Wharton’s D.C. program has gained new leadership.

Penn has received a $10 million donation to fund the creation of a new “world house” on campus, the University announced Tuesday.

Despite the hype surrounding massive open online courses, some challenges remain for both students and educators.

The Undergraduate Assembly is throwing their weight behind the proposal to start a Native American studies program.

Education Week, which will last from March 18 to March 22, is hosting six different professors and administrators who will talk about one of six key aspects of the reaccreditation process that Penn is currently undergoing.

In February 2015, the infamous bar exam will change, but the Law School sees little reason to worry. The examiners of the Multistate Bar Examination are making fundamental alterations to the exam. They plan to add a new subject to the exam, Civil Procedures, and reduce the number of questions in other subjects to keep the total number at 200.

The “virtual” world might conjure up images of avatars, fantasy worlds or “The Matrix.” For Wharton students, it means something completely different. The Virtual Lab, launched this semester, gives anyone with a Wharton account access to the Wharton lab — similar to accessing one of the computers in Huntsman Hall — from any network connection.

The SAT, a rite of passage for many college-bound students throughout the country, will be undergoing a redesign.

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.