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===Student organizations=== {{See also|University of Pennsylvania senior societies|Penn Debate Society|Penn History Review}} [[File:The Philomathean Library.jpg|thumb|The Philomathean Society Presidential Library, named after former [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] and [[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine|Penn Med]] alumnus [[William Henry Harrison]]]] The [[Philomathean Society]], founded in 1813, is the United States' oldest continuously existing collegiate literary society and continues to host lectures and intellectual events open to the public.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania|author=Philomathean Society|author-link=Philomathean Society|year=1913|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=Philadelphia|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog/page/n34 22]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]'' is an independent, student-run newspaper, which has been published daily since it was founded in 1885.<ref name="About DP">{{cite news|title=About Us|url=http://thedp.com/about-us|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807005912/http://thedp.com/about-us|archive-date=August 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper went unpublished from May 1943 to November 1945 due to [[World War II]].<ref name="About DP"/> In 1984, the university lost all editorial and financial control of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' (also known as ''The DP'') when the newspaper became its own corporation.<ref name="About DP" /> ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' has won the [[Pacemaker Award]] administered by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] multiple times, most recently in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|work=ACP|publisher=National Scholastic Press Association/Associated Collegiate Press|title=2007 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161701/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Max |title=The Daily Pennsylvanian wins 'Pulitzer' of college journalism for third year in a row |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |work=The Daily Pennsylvania |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221162501/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''DP'' also publishes a weekly arts and culture magazine called ''[[34th Street Magazine]]''. The Penn Debate Society (PDS), founded in 1984 as the Penn Parliamentary Debate Society, is Penn's debate team, which competes regularly on the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]] and the international British Parliamentary circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penndebatesociety.com/history |title=History β Penn Debate Society |website=Penndebatesociety.com |date= |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> The ''Penn History Review'' is a journal, published twice a year, through the Department of History, for undergraduate historical research, by and for undergraduates, and founded in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/phr/all_issues.html |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/penn-history-review |website=Department of History |publisher=Penn Arts & Sciences |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://pennclubs.com/club/penn-history-review |website=pennclubs.com |access-date=April 30, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==== Penn Electric Racing ==== [[File:Penn Electric Racing REV8 Unveiling.jpg|thumb|Penn Electric Racing unveiled REV8 on March 31, 2023, in front of the ''[[Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)|Statue of Benjamin Franklin]]'' in front of [[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall]].]] Penn Electric Racing is the university's [[Formula SAE]] (FSAE) team, competing in the international [[electric vehicle]] (EV) competition. Colloquially known as "PER," the team designs, manufactures, and races custom electric racecars against other collegiate teams. In 2015, PER built and raced their first racecar, REV1, at the [[List of Formula SAE winners|Lincoln Nebraska FSAE competition]], winning first place.<ref name="SAE-2015">{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2015 |title=Electric 2015 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2015_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref> The team repeated their success with their next two racecars: REV2 won second place in 2016,<ref name="SAE-2016">{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Electric 2016 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2016_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref> and REV3 won first place in 2017.<ref name="SAE-2017">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2017 |title=Electric 2017 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2017_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref>
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