The first time that Penn softball coach Leslie King stepped onto a softball diamond, she broke her nose. A freshman in high school at the time, King fell victim to an untimely groundball that flew up into her face rather then nestling into her mitt. “I had never played before,” she explained.

After dropping three of four to Princeton this past weekend, Penn baseball needed a win. They got it.

Penn Athletics has a variety of varsity sports teams, but it also hosts a wealth of club sports. These club teams can even be surprisingly successful — the men’s club basketball team, for instance, had a record-breaking year. But for the best club athletes, just how easy is it — and how often does it occur — to move up to the varsity level? The latter question is easier to answer.

And that’s two. Late last night in good ol’ Baltimore, the Quakers were able to build on their Ivy win Saturday to defeat UMBC in a non-conference game 8-7. The Red and Blue got the first point on the board with an unassisted goal from midfield Tyler Dunn just 34 seconds into the game. But the Retrievers didn’t let Penn stay up for long.

In a recent list of top "work hard, play hard" schools, the University of Pennsylvania took the number one spot, according to Business Insider.

Harvard law professor, Penn graduate and former democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig was arrested Friday while protesting in Washington, D.C., USA Today reported Monday.

On Monday, six nooses arranged in the colors of the rainbow were found hung on tree at Austin Paey State University’s (APSU) Clarksville campus.

SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Participants talked about the definition of privilege, then recognized their own privileges — able-bodiedness, sexual orientation, speaking English and even being a Penn student — before launching into the discussion.

School of Social Policy & Practicetitle and Perelman School oftitle Medicine professor Dennis Culhane says newer approaches to ending homelessness have helped mitigate the problem over the years.

Since leaving office, Nutter has already been a CNN commentator, urban policy professor at Columbia University and a U.S. Department of Homeland Security advisor.

Reflecting on Sept. 25, 2000, the fateful day he survived his attempted suicide, he shared his story of recovery and renewed outlook on love and living.

At Penn, international students have bared witness, much to their surprise and concern, to what is turning out to be a historic election for American politics.

Summer Residential Teaching Assistants straddle the line between parent, friend, peer, educator and Penn ambassador for rising high school seniors participating in one of Wharton’s five highly-selective  pre-college programs.

While they may have been non-entities last year, sophomore right-handed pitcher Billy Lescher and junior southpaw Gabe Kleiman have become indispensable members of Penn baseball’s pitching staff this season.

Last week, Penn Athletics announced the elevation of assistant squash coach Gilly Lane to head men’s coach.

All of Penn’s student body knows that “finals season” is approaching. But for a select subset of the school, the phrase is a bit of a double entendre.