About 1,100 students took two hours off from studying this Wednesday night to ponder some of the bigger questions in life.

As Washington’s negotiations to avoid a set of automatic spending cuts known as “sequestration” come down to the wire, researchers and administrators at Penn are on the edge of their seats.

For people wondering why “Gangnam Style,” greek yoghurt and Rebecca Black’s songs became popular, Jonah Berger might have the answer.

In one room of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology sits a 55-pound ball of polished quartz, once in the possession of a Chinese empress and stolen from the Museum in 1988.

Though it often seeks new innovation, Penn’s campus holds true to certain long-standing traditions — even those in the realm of retail.

Proposed legislation in the Philadelphia City Council could finally prohibit employers from requiring access to potential and current employees’ social media accounts.

On a campus like Penn’s, where racial diversity has become a contentious and oft-discussed issue, socioeconomic diversity is a side of the debate that is less visible.

Next week, many Penn students are gladly swapping beaches and bikinis for a week of community service.

As Spring Fling begins to creep steadily upon us, students are beginning to play the guessing game as to whom this year’s performers will be.

The murder trial of a doctor who operated an abortion clinic less than a mile from the center of campus begins jury selection on March 4.

On Monday, Pope Benedict XVII announced that the eighth World Meeting of Families will be held in Philadelphia in September 2015. While Penn students and Catholic organizations are unsure about the details, they are excited to participate in the event.

The Fresh Grocer’s celebration of Black History Month may have backfired. During the month of February, The Fresh Grocer printed the words “February is Black History Month” across the top of the first page of their weekly ads.

Penn will share results of its five-year fundraising campaign, ‘Making History,’ on Thursday

On Tuesday evening, students, faculty and members of the greater Philadelphia community gathered at World Cafe Live for the first Lightbulb Cafe lecture of the year. Sitting at candle-lit tables and sipping on the Cafe’s happy hour drinks, the audience waited to hear assistant professor of English and Africana Studies Salamishah Tillet’s lecture “From Douglass to Django: Slavery and Freedom in the Age of Obama.”

Check out what crimes have occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Feb. 14 and 20.

Potential Penn transfers often have a lot of questions on their minds , but not many outlets to direct them toward. This Thursday at 8:30 p.m., the Transfer Student Organization hopes to address some of those questions through their first ever live webchat.

Last night, two reserve soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces shared their experiences in battle — a subject that drew charged and conflicting responses. The event, titled “Israeli Soldiers’ Stories,” was organized by Penn Friends of Israel, the African American Resource Center and StandWithUs, an organization that engages college students to educate its communities on issues regarding Israel.