After closing for the month of January, Lil Pop Shop reopened on Feb. 1 to offer artisanal popsicles to the West Philadelphia community.

Cross Currents, an idea proposed by Vice Dean of Wharton Georgette Phillips, is a new set of classes being created that will focus on current events.

Groups at Penn are working to bridge the gap between religion and sexuality.

Not everyone on the premed track plans on heading to medical school after graduation. While many students at Penn follow what might be typically termed a “premed” academic path, not all of those students plan on becoming doctors, or even entering the health care field.

The University announced Monday evening that Ronald Perelman has donated $25 million to create a new center for political science and economics on campus.

The Weiss Tech House hosted the Elevator Pitch Challenge on Friday. 19 teams had 120 seconds to present their business idea.

As the manager of New Media Communications hired by the University Communications Office last February, Griffin oversees Penn’s social media efforts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube, and creates posts on behalf of the University.

PRI, according to the Netter Center, is the first reading program nationwide that has produced a measurable impact on youths.

Todd Lieberman, a 1995 College graduate, is a Hollywood director whose latest movie, “Warm Bodies,” is a romantic horror comedy.

Penn Museum celebrated the Chinese new year this Saturday.

On Saturday, the Dining Philosophers, Penn’s student computer science club, hosted a Finishathon for programmers, hackers, entrepreneurs and mentors to finish the projects that they started two weeks ago at Hackathon.

The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education hopes to launch a preliminary version of OPenned, its new online video education project, by the end of the semester, with full publication and release soon after.

The 6th annual Wharton Women Business Conference, held at the Inn at Penn, featured some of the most successful women in business as guest speakers and panelists.

Professor Mark Yim works late nights with students and staff of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics to design boat robots in Pottruck’s Sheerr Pool.

Student activists express their dissatisfaction with a plan for immigration reform proposed by the senate’s Gang of Eight.

All 116 sworn Penn Police officers must go through a rigorous, 520-hour training process that trains them how to make split-second decisions on the job.

State Sen. Daylin Leach has proposed legislation to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Pennsylvania.