The initiative that would enable transgender and international students to change their name on non-legal documents and class rosters at Penn.

The event was a chance to bring people together and explore the musical component of anime and video games.

A team of instructors across the School of Arts and Sciences, the Perelman School of Medicine, the Law School and the Wharton School will guide students through ethical issues

1981 Law School graduate Francine Griesing filed a class action suit this month against her former employer Greenberg Traurig, LLP on the basis of gender discrimination

While recitations generally serve as a place for students to get their questions answered about the week’s lecture, Engineering sophomore Geoffrey Vedernikoff did not find this to be the case.

For their 125th anniversary, the museum’s traditional publication went digital – the Online Collections Database will make public all of its collections and records.

The Student Labor Action Project held a panel at Civic House, featuring experts from the food and labor justice movements.

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Thursday night, Penn’s Women’s Political League hosted a small discussion with big ideas.

Penn Student Health and Physical Exercise will focus on mental and emotional health in addition to physical fitness and nutrition.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority mandated a law in 2005 stating that all taxicabs in Philadelphia are required to accept credit cards

A unique twist on the well-known TED Talk series came to Levine Hall on Wednesday night.

A number of undergraduates are given permission to take on part-time status each semester, which means they can take 2.5 credits or fewer in their final semester at Penn.

Last night, students in Huntsman Hall were greeted by a man dressed in bags of beef jerky. However, this wasn’t a new dining option — the Wharton Entrepreneurship Club was hosting a panel discussion on business startups.

On Tuesday morning, the venture fund announced its investment committee. Made up of nine Penn and two Drexel students, the committee will make capital investments between $10,000 and $20,000 in student-run startups.

Senator-elect and former Law School professor Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass.) revealed in a fundraising email that her campaign has gone into debt despite record fundraising numbers.

Penn Hillel Director Rabbi Michael Uram was recently named one of the country’s top 50 Jewish leaders by The Jewish Daily Forward. He shares the honor with Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman and singer and actress Barbra Streisand, among others.