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defeats to Saint Joseph's and La Salle, then a thrilling 77-57 victory over Temple. Despite the pressure of being the focal point of the Quaker offense, Dingle didn't fail to deliver and maintained an impressive scoring average of 24.1 points per game heading into Ivy play.

As the team eventually found its pace, the Red and Blue capitalized on Dingle's momentum to rack up an eight-game win streak. His offensive domination would not have been possible without the support of his teammates on both sides of the ball. Junior guards Clark Slajchert and Max Martz finished the season with a combined 82 threepointers made, enabling Penn to efficiently cover the floor. Sophomore forward/center Nick Spinoso led the team in assists, senior guard Lucas Monroe tallied 179 rebounds, and senior center Max LorcaLloyd achieved a program-high 34-block this season. portrays the character of Janine Teagues, a Penn alumna and an eager, new-to-the-job second-grade teacher who is optimistic that the school district will provide resources that Abbott Elementary needs.

The women's team paralleled a similar versatility on the court this season. Senior guard Kayla Padilla led the Quakers to 11 straight wins, repairing their 1-5 overall record to start the year. In their 62-61 win over Temple, she eclipsed 1,000 career points, becoming the third-fastest Quaker in team history to reach the mark. Just two months later, she broke another school record for career three-point field goals made — notching 208 by the end of the season.

Several other players stepped up as well. Junior forwards Jordan Obi and Floor Toonders led the team in rebounds with 214 and 211, respectively. Toonders also accumulated 31 blocks — second in the Ivy League — and senior guard Mandy McGurk racked up an impressive 48 steals.

However, by the time Ivy Madness rolled around, the team's regular season momentum failed to carry over. Both Quaker squads were handed back-to-back defeats from Princeton, ending their Ivy championship dreams.

Here's how Penn basketball struggled, persevered, and yet ultimately surrendered its 2022-23 seasons, in photos.

“Even though we tune in each week for 22 minutes of laughter, Brunson never fails to remind us of the serious consequences of failing to invest in our public schools and the inspiring efforts of teachers across the country,” GSE dean Pam Grossman wrote in the school’s announcement.

At the 2023 Commencement, Brent Staples, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Jean Bennett will receive honorary degrees, according to the University announcement.

Staples, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the New York Times editorial board, will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters. He won the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2019 for a series of essays about the history of racism in the United States.

Banerjee is a book author and economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he co-founded a global research center that is dedicated to amplifying the use of scientific evidence in poverty alleviation policies.

In 2019, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research in development economics. Penn will award Banerjee an honorary Doctor of Laws.

Banerjee co-founded J-PAL with Esther Duflo, an award-winning economics professor at MIT who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Penn. Duflo’s work focuses on issues such as health, education, and financial inclusivity.

With Banerjee, she wrote two books about fighting global poverty and modern economies, called “Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty” and “Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems” respectively.

Bell Burnell, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Sciences, is the chancellor of the University of Dundee in Scotland and a visiting professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford. She discovered pulsars, which are “considered one of the most important astronomical advances of the 20th century,” according to the University’s announcement.

Bennett, a Perelman School of Medicine professor in ophthalmology, has spent 30 years working on gene therapy for retinal diseases, leading to the first FDA-approved gene therapy for a rare form of visual impairment in humans. In 2021, she co-founded Opus Genetics, which aims to give attention to gene therapies for rare conditions that “have been neglected by the pharmaceutical industry.” Bennett will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Sciences.

“We just want conversations to happen in a transparent, collaborative way and to be in the room when decisions are made that directly affect us,” GAPSA Executive Vice President Hoang Anh Phan said.

Penn previously offered additional graduate student housing in Sansom Place East, another formerly University-owned high rise building located at 3600 Chestnut St. However, that building closed as a result of a $94 million renovation plan that began in April 2022 under a private operator and developer. Now known as The Accolade on Chestnut, the building that was known as Sansom Place East is operated by Greystar and is currently leasing studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom graduate student apartments for fall 2023.

Greystar, a company that has faced a lawsuit from renters for allegedly predatory pricing tactics, declined a request for comment.

GAPSA said that the cost per square foot is significantly more expensive at the Accolade in comparison to comparable private apartments. Watson said that the closure will likely have a financial impact on students, forcing them to seek housing from what he said was the more expensive private market, and explore less accessible options farther from campus.

Beyond the financial hardship that GAPSA leadership said this decision will place on students, they said that on-campus housing is essential for social and academic wellness, because it offers a space for students to find community and connect with each other.

Watson said that advocating for affordable, highquality University-owned housing has been a central GAPSA advocacy point over the past year. Accessible housing has also been a discussion point in meetings with administrators, Watson said.

Specifically, the GAPSA Executive Board members said that they hope the University will offer subsidized housing for graduate students, which is an important part of their efforts toward diversity and inclusion.

“One of GAPSA’s big goals is to support students who might have large financial burdens like health costs and supporting family members or children,” GAPSA Director of Equity and Access Emily Getzen said. “Affordable housing close to campus is an essential part of supporting these students.”

GAPSA members added that they hope Penn will act in accordance with several of its peer institutions that already offer subsidized graduate student housing, including Columbia and MIT. They also pointed out that Penn is currently the only Ivy League school that does not offer family housing. Above all, GAPSA executive board members said that they want the University to better prioritize graduate student needs by allowing them to give input on housing and other issues that impact them.

“We contribute so much intellectually to the University and play so many different roles, from research to mentoring undergraduate students,” Phan said. “It should be a part of Penn’s mission to listen to us and support our basic needs.”