Campus Life
The Body I Inherited
What it means to love the body I came from.
Ego of the Month: Stephanie Skinner
The weight of the crown is no stranger to Stephanie Skinner.
This Forbes 30 Under 30 Freshman is Revolutionizing the Gaming World
Crystal Yang’s work to make educational games accessible to blind users goes way beyond a resume line.
Ego of the Week: Trisha Bheemanathini
Between Bloomers rehearsals and three majors, this Penn senior is building a life that refuses to stay in one lane.
The Self–Fulfilling Prophecy of Homesickness
How missing my old life stopped me from building a new one.
Beauty Issue: Dunya Afshar
This student lash technician personalizes her clients’ lashes with “science, empathy, and precision.”
Ego of the Week: Ani Nguyen Le
“If color creates a feeling, what does a sound look like?”
Beauty Issue: Kimberly Ng
Amid Penn’s preprofessional culture, this student has learned to transform her hobby into a career.
Ego of the Week: Janine Navalta
Janine Navalta shapes Penn, one design at a time.
A Birthday Letter
Death, friendship, and the first person I loved.
Letter From the Editor: February 2026
On the art of loving by chance
Ego of the Month: Briana Cantero
Briana Cantero gets candid about love and personal growth.
Strangers on the Subway, Seven Years Ago
This essay won first place in the Love Issue ‘Streetcute’ contest.
Six Years Later or Now
This essay won second place in the 2026 Love Issue 'Streetcute' contest.
Three Minutes of Love
This essay won third place in the Love Issue ‘Streetcute’ contest.
Ego of the Week: Max Annunziata
From polling students on Locust Walk for SCUE to hiking the Woodland Cemetery path with Penn Outdoors, this senior has spent his Penn experience shaping campus policies and getting outdoors to reset and recharge.
Running Away to Alaska
Jules Lingenfelter reflects on a summer spent on the final frontier, her encounters there, her revisions of self, and what she fled from in the first place.
Letter from the Editor: Best Of
Notes From a Cuckoo Editor–in–Chief
Ego of the Week: Wei–An Jin
Graphic design is former Street Design Editor Wei–An Jin’s passion, Penn preprofessionalism be damned.
