Home is comfortable and secure — the easy option.But choosing what’s easy can be scary in its own right. If New York is too foreign, San Jose almost feels too familiar.

The Education Commons, located inside the George A. Weiss Pavilion at Franklin Field, formally opened to the Penn community Wednesday afternoon. GALLERY: Education Commons VIDEO: Tour of the Education CommonsVIDEO: Word on the Walk

Johannes Larcher, the senior vice president of Hulu’s international operations, gave a talk Weds. night hosted by the Wharton Management Club and the Undergraduate Media and Entertainment Club to discuss Hulu and its role in the evolving TV industry.

The idea that “two heads are better than one” may not always be the case, according to two Wharton professors.

After four years of studies, researchers at Perelman School of Medicine have found what may be one of the main causes of male pattern baldness — an mRNA chain called PGD2.

Mariposa Food Co-op moved into a new retail store at 4824 Baltimore Avenue on March 17 from its old space just a block away. Mariposa’s expansion process officially began in 2008 in order to accommodate its growing amount of members.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said the Office of Admissions usually sends warning letters to newly admitted students and their high-school counselors after a “pattern of lower grades” or a failing grade.

Last semester, the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, an education management software, implemented a successful pilot in 25 courses across multiple schools, serving 500 students.

Penn’s overall acceptance rate of 12.3 percent for the Class of 2016 is the exact same as the initial acceptance rate last year. INTERACTIVE: Penn Admission Rates Over Time VIDEO: Your Admissions Memories LAST YEAR: Penn admissions drops to 12.3 percent

Fourteen Quakers will compete in the 85th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, the second largest track and field competition in the country.

Tuesday evening in Claudia Cohen Hall’s Terrace Room, Glenn Lowry spoke to the group of students, professors and art curators as SPEC Art Gallery’s first ever speaker event.

On Tuesday, about 30 students met Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of NPR’s “On the Media” and author of The Influencing Machine, a non-fiction graphic novel that recounts the history of media.

Michael Kors Chairman and CEO John Idol spoke to an audience of more than 300 last night.

It’s been almost a year since I, along with other regular decision applicants, got into Penn. Even though March 30, 2011 seems like a while ago, I try to remind myself how fortunate I am to be at Penn.

My Seussical reawakening began when I went to see the new film adaptation of the 1971 classic The Lorax.

Check out what crime happened on and around campus.

On Saturday, three Penn students competed in the USA Memory Championship in New York, and Wharton sophomore Michael Mirski took home third place, defeating around thirty adults.