Playing football with the same group of guys for four years has a funny way of strengthening camaraderie. For three Class of 2012 Quakers, the ties go back even further.

This summer, assistant Engineering professor Katherine Kuchenbecker was selected as one of ten PopTech Fellows in the sophomore class of the Science and Public Leadership division. PopTech, an organization which hosts a community of scientists from around the world, is known for its series of talks on popular science issues.

A lively circus act composed of jugglers and tightrope walkers greeted over 200 locals early Wednesday afternoon at the opening celebration of the new green space adjacent to 30th Street Station. GALLERY: Photos of ‘The Porch’ opening

The event, called “Burning of the Epithets,” was planned by the United Minorities Council as part of Unity Week in an effort to encourage those impacted by negative stereotypes of race, gender, social status or sexuality. GALLERY: Photos of ‘Burning of the Epithets’

An underground gas explosion at 34th and Ludlow Streets today at about 5 p.m. Nov. 2 caused pavement damage at the southwest corner of the intersection.

Last week, Business Services sent students who purchased the Eat Any Time meal plan an email restating its policy regarding “moocher meals” — the number of guest swipes allocated to each student. Business Services also posted flyers around the dining halls listing the plan’s terms and conditions. VIDEO: Students’ takes on unlimited dining plan

Thanks to the “Hopes and Fears Revisited” mixed-media installation, members of the Penn community have been writing their hopes and fears on post-it notes, signing them with a fingerprint. INTERACTIVE: Notes from the ‘Hopes and Fears’ exhibitGALLERY: Photos of ‘Hopes and Fears’ exhibit

The symbolic strike, held in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland movement, began at noon and lasted exactly 99 minutes long. TOPICS: Occupy movement

Felony disenfranchisement should never be seen as the proper execution of justice when it more closely resembles cruel and unusual punishment.

As of Monday, you are one of 7 billion people on Earth. How can 7 billion voices be heard? How can 7 billion individual sets of desires be met?

It’s important to bring attention to problems with Penn Course Review, but the solution cannot be to stop using it altogether.

Penn extended its ED application deadline from Tuesday, Nov. 1 to Friday, Nov. 4 due to last weekend’s Northeastern snowstorm, along with peer schools like Yale and Columbia.

By 2005, Penn men’s soccer assistant coach Rob Irvine had grown tired of living in Hobbs, N.M., a small town of 30,000 people more than 300 miles from Albuquerque, N.M., the closest large city.

NFL veteran Roy Hilton has been teaching his grandson Brandon Copeland about the game since his grandson picked up a football in fifth grade.

Bernardini has most recently battled an ankle injury which sidelined him from most summer basketball activity, but with just over a week before the season tips off, he said he’s ready to roll.

If convicted of all counts, Leslie Mosby faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum of 10 years, a $500,000 fine, five years supervised release and a $200 special assessment.

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival will feature screenings, film shorts and more in its fourth year. The bulk of the programming will take place at the Ibrahim Theater in Penn’s International House.