In track and field, conventional wisdom holds that specialization optimizes results. For the most part, runners run, sprinters sprint, jumpers jump and throwers throw. But Noel Jancewicz was never one for conventional wisdom.

The Natural Sciences division is participating in an Evolution Cluster hire.

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Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is "boring" guy in real life.Or so he says. "When I'm writing is when I get to be exciting," he said.

After facing some turmoil on and off the field, Penn women’s lacrosse was able to keep itself focused and earn a much needed-victory.

Israel might be creating some of its own biggest challenges, according to writer Peter Beinhart.On Tuesday, Penn students gathered in the upstairs lounge of Hillel to listen to a presentation from Beinart, an author and columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

The Division of Public Safety kicked off its annual “Share the Road” bicycle safety campaign with an event at the Penn Bookstore yesterday.The campaign is designed to educate members of the Penn community about local laws, traffic violations and best practices pertaining to cyclists riding in Philadelphia streets.

A patient comes in and complains of cold-like symptoms. Her past medical history includes an open reduction internal fixation of the right hip — more commonly known as a hip replacement. Her CO2 levels and her white blood cell count are both elevated, and her hemoglobin and platelet counts are normal. This is a typical scenario given to Penn students in simulation labs, a class that composes a core part of the School of Nursing's curriculum.

Penn Medicine, in an attempt to meet its ever-growing needs, is adding a number of new buildings and spaces.

If that counts, then what about when my class of 100-plus students had a lecture canceled outright for Yom Kippur because roughly 15 students in the class were Jewish? By my estimates, I paid roughly $250 for that hour of education, and it was not provided so that a religion I don’t follow could be accommodated.

Facing Brown, the Quakers stepped onto the field Tuesday looking for their second consecutive sweep of an Ivy doubleheader, and got just what they wanted, downing the Bears with two 3-2 victories at Meiklejohn Stadium.

People wave their opinions around — some of them better informed and reasoned than others — and the public forum becomes saturated with misinformation. For example, people trust their computers for medical advice far more than they should. According to the good digital doctors of MayoClinic.com, pretty much everything from fatigue to that pimple on your chin is a sign of cancer.

For their senior design project, they created a device for targeted cancer drug delivery.

For the first month of her final semester at Penn, Carissa Lundquist wasn’t sure she was a student. Her story sheds light on some of the shortcomings with how the University handles students who say they have been victims of sexual assault and who experience mental health issues.

On Monday afternoon, the Green Ribbon Campaign — a student-led mental health and wellness advocacy coalition — held its first rally to raise questions about the current state of mental heath on campus.

Dr. Cornel West sees the "beautiful" in the incarcerated.“You go to these prisons and you see all of these beautiful chocolate people – and some of them deserved to be punished, some of them are rapists and murderers – but others are serving 20 years for soft drugs,” he said.

After a particularly exciting election season, College junior Joyce Kim was elected as the new Undergraduate Assembly President, the first female UA President since the position's inception in 2010.