Last year, Penn women’s cross country finished last in the Ivy League. This is an indisputable fact. In their year-end Heptagonal meet, the de facto Ivy championship competition, the Red and Blue only managed to finish eighth in the Ancient Eight. And while any single meet result should be taken with a grain of salt, this sort of result would be the elephant in the room.

Penn's cross country opener featured some strong times and some shocking timing. In their first competitive action of the season, the Quakers went up against Saint Joseph's, La Salle, Villanova and Temple in the Big 5 Invitational, held at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia.

Over the past few years, Penn men’s cross country has largely been a showcase for one of the top runners in the nation: Thomas Awad. And what a showcase it has been.

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At Penn, an often overlooked group of students are the younger population: most skipped a year or more in grade school, many started school early and some came from a different school system in which the coursework was more advanced. By interviewing these students, I was expecting to uncover issues related to mental health and dealing with high expectations.

How much does a Penn education cost? For enrolled students, it’s over $60,000 per year. But for other students, Penn courses don’t even cost a cent.

Father James Martin predicts the Pope will talk about social justice and the poor, capitalism and income inequality, the environment and the refugee crisis.

The Nursing School took the reigns in planning the event

The awards, which were established in March, provide research grants to Penn faculty to encourage engagement in China

The curriculum for the certificate consists of eight classes and a senior capstone course

In the weeks leading up to the play there will be various events put on by 4A and other collaborating groups to bring awareness to key issues in "For Colored Girls."

According to the 2014 data, 10 percent of 18,286 male applicants were accepted to Penn, and 11 percent of 17,580 female applicants were admitted.

If a slip in the U.S. News and World Reports rankings wasn't enough of a blow to the gut, OKCupid has some more misfortune heading Penn's way. OKCupid took the top 20 colleges according to the U.S.

The Quakers finally had a chance to play on their home court this weekend. In fact, they had several. Hosting the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Invitational, Penn volleyball defeated Fairfield in its home opener on Friday night before steamrolling Delaware State Saturday morning to extend its winning streak to four.

The fall season may still be quite young for Penn Athletics, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any surprises. So now, with most Red and Blue teams having gotten their seasons under way, we take the opportunity to talk about the squads that have made us reconsider our preseason expectations.

The 139th edition of Penn football has 77 days together. From the first day of preseason camp until the final snap against Cornell in November, the Quakers remain one cohesive unit.

The first big road trip of the season is always a challenge, and while Penn women’s soccer’s weekend in South Carolina was by no means perfect, the two games the squad played allowed for plenty of causes for optimism. Despite picking up their first loss of the season on Friday night in a 2-1 game against No.