Drexel’s $97.6 million project will create a building complex on 32nd and 33rd streets that consists of student housing and retail businesses. It will be completed by September 2013.

The project — which will kick off in May — will include the addition of 32 new faculty offices, two completely re-done classrooms with updated technology, a lawn area, a new West entrance with an open pavilion and a new glass tower.

Annenberg Public Policy Center Kathleen Hall Jamieson — along with FlackCheck.org, run by the APPC as a sister site of Annenberg’s popular FactCheck.org — is on a crusade to prevent deceptive political ads from being aired.

Penn’s alcohol policy review committee has looked at peer schools’ policies in its revisions.

Students from universities throughout Philadelphia are preparing to mobilize as part of a walkout to take place on the National Day of Action for Education, a movement sponsored by the Occupy organization.

Leaders of all branches of Penn’s student government offered various reactions to the Undergraduate Assembly’s 2012-13 proposed budget at a general body meeting Sunday night.

This past weekend, Penn students took a bus up to Brown University to attend the third annual IvyQ conference. The conference — which attracted about 35 from Penn — was held from Thursday through Sunday.

The future of journalistic integrity in Philadelphia’s major newspapers is being questioned as a group of political big shots bid for the paper.

On February 9, the Philadelphia Board of Health adopted a draft regulation that requires places where food is prepared and given to three or more people to acquire permits.

Every year, Penn sends academic likely letters to students the University believes will be competitive in the applicant pools of peer institutions.

Penn’s 57-member Board of Trustees convened at the Inn at Penn on Thursday and Friday along with Penn President Amy Gutmann and other members of the administration.

The theme of change was echoed throughout the panels and keynotes.

Student leaders from cultural groups gathered to discuss various socioeconomic issues surrounding international students.

Members of PFYD volunteer in about 15 Philadelphia high schools, particularly targeting those that are lacking debate programs, in order to spread debate education.

Undergraduate costs for tuition, fees and room and board for the 2012-13 academic year will total $56,106 — an increase from $53,976 in 2011-12. INTERACTIVE: Penn total costs 2003-present

Financial markets, housing prices, clean technology — talk of China’s most pressing issues filled the Huntsman Hall Baker Forum on Saturday.

At Friday’s stated meeting of the Board of Trustees, Du Bois was posthumously bestowed with an honorary emeritus professorship in the departments of Sociology and Africana Studies.