5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn women make history with first distance medley relay win at Penn Relays
Women’s distance medley relay team members Nia Akins, Uchechi Nwogwugwu, Melissa Tanaka, and Maddie Villalba won Thursday’s race at the Penn Relays. Coach Steve Dolan said the four are “some of the best runners in Penn history assembled at one time.”
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Usain Bolt remembers his historic 2010 Penn Relays performance: ‘There was a great atmosphere’
No matter where his life and his pursuits take him, the Jamaican icon always will remember his performances at the Penn Relays and what the carnival has done to help young Jamaican athletes get noticed by U.S. colleges.
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Forty years after his memorable race, Renaldo Nehemiah to return to Penn Relays
It has been 40 years since Renaldo Nehemiah created one of the most indelible memories in the history of the Penn Relays with his history-making 44.3-second anchor leg for Maryland.
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Penn’s female rowers have a new teammate. She’s 10.
With the help of Penn’s women’s rowing team, the sport is bringing Keira McGrenehan joy and relief as she manages ulcerative colitis through a national program called Team IMPACT, which connects kids with serious and chronic illnesses to college athletic teams.
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The Ivy's last stand: Penn's 1979 Final Four run marked end of an era
An Ivy League team in the Final Four? Yep. Coach Bob Weinhauer’s basketball team didn’t seem to belong— the Quakers came from a bookworm conference that didn’t, and still technically doesn’t, allow athletic scholarships. Somehow, they found a way to accomplish a ludicrous goal and advance to the Final Four. It’s a feat no Ivy team has accomplished since.
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‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’
Brandon Copeland, the New York Jets linebacker heading to free agency next month, and a Wharton graduate, returns to his alma mater to teach Inequity and Empowerment, Urban Financial Literacy along with Brian Peterson, the director of Makku, Penn's Black Cultural Center, calling the course Life 101.
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Why this New York Jets linebacker wants to help Penn undergrads manage their money
Brandon Copeland, a Penn alum and New York Jets linebacker, wished he’d taken a personal finance course to learn the basics of budgeting, investing, retirement planning, and career basics. Now he’s teaching that very undergraduate class.
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Penn looking to put one championship behind while chasing another
The next challenge for men’s basketball is an exclusively Ivy League competition, six straight weekends of grueling Friday-Saturday back-to-backs, on the heels of the Big 5 win at the Palestra.
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Women’s basketball: Penn’s 9-3 start fueled by former role players
Some players in the starting lineup are shifting from no-starts to being regular contributors this season.
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Women’s college basketball: Going through contenders for City Six player of the year
Eleah Parker,the reigning Ivy League and Big 5 rookie of the year, and Ashley Russell, who ranks first in the Ivy in assist/turnover ratio, are the two Penn players in contention for City Six player of the year: