Almost 300 people stopped by the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall on March 15 to celebrate the beginning of spring.

Arthur Caplan, one of the country’s most prominent bioethicists, will be leaving Penn for New York University.

Communications doctoral student Khadijah White was arrested in a protest Thursday and spent a day in police custody.

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Increasing numbers of students each year are opting to live in gender-neutral suites in the college houses. INTERACTIVE: Gender Neutral Housing Around the Ivies

All PennWalk officers and officers who patrol Penn Park will vote on April 12 on whether they want to be a part of the Philadelphia Security Officers Union, an independent union for security guards in the area.

Two volunteers from NRA University, a program for college students run by the National Rifle Association spoke in Huntsman Hall today on gun control and advocated Second Amendment activism.

Collaborating with Friday Architects, the historical market has been undergoing renovations since last year and is expected to be completed by next month. INTERACTIVE: Reading Terminal Market Renovations

The Master of Fine Arts program invited Siu Lan to campus for this the Harmonious Signs Project and as an opportunity to work with students.

McMickens, a 2011 Graduate School of Education Ph.D. graduate, received the 2011-2012 Phi Delta Kappa International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award last week for his research on historically black colleges and universities.

Choking back tears and walking arm-in-arm with her roommate, Wharton sophomore Tania Chairez — an undocumented immigrant — stepped in front of the Ben Franklin statue on College Green and delivered a message to the Penn community. VIDEO: Community stands in solidarity for Tania Chairez

Law school tuition might be on the rise, but according to rankings released by The National Law Journal last month, it shouldn’t stop applicants from considering Penn Law.

Wharton sophomore Tania Chairez and Bryn Mawr College junior Jessica Hyejin Lee were released on bail today after spending a night in custody.

Wednesday evening, Delta Sigma Theta discussed gaps in African-American performance in the fields of science, technology, math and engineering.

Governor Tom Corbett signed the voter identification bill into law on March 14. The bill passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives earlier yesterday by a margin of 104-88.

Plans for a new state liquor store at 43rd and Chestnut streets is currently a work in progress.

The Perelman School of Medicine has been selected as a regional center for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Heart Failure Clinical Trials Network for the 2012 to 2018 cycle.