Scott Ward, the former Wharton professor of Marketing currently serving time for transporting child pornography, had his request for a reduced sentence denied late last month. Ward was sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison. TIMELINE: Scott Ward child pornography case

In honor of Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday, a group of about 15 Philadelphia area school teachers gathered into the Penn Museum new educational classroom Saturday. The teachers came for College junior Paul Mitchell’s expertise on human evolution.

Last week, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights began looking into whether Harvard and Princeton universities discriminate against Asian-American applicants in their admissions processes.

This spring, Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House will open its fourth location on 3432 Sansom Street.

The Asian Pacific Student Coalition hosted JT Tran on Feb. 9 in Huntsman Hall.

One hundred undergraduates presented their research projects for the Third Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium as a part of Penn Research Week.

The cure for cancer remains unknown, but researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine may have developed a way to stop one kind of cancer in its tracks.

At Thursday’s Wharton Leadership Lecture Ken Hicks, President and Chief Executive Officer of Foot Locker, spoke of his goal to turn a rapidly declining chain of less-than-successful athletic footwear outlets into “the leading global retailer of athletically-inspired shoes and apparel.”

It was late on a Tuesday night, and The Vagina Monologues cast was finishing its dress rehearsal before the show premieres tonight at 8 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.

In Corbett’s proposed budget — which was released earlier this week — Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine will receive $26.5 million for the 2013 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2012.

Wegner, along with Classical Studies professor Ralph Rosen told “salacious” stories of ancient love affairs at this years’ event.

Yesterday, the Penn Memory Team hosted Paul Nowak, who led a webinar teaching basic techniques to boost reading speed, comprehension and online reading abilities.

As college students around the nation apply for Teach for America, some debate the true effectiveness of the program.

Robert Wittman, a former senior investigator and founder of the FBI National Art Crime Team, spoke about art crime and his career.

The exclusive-to-Penn website, a new online marketplace for students and subletters, allows users to post pictures and use Google Maps to describe their property listings.

The Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program allows students and faculty to learn from each other outside of the classroom.

The associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Annenberg School for Communicationstartled his audience at the Penn Book Store last night, revealing the vulnerability of web surfing as he presented his new book, The Daily You.