Building intelligence is like building muscle. You don’t get stronger from lifting weights that are easy for you to lift. You get stronger from lifting weights that are a bit too heavy for you to continuously lift comfortably. 

BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y. His email address is bclaar@sas.upenn.edu.

A Penn professor has weighed in on the recent debate brought forth by an article in The Atlantic.

The site was used to announce a potential act of violence against a Philadelphia area school on Monday.

Recent threats of violence towards an unnamed university in the Philadelphia area disrupted the day to day activities at Penn.

As many teens spent the summer balancing internships, classes, and beach outings, one Penn student was busy questioning a foreign head of state.

Many undergraduate students with varied interests can develop their skills as researchers and relationships with faculty by taking part in the Penn Museum internship program

Sunday saw the conclusion of an excellent showing for Penn Women’s Tennis at the Cissie Leary Invitational Women’s tennis tournament, a tournament hosted on Penn’s very own campus this past weekend.

For Penn field hockey, the plan is pretty simple: find a way to win Ivy contests, even when those results don’t come easy. And sitting on a 7-1 record with two wins in conference, that is exactly what it has done.

It’s time to hit the refresh button for Penn Athletics. In the eyes of Athletic Director Grace Calhoun that means new uniforms, new initiatives, new programming and, most importantly, a new vision.

For the past three years, Penn cross country has shown consistent signs of improvement but has been unable, as of yet, to put it all together. This year, though, the Quakers are coming temptingly close to doing just that.

On a brisk Monday night at Rhodes Field, the Quakers played nearly flawless soccer. From a statistical standpoint, Penn dominated the box score in every column except the one that mattered most: the final score.

AQIS is a group for queer international students, many of whom hide their identities at home.

Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights to the United Nations Ivan Simonovic came to speak at Penn Law School on Monday as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

For many Penn students, Hangify has become the first resource when figuring out what to do on weekends. Merv Arnold-Lyons, a College senior and the company’s founder and current CEO, has no plans for slowing down anytime soon.

Peter Tarantelli has cooked in Penn's Greek system since 2009

Faculty in college houses learn to combine family and pets with a setting of noisy college students.