houseplants—describing herself as “lowkey” while expressing disbelief in being featured as part of this year's Penn 10 for her many accomplishments.
(05/12/21 7:55pm)
Amanpreet Singh (C ’21) can map their Penn experience in sensory details: the polished evergreen of the trolley at the 37th Street transit portal, the gooey decadence of a chocolate and peanut butter Kiwi Yogurt sundae, and the sweetness of the purple morning glories that dot Locust Walk in the spring.
(05/12/21 9:26pm)
In his four short years at Penn, Nabeel Farooqui (E '21) has done it all. His claims to campus fame include founding and selling the startup Halo, serving as both projects chair at Hack4Impact and head of operations at PennApps, and calling himself a proud member of APALI, the Muslim Students Association (MSA), and Penn Electric Racing while completing a computer science major.
(05/12/21 7:50pm)
Erin O’Malley (C '21) has four pieces of advice for incoming students.
(04/29/21 4:00am)
The first time I really met Tamsyn Brann (re: the first time we weren’t talking about work) was 12 days after our first work conversation. I had just broken up with my ex–boyfriend for the second time in two weeks, and relatively friendless, I called her, desperate for someone to keep me company. She was on my couch within ten minutes, and we drank wine and ate popcorn and talked about distinctly Tamsyn things: David Bowie, where to buy mini skirts, and the notion that change is okay.
(04/27/21 10:50pm)
At the start of quarantine last March, Henry Platt (C ’21) decided that it was finally time to join the TikTok community. He began posting covers of songs and duets with his older brother, Broadway superstar Ben Platt, as a way of continuing his love for singing despite the limitations on performing arts caused by the pandemic. After a year of posts, Henry has amassed over 50,000 followers on TikTok.
(04/25/21 9:33pm)
Shrestha Singh (C ’12) loves her husband Eric's family, and they love her. But this love is complicated: Shrestha is the Indian American daughter of immigrants, and she married into a family of Trump supporters.