Penn's absence from the Fulbright Scholar "top producers" is a result of unusual circumstances. Of 13 scholars granted the fellowship last year, four declined for personal reasons.

Penn students have long been creating their own majors but recently they have been designing their own courses as well.

In an effort to approach student stress from a fresh angle, Counseling and Psychological Services is studying methods of having students — rather than professionals — help their peers. CAPS hopes to eventually develop a program promoting student-to-student stress relief.

Noted linguist and Penn alumnus Noam Chomsky delivered a lecture titled “Should we study language? If so, how?”

The University Honor Council plays the dual role of advising students on issues of academic integrity and also sitting on the panel at hearings for students facing a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity or Code of Student Conduct.

By registering in the Global Activities Registry, Penn students abroad can not only identify every Penn person in their area, but also receive automatic e-mails from Penn based on the area in which they are residing.

While 91% of Americans studying languages in high school and college choose French, German, Italian or Spanish, Penn offers many ‘less commonly taught languages’

The South Asia Studies department has shrunk to about one third of its former size due to the combination of the struggling economy and a period of departmental transition.

Thanks to two major anonymous donations, Penn’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library will begin the first stage of renovations at the end of this month.

Wharton professor Karl Ulrich, the owner of over 20 patents, was recently appointed to be "Dean of Innovation" — a new deanship created to promote entrepreneurship and invention.

Lerner died Thursday after a battle with lymphoma. Penn Law Dean Michael Fitts said “Alan was an exceptional lawyer, an inspiring teacher, and a devoted member of the Law School community.”

Though political science departments across the country are shrinking due to the poor economy, Penn's department is 'committed to maintaining strength' and continues to look for new faculty.

Ei-ichi Negishi, who earned his PhD in chemistry at Penn in 1963, received the award on Wednesday. He is the seventh recipient of the Nobel Prize linked to Penn's Chemistry Department.

According to the Preceptorials Committee, a record number of applications were submitted this semester, hitting over 3,000.

In spring 2011, the College will launch its first-ever underclassman seminar on Latino Studies, resulting largely from years of planning by Latino Coalition chairwoman Wendy De La Rosa.

Pre-Law Women at Penn and the Society for Pre-Law Students of Color hosted “An Evening with Professor Mary Frances Berry” Tuesday evening. The Penn professor spoke about her life, the law and lessons in civil rights

Over 300 members of the class of 2014 were drawn to Penn through a ‘writing recruitment’ process.