Penn and Columbia football players racked up a series of career highs during Saturday’s victories over Dartmouth and Princeton, respectively.

It isn’t often that an entire conference sees a significant overhaul in its coaching staff during the offseason, but that is exactly what has happened in the Ivies this year.

College sophomore Josh Dembowitz and his family started the 243 Foundation — dedicated to promoting fire prevention, safety and awareness — in honor of Josh's brother Seth, who died in a fire.

The Undergraduate Assembly welcomed nine newly elected freshmen representatives at its weekly meeting sunday night, where the body discussed three new initiatives. The UA discussed a consolidated database for on-campus study space and "UA Tours," among other proposed initiatives

Andrew Toy, Director of the Retail Resource Network at The Enterprise Center, provides local minority entrepreneurs with advice on marketing — an expense which he said many do not consider when planning their businesses.

The University plans to purchase the DuPont Marshall Research Lab — a 23.1-acre property on Grays Ferry Avenue — for $13 million. This is the first instance in which Penn has bought land across the river for everyday purposes.

Penn and 17 other institutions are participating in a study to determine biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative, or PPMI, is a $40-million, five-year observational trial sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

A slew of the nation’s wealthiest colleges like Harvard and Yale have recently borrowed large sums of money, but Amy Gutmann said Penn has not needed to engage in this strategy.

Recently appointed a Penn Institute of Urban Research scholar, Cailles Cates Barnett has worked in city management across the country. Prior to her appointment at Penn, she worked as Philadelphia’s managing director.

On a team expected to rely heavily upon its stable of running backs to keep a hard-nosed rush attack afloat, quarterback Billy Ragone’s legs — even more than his arm — are providing a breath of fresh air.

Penn Nursing students agree that their employment opportunities may be more promising than those of many of their peers, but they have not been immune to the recession’s effects and graduates.

On Friday afternoon, a panel titled “A Post-Racial Society in the Age of Obama: Fact or Fiction?” kicked off the first annual Penn Spectrum conference — an alumni gathering focused on recognizing the University’s diversity.

“You are loved” — this is the message that students will be chalking all over campus today as part of a national campaign to prevent suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

With a Pennsylvania voter registration deadline of midnight tonight student political groups spent the weekend adding as many students as possible to the state’s voter rolls.

This Saturday with just 1:04 before the end of regulation, the men’s soccer team managed to put the game-winning goal past Cornell for its first Ivy win.

Penn got its first dogfight from a new and improved Dartmouth team that nearly pulled off a major upset. It was a game that should set off alarms in the minds of each of those 100-plus Quakers.

SPEC President said Cosby was selected on the criteria that he would have “wide appeal to the community” and is someone students “would not have an opportunity to see speak otherwise.”