Sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the LGBT advocacy conference — the largest of its kind — drew about 3,000 participants, ranging from students to activists from all over the country.

Kevin Neary, who suffered a life-threatening neck injury, will be released from the hospital in approximately three weeks. The 2004 College graduate was shot in the neck during an attempted robbery last November in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia.

Around fifteen hundred people filled Merriam Theater in Center City for PhillyFest, a celebration of South Asian culture that aims “to build understanding and acceptance for diversity.”

While the majority of Philadelphia homicides are black-on-black, a mere increase in policing might not be the best solution. Philadelphia homicides are concentrated in neighborhoods with young black men can be a disadvantage when trying to solve homicide cases.

Defying the job-cutting trends across many industries, technology companies are offering attractive career prospects to college students.

An annual event organized by the Dance Arts Council, the dance benefit paid tribute to Emily Sachs, a Class of 1998 College student and dancer who died in 1995 from a severe asthma attack.

While President Barack Obama is in the process of rolling out a series of bold new higher education initiatives, Penn administrators say the White House’s ideas will likely leave the University untouched.

A new Philadelphia City Council bill, which would allow local bars to remain open until 3 a.m., is being introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. The bill would extend the current closing time by an hour.

Starting today, UMOJA — the umbrella organization for black student groups at Penn — will combine themes such as black heritage and social justice as part of a week-long celebration.

Alpha Omega Epsilon’s chapter at Penn — the University’s first-ever engineering sorority — had its official chapter installation on Saturday.

The Undergraduate Assembly has been found to have violated the University’s Antihazing and Alcohol and Drug policies, the UA’s executive board announced in a statement Saturday evening.

Last night, Students for Tech and Entrepreneurship at Penn hosted Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, to explain the organization’s mission to Penn students.

This Saturday will mark the fourth annual Data Privacy Day. The national day was ratified by the Senate in 2009 to spread awareness about the issue of protecting private data on the internet.

This March, English professor Paul Hendrickson will walk the writing world’s equivalent of the red carpet for his third time.

With ongoing economic challenges facing the field of higher education, the policy research organization Public Agenda has taken a critical look at university leadership across the country.

According to a study published last week by a team of Baylor University psychologists, common polling locations such as churches could trigger unconscious voter bias. MAP: Polling locations and voter bias

The Association of American Medical Colleges is currently reviewing the MCAT to determine whether it will implement a series of major changes to the exam, starting with the 2015 version of the test.