Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science professor Vijay Kumar received a lot of press attention and academic accolades this past year for his work on tiny autonomous robots — called quadrotors for the four rotating rotors that allow them to maneuver through the air.

Today’s college freshmen are increasingly concerned with the career-related benefits of attending college.

Members of the Penn community gathered together to celebrate the life of Nursing junior Arya Singh, who died last Friday.

Greene Street will open Thursday at 3734 Spruce St., where Dolbey’s Bookstore used to be before it closed last March.

Artemy Troitsky, a prominent Russian journalist and music critic, gave a lecture Wednesday night at the Annenberg School of Communication entitled “Enemies of the State: Pussy Riot and the New Russian Protest Rock.”

The Xinjiang 13 might not seem like the most rebellious of groups at first glance. It’s composed of scholars from across the United States, hailing from Georgetown University to Pomona College, and all but two of them are banned from traveling to China. Wednesday night, the Center for the Study of Contemporary China hosted Pomona professor Dru Gladney to deliver a lecture titled “An Arab Spring in Beijing?

While they may not have balloons or cake, Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships is celebrating its 20th birthday in style.

Quakers caught and convicted for underage drinking could be looking at steeper penalties this year.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday filled with love, roses, chocolates — and boys singing love songs in four-part harmony.

Penn students and staff members will be dancing Thursday in sync with men and women around the world to rise up in protest against the violence.

The rain was pounding hard on Remy Manzi’s forehead as he held tight to his mother’s hand, stepping over bodies that lay forgotten alongside the road leading to his home in Kabgayi, Rwanda.

Three Penn engineers have been selected to join the ranks of the National Academy of Engineering.

The passion of the Civil Rights Era continues today in student leaders on campus. However, the activism comes in a different format. The student leaders of various minority groups on campus emphasized that activism for them very much revolves around dialogue within their respective communities and with the University’s administration.

Matthew White, 1979 College graduate and starting center on Penn’s 1979 Final Four men’s basketball team, was stabbed to death in his Delaware County home Monday morning.

The Karabots Pediatric Care Center officially opened on Feb. 6 and is located at 48th and Market streets.

“A Celebration of the Life of Arya Singh” will begin at College Green at 6:30 p.m. and end at Houston Hall.

Just two of Penn’s 31 senior administrators and deans are minorities, putting the University ahead of Brown and Yale universities