The event hosted CEOs from three up-and-coming fashion retail companies, College Fashionista, Closet Rich and Shoptiques.

There are plans to demolish the Fortieth Street M.E. Church at 40th and Sansom streets to make room for a 7,000 square feet retail space that will include four new stores and eateries with glass storefronts and an outdoor seating area.

More than one third of outstanding debt among currently recognized groups has been repaid

This semester is the first time these students are taking advantage of the newly renovated simulations labs, which features an operating table, anesthesia and oxygen machines and dummies with vital signs. The students even don a gown, a mask, booties and gloves. VIDEO: Real-world experience in the classroom

The capital donation is one of the largest in Penn Medicine’s history, according to a press release

Dan Pennachietti co-founded the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association, an organization that acts as a community to benefit mobile food vendors, as well as the city of Philadelphia as a whole.

The project is a part of Penn’s Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine

A new $6.3 million bridge will soon be giving the area between the Schuylkill Banks and the Schuylkill River Park a facelift

The drill will take place around 6:30 p.m. and will be conducted by the Philadelphia Fire Department

Because Schneider’s work requires him to travel much of the semester, he plans to make four weekend trips to Philadelphia to teach.

Former United States Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray was ambassador during the Tunisian Revolution, the powder keg for the Arab Spring, and came to speak about his experiences as a diplomat and Tunisia’s movement towards democracy.

Students who pursue submatriculation, or enrollment into one of Penn’s 12 graduate schools as an undergraduate, must tackle professional-level classes — often simultaneously with the remainder of their undergraduate coursework.

The courses — Software Design and Engineering for undergraduate students and Software Engineering for graduate students — encourage and emulate industry practices by allowing students to create and maintain software for real-world clients.

Crime decreased by 12 percent this September, with the number of general incidents dropping from 102 in September 2011 to 90 in 2012.

Approximately 125 people attended a panel hosted by Penn’s Fels Institute of Government titled “Hail to the Chiefs (of Staff),” a conversation with three current or former chiefs of staff to politicians, at the National Constitution Center last night.

The University Board of Trustees has authorized an initial investment of up to $5 million in a subsidiary fund called UPenn International, which will facilitate operations abroad, including the new Penn-Wharton Center in Beijing.

Theft: Between Oct. 3 and Oct. 11, there were 10 thefts from buildings that resulted in one arrest.