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Student Athletes
Going for gold: Penn athletes in the Paris Olympics
Going for gold: Penn athletes in the Paris Olympics
Twelve Penn athletes are participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Part 1 of a two-part Penn Today series highlights Quakers competing for international teams.
The economic impact of the Olympics
The economic impact of the Olympics
Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.
Whittaker punches ticket to Paris Olympics
Whittaker punches ticket to Paris Olympics
The 2024 alumna will be a part of the U.S. Olympic Team’s 4x400 relay pool.
What the recent antitrust settlement means for the NCAA
What the recent antitrust settlement means for the NCAA
Karen Weaver of Penn’s Graduate School of Education, an expert on college sports and higher education, discusses the NCAA settlement agreement and the effect it will have on student-athletes and college sports overall.
2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics
2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics
Akins won the 800 meter final on Monday night. After finishing sixth, May graduate Isabella Whittaker has a good chance of being a part of the 4x400 relay pool.
Quaker quadrumvirate earns All-American honors
Quaker quadrumvirate earns All-American honors
Four members of the track and field team were awarded All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Our favorite photos of the year
Our favorite photos of the year
Penn Today’s iconic photos of the 2023-24 academic year highlight the beauty, achievements, innovation, and celebration in the Penn community.
Quakers and Cavaliers get ready to rumble in NCAA Regional
Quakers and Cavaliers get ready to rumble in NCAA Regional
The baseball team is making back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 34 years.
Quakers win second straight Ivy title
Quakers win second straight Ivy title
Penn beat Cornell on Monday to capture the conference tournament championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.
Wyatt at the bat
Wyatt at the bat
The fourth-year third baseman on the baseball team discusses his 36 best friends, hitting home runs, getting hit by 90 mph fastballs, and why the New York Yankees are “God’s team.”
In the News
NBC Philadelphia
Athletes with Philly-area, NJ ties in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Penn graduates Nia Akins and Marc Michello have qualified for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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Associated Press
Record-breaking Matthew Fallon leads young contingent on U.S. men’s Olympic swim team
Rising fourth-year Matthew Fallon of Warren, New Jersey, has qualified for the men’s U.S. Olympic swimming team.
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The Wall Street Journal
Volleyball was for girls. Now it’s booming with boys
Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that colleges began adding men’s volleyball as a tool to attract male students at a time of declining enrollment.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
These college leaders have a plan to ‘not be sued all the time’ over sports
Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that any plan to de-professionalize college athletics could be a hard sell if it looks like it’s emphasizing something other than winning.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Hoop dreams sprout again for middle schoolers in the reborn Penn-West Philly league
The Penn-West Philadelphia Basketball League, a program for middle-schoolers that consisted of eight teams run by Penn students, has been rebooted by Marquese Johnson and Sarah Kelly of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
After a back injury, this Penn senior’s record-breaking track success is ‘a long time coming’
Penn fourth-year Isabella Whittaker has set multiple program and Ivy League records this season and has Olympic hopes.
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