A full-time poet and part-time lecturer at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, Kenneth Goldsmith is also a self-professed “institutional critic.” So when he was named the first “poet laureate” of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in January, Goldsmith was naturally “suspicious.”

Organized by Wharton sophomore Andrew Hudis and David Feinman, a childhood friend who currently attends Bucks County Community College, this unorthodox 5K race will test the runners’ abilities to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Heart-related operations might have been performed unnecessarily at University facilities.

As Mental Wellness Week comes to an end today, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition will collaborate with Counseling and Psychological Services to promote mental health awareness in the Asian community.

With Fling just a week and a half away, students from other schools are booking their bus and train tickets to come to Penn.

Both men and women will march through campus tonight in solidarity against sexual violence — a scene that would have been hardly imaginable just 20 years ago.

Penn Democrats and College Republicans released a statement affirming their support for same-sex marriage today, along with nearly 50 other college political groups across the country. The two reached out to other groups for nearly two months, asking leaders to sign on either themselves or on behalf of their organizations.

On Wednesday night, about 70 students gathered at the St. Elmo’s chapter house for its second biannual Speakeasy Open Mic charity event.

Four car crashes in five weeks at 38th and Spruce streets intersection mark an uptick in incidents in an intersection found to be one of Penn’s most unsafe in a 2009 report.

As part of Penn Fashion Week, the Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club hosted three representatives from Under Armour and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Neal Goldman, John Hardy and David Progar offered a brief history of sports apparel, discussed the relationship between the two companies and described their cooperative marketing process.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in March that petitions for H-1B international work visas — which allow internationals to temporarily live and work in the United States for three years—will be limited to 65,000 for the 2014 Fiscal Year.

Four Engineering seniors have created a pair of glasses that will wake the wearer up if he starts to doze off as their senior design project.

Friends and family of Engineering junior Oliver Pacchiana will gather for a memorial service in the Engineering Quadrangle on Monday at 6 p.m.

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One week ago, Tyga was also revealed as a performer at Harvard’s version of Spring Fling, Yardfest.

The University Health System contributed $121 million to cover uncompensated care in fiscal year 2012, which ended June 30, 2012, said Susan Phillips, senior vice president for public affairs at UPHS.

Venmo co-founder and 2005 College graduate Andrew Kortina defied this stereotype by creating Venmo, an app for exchanging money.