On Friday evening, Columbia University professor Farah Jasmine Griffin celebrated the one-year anniversary of Penn’s Department of Africana Studies as the keynote speaker at the conference “Future of the Field.”

Y-Prize, a Wharton-Engineering competition, is now accepting applications from around the world due to its partnership with Marblar, an online crowdsourcing platform.

The research can be applied to create emergency shelters that fold flat.

Harper and his team interviewed black and Latino male students and connected with the students on a personal level.

Novack, a 1986 Engineering graduate, is currently teaching “Film Sound: History, Aesthetics and Subversion,” one of the classes offered for this year’s theme, the Year of Sound.

Singh Center will provide community resources for both the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Arts and Sciences and foster interdisciplinary research.

Ankur Kumar’s sudden resignation follows a Sept. 27 article in The Wall Street Journal, titled “What’s Wrong With Wharton?”

Applications to the MBA program have fallen 6 percent just in the past year.

New building for Engineering and College researchers combines state-of-the-art technology, environmentally conscious architecture and fine art.

Penn Engineering students who won second place at the senior design competition last semester recently received a runner-up commendation in an NIH competition.

“Flipped” lectures are designed to be more engaging and interactive.

The fifteen foot long, 6 foot tall tunnel in the basement of the Towne building can reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour.

Various professors give recommendations for increased students achievement — from having flexible attitudes to setting physical reminders.

The MacArthur Fellowship is one of the top national honors given to recognize innovation and creativity.

Anthony Kennedy will visit the University next week to teach a constitutional law class and speak with law school students and alumni, the Law School will announce Wednesday.

Graphene Frontiers, a company founded by Penn faculty through the UPstart program, was awarded a $744,600 grant from the National Science Foundation last week.

Earlier this month, the University announced the winners of the Excellence through Diversity Fund proposal program for Penn faculty. The DP took a look at four of these projects.