A weekly roundup of news from around higher education.

On paper, Penn Athletics’ presence on campus Saturday couldn’t be any better. And in reality, it was awesome.

After a strong showing two weeks ago at Heptagonal Championships, the Red and Blue are looking to improve upon their pre-meet rankings of ninth for the men and eighth for the women. Both teams are chasing top six finishes in the region.

In last season’s finale, Penn and Harvard squared off on Rhodes Field to determine which team wouldn’t get last place in the conference. But on Saturday, the two will play in Boston with an Ivy League title on the line.

Scott Mackler, a longtime Penn professor, pioneering addiction researcher and physician who battled for 15 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease, died Wednesday evening.

The Ivy League title may be out of reach for Penn volleyball, but there is still the chance to end the season on a long winning streak and with a victory against every team in the Ivy League.

The system would reorganize the College House System and bring new amenities to dorms.

To focus on skin color or ethnicity as the lone proxy for diversity is naive, only setting us back in thought to an era when the masses believed blacks had fundamentally distinct physical and mental capacities than whites.

Penn researchers can tell by your tweets.

The Christian Life Movement will assumer leadership of the Parish this summer

The University received 5,133 applications, which is a 41 percent increase from 2008.

Penn’s stars will get theres, but if the Quakers hope to succeed this season, they’ll need their bench to contribute too.

In his freshman year, Tyler Kinn received tough news, but has since rebounded to start in goal for Penn soccer.

The Daily Pennsylvanian sits down with Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri to discuss her competition experience.

Last night, the Kelly Writers House hosted the Kanye West Fest, which included eight presentations on the artist and a Kanye West-themed reception.

The complaints about hormonal birth control pills are extensive: They make women feel moody, bloated, tired, excessively horny, nauseous and so much more.

David Asch links debt from high medical school tuitions to overvalued health care and a shortage of primary physicians.