Fels Institute of Government professor and former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies entered the race for her old seat in Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district last week after months of speculation.

The gallery “Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster,” which opened this past Sunday, traces the depiction of black bodies in politically driven campaigns.

Several members of Penn’s Turkish community were only blocks away from the violence of the protests in Taksim Square, while others have friends and family nearby.

The issue is that we have become so consumed by our own name that we don’t really know who we are. I can’t help but detect a frisson of desperation when the University slathers the Ivy League label on every possible surface. What exactly is under all that Ivy?

As students who spend the majority of our year in this community, it is our responsibility to do something about a pervasive, threatening issue — hunger.

All of us encounter a myriad of decisions every day, whether big or small. From choosing our major or what classes to take to whether or not we should watch just one more episode of Gilmore Girls before going to bed, we all have to make decisions. It would seem that, with so much practice, decision-making should be a skill we have all mastered by now.

The Wharton School announced on June 5 that Georgette Phillips was stepping down from her position as vice dean of Wharton undergraduate programs. Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management Lori Rosenkopf will take Phillips’ office on July 1.

The exhibit “Each One As She May: Ligon, Reich, and De Keersmaeker” in Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art is the culmination of the year-long Spiegel Contemporary Art Freshman Seminar.

This past weekend, I had the chance to talk to recruit Jack Williams about his visit to Penn, his place in the recruiting process and his thoughts about his playing ability on the court.

Two Ivy League teams travelled to the Collegiate Rugby Championships last weekend, and one walked away in defeat while the other left triumphant.

Two is company for the Quakers this weekend as a duo of track and field stars head to the west coast for the NCAA Championships.

Franklin Field is getting a new SprinTurf field after nine years of wear and tear on the old one. The new playing surface will consist of a synthetic turf similar to the stadium’s original SprinTurf playing surface.

Smoke could be seen billowing over campus on Tuesday afternoon as a junkyard at the intersection of Grays Avenue and 49th Street caught fire.

Katie Bonner, former associate director of student affairs in the Office of Student Affairs, will succeed Hikaru Kozuma as director of the OSA.

Marjorie Margolies officially jumped into an already crowded congressional race on Thursday, in an effort to win back the seat she lost almost 20 years ago.

Anil Rustgi, chief of gastroenterology at the Perelman School of Medicine, was recently elected president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

The redevelopment of Penn’s South Bank campus will transform the property into a home for commercial and research facilities tied to the University.