There may be some hope left for former congressman and 1986 Fels Institute of Government graduate Chaka Fattah, who was convicted last month of 23 charges including bribery, racketeering and fraud.

Unlike the numerous road closures experienced during the Pope Francis visit last fall, the Democratic National Convention that is set to take place from July 25th to July 28th should be more quite near the University City area and students should experience fewer, if any disturbances as a result of the convention.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump issued a harsh assessment of the FBI after the agency recommended against criminally charging Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for using a private email server as U.S. Secretary of State.

Just over a week before the start of the Republican National Convention, members of the Wharton community issued a petition decrying Donald Trump. 

True to his vocation, Howard began his piece invoking the Bible, and specifically the moments in it that he said were most noteworthy to him as a child.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that President Obama can't prevent undocumented individuals from being deported in United States v. Texas and also upheld affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.

With the new Penn Wharton Budget Model, users will be able to test out a variety of public policies on national indicators.

The Chronicle of Higher Education published its own account of Donald Trump’s time at Fordham University and Penn with an article titled “Trump: The College Years,” on Sunday, July 3.

“I have a Coca Cola plant in my district with 435 jobs that will be impacted,”  Councilwoman Sanchez said. “Any time you’re looking at an industry that could potentially shut down and move across the bridge, it’s my duty to protect those jobs.”

When Philadelphia-born Grace Kelly married the Sovereign Prince of Monaco in 1956, it was a crowning moment for a family whose legacy had been intertwined with Penn before she had even been born.

Former Sen. Scott Brown called on Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to prove her Native American ancestry today — and attempted to enlist Penn’s help in determining it as well.

Fattah previously said he would resign Oct. 3, but on Thursday he wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House relating a change in plans, 6abc reported.

The National Science Foundation will award over $1.9 million in grants to two projects at the University of Pennsylvania and one at Drexel University, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah announced on June 2.

25 Philadelphia schoolchildren will be among the thousands of journalists expected to cover the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this July.

Next month, Philadelphia will host the Democratic National Convention — and some Penn students are helping make that happen.

Whether you're a Philadelphia native or new to the city, here are the figures to know in local and statewide politics:

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney said city employees would be banned from traveling to states with anti-LGBT laws on official business.