Every Saturday morning, about 15 Penn students take an hour out of their mornings to give students from Lea Elementary School in West Philadelphia swimming lessons.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discussed the evolution of massive open online courses with The Daily Pennsylvanian

For the fourth time, a group of Penn students held a Locks of Love event at the Penn Newman Center near the corner of 38th and Walnut streets.

On Friday and Saturday, Penn hosted hundreds of university professors and administrators from around the world to discuss the future of massive open online courses.

A recent reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act may affect the way in which Penn is required to report details about sexual violence on campus.

Koller, one of the two co-founders of Coursera, took some time at this weekend’s inaugural Coursera Partners’ Conference to sit down and speak with The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) announced that $960,000 in Affordable Housing Grants would be awarded to sponsors of building projects that will house veterans, homeless families and the mentally ill.

This Saturday about 25 Penn students spent two hours helping clean up a neighborhood in South Philadelphia with Ready, Willing & Able, an organization that helps previously incarcerated and homeless men re-enter the workforce.

Four Wharton students calling themselves the “Team Work” team won the 4th Annual Villanoval Real Estate Challenge, taking away a $1,000 prize.

Officially formed this year by College senior Jake Cohen, the five-man Penn Pipes bagpipe band consists of a handful of Penn graduate and undergraduate students united by the unique sound of their instruments.

The free event will offer students an opportunity to celebrate the coming of spring and splatter colorful powder on each other.

The sounds of “art striking a chord” reverberated through the Rotunda last night.

This Sunday, running 3.1 miles can provide six days of escape for children affected by cancer.

Last night, hundreds of students gathered to fight against domestic and sexual violence by marching across campus, shouting, “Penn unite, take back the night!”

Nearly a year after Penn first announced its partnership with Coursera, the question of monetization has become increasingly relevant as institutions continue to debate the future of online education.

Alumni from the mid-1970s fondly remember enjoying music and warm weather with their friends during the early years of Fling. All events — music performances and plays by student groups, and a two-day arts-and-crafts fair, all held in the Quad — were completely free.

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