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Women’s rowing team revs up for first NCAA tourney
Members of the women's rowing team, wearing their white Penn jerseys, carry their boat into the water.

Women’s rowing team revs up for first NCAA tourney

This weekend in Sarasota, Florida, the Quakers will compete in the NCAA Division I Rowing Championship tournament for the first time as a full team.

Penn Today Staff

Quakers ante up for postseason play
A collage of men's lacrosse players and players on the baseball team performing various sporting actions while playing in games.

Quakers ante up for postseason play

The baseball team and the men’s lacrosse team will be in action this weekend in the Ivy League Championship Series and NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, respectively.
Penn Athletics hires Liz Nobis as first-ever mental health professional
Franklin Field, with center city Philadelphia to the right in the background.

Penn Athletics hires Liz Nobis as first-ever mental health professional

Nobis earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Biola University’s Rosemead School of Psychology in 2021 and has been serving as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn’s Counseling Services for the past year.

Penn Today Staff

Embracing academic, athletic, and creative pursuits
A portrait of Edie Noor Graber outside of College Hall.

One of the biggest life lessons that she’s taking forward from her time at Penn? “Growing up, everything is individual—in gymnastics you’re competing for yourself, and in school you’re taking the SAT or AP exams. But in college, it’s all about the team, so I’ve definitely learned to lean on others,” says Graber.

Embracing academic, athletic, and creative pursuits

Along with being a physics major, a member of the gymnastics team, and a leader of Penn Dischord, senior Edie Noor Graber has also spent the last four years engaging with the West Philadelphia community and exploring her Jewish identity.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Double champs
Top, members of the men's lacrosse team pose with their Ivy League Championship trophy; bottom, members of the women's track and field team pose with their championship banner.

Double champs

On Sunday, the men’s lacrosse team won its second consecutive Ivy League Tournament title and the women’s track & field team earned its third straight Outdoor Ivy Heps Championship.
How Lucas Monroe defines leadership
Lucas Monroe sits in the bleachers at the Palestra.

As a response to anti-Black violence, Lucas Monroe, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, took on a leadership role in social justice work, eventually serving as a fellow in the Office of Social Equity & Community along with being co-captain of the men’s basketball team.

How Lucas Monroe defines leadership

Lucas Monroe, a political science major, combines athletics and introspection to take on a leadership role in social justice work on campus and beyond.

Kristina García

The 126th running of the Penn Relays
A runner jumps over a hurdle on a track.

The 126th running of the Penn Relays

The Relays returned to Franklin Field last Thursday through Saturday for the first time since 2019.

Penn Today Staff