Republican Karen Brown, who is challenging incumbent Mayor Michael Nutter, is facing obstacles from party affiliations, the media and Nutter himself.

Thursday’s protest was sparked by Occupy Wall Street, a rally which began on Sept. 17 in New York’s financial center as a reaction against social and economic inequalities. Photo gallery: Occupy Philadelphia meeting

Communications professor Joseph Cappella and Computer and Information Science professor Michael Kearns received a $1 million grant Tuesday from the National Institutes of Health which they will use to evaluate anti-smoking messages.

A recent study published by sociology journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations found that the larger and more diverse a campus is, the less diverse most students’ group of friends is.

The DP’s weekly breakdown of crime in the Penn Patrol Zone, with an interactive map.

While the Admissions Office is “need-blind” for students from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, it “take[s] into consideration a family’s ability to pay” for international students, according Dean of Admissions Eric Furda.

The Penn Workplace Mentoring Program, which is sponsored by Penn Volunteers in Public Service at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, will bring 20 seventh graders to campus once a month and give them an inside look into the careers of Penn administrators.

All three people involved in the crash were transported to HUP and are in stable condition.

Penn’s Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia and Heterosexism, Allies and the LGBT Center welcomed Hudson Taylor and Ben Cohen to Houston Hall for “Ally Athletes in Action.”

Cinema Studies professor Peter Decherney wrote an amicus brief explaining why keeping more works in the public domain is actually beneficial for the film industry.

The program — a joint venture between the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science — will admit around 25 students interested in alternative energy research.

On Monday, world-class English rugby player Ben Cohen sat down with the DP to discuss the importance of defeating homophobia on and off the field.

The U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Act grant, which is nearing its three-year cycle, has paid for a full-time violence prevention educator and has funded projects like the Student Anti-Violence Advocate program.

After four days of construction, Bonded on 37th and Spruce Streets reopened on Oct. 1 as Bonded BoutiqueCleaner, a combined dry cleaning and women’s clothing shop.

As this week’s film session will no doubt show, the victory had its fair share of mistakes. • Recap: Quakers shut out the lights in Hanover

A biking trend has reached new highs as professors choose it over other modes of transportation.

Sunday night, Undergraduate Assembly members — including the eight newly elected freshmen — voted in favor of creating a common funding application, which would allow student event planners to apply to multiple sources for funding at once.