At their biannual meeting last month, the trustees voted to create an Africana Studies department, a Masters in Bioethics Training program and a Masters in Integrated Product Design program.

The Religious Studies department will offer a class requiring students to abstain from using electronic and verbal communication, the internet and alcohol.

As its title implies, the ISP program — which was launched in the fall and is now entering its second full semester — is primarily focused on academics.

Over six classes in Wharton, the College and Engineering have undergraduate teaching assistants in introductory courses

The Rajendra and Neera Singh Program in Market and Social Systems Engineering — set to launch this fall with 20 incoming freshmen — will consist of computer science, electrical and systems Engineering and Wharton classes.

Director of CHIP Katherina Rosqueta will be one of 25 to receive a ‘SmartCEO’ mag award for improving the effectiveness of philanthropic donations.

Penn researchers are taking part in new efforts to assess how last year’s massive oil spill off the Gulf Coast has affected seafood and those who rely on it for food and fishing.

Over 200 leaders attended the “Leading in a Reset Economy and Uncertain World” conference.

A recent study on research productivity named Penn the most productive academic institution in the nation, spending $28,547 per paper published in a scholarly journal.

Penn President Amy Gutmann signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

60 percent of 2010 Penn graduates found jobs, as opposed to just 53 percent of graduates nationwide.

The University received $7.5 million for its Korean Studies program and will partner with a university in Seoul.

Lifestyle differences such as childbearing, as well as unconscious biases, may play into the discrepancy.

As the deadline to enroll in law schools approaches, many seniors are weighing the benefits of deferring their three-year commitment to studying law.

Trends show that business undergraduates have become disengaged with their coursework, according to a recent National Survey of Student Engagement.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender awareness has made strides in the legal world, but still has far to go in the medical world.

Nathan Ensmenger, co-founder of the Science, Technology and Society program, was denied tenure after 15 years at Penn, prompting disappointment from his students.