Controversy surrounding the shooting death of 26-year-old Brandon Tate-Brown by Philadelphia Police has sparked on campus activism at Penn.

As an undergraduate, Chair of the Religious Studies department Justin McDaniel, a preeminent scholar of Buddhism, had never studied the subject before.

Governor Dean — who was Governor from 1991 until 2003 and later the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009 —spoke in Bodek Lounge Tuesday evening, at an event hosted by Penn Dems.

Penn researchers were accused of giving five pigs unapproved head injuries and burning a monkey over the course of last year.

The historic mansion at 40th and Pine Streets falls further into a complex legal battle between Penn and the community members surrounding the property. In a Commonwealth Court case on Tuesday afternoon, the Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association (WTHA) and nearby neighbors opposed Penn’s plan to replace the historic mansion at 400 S.

Philadelphia hasn’t had a Republican mayor since the early 1950s, but some of Philly politicians' stances on issues break the liberal party norms.

Credit requirements for dual degree programs and compensation for nontransferable credits taken abroad drive students to stay on campus past the traditional four years.

This Thursday, the Penn Museum will host the performance of "My Father's Bones," a play about the efforts of the sons of famous Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe to reclaim their father's body ever since it was sold to a museum in the 1950's.

Pad Thai, spring rolls and chicken curry are now closer to campus.

If you’re looking to go straight from college to the corner office, look no further than Penn’s co-ed business fraternities.

Lyft launched in Philadelphia on Jan 30. Despite the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s ban on UberX and Lyft, the ridesharing services continue to operate successfully in the city and remain popular among Penn students.

NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu.

Is the reality of technology that grim? The possibility of being imprisoned by robots seems to make for a good action film at best. As cliché as it sounds, I think the only thing we should fear being imprisoned by is our own close-mindedness.

There are self-evident problems with mandatory community service, namely that any work done not out of altruism but out of a desire to either complete a mandatory step toward the receipt of one’s own degree or a desire to make one’s transcript more appealing to potential evaluators is probably better described as “self-service by means of community-related work” than as true community service.

Seven thefts from lockers inside of Pottruck Health and Fitness Center were reported since the new year.

A Yale student was sent to Yale-New Haven Hospital on Feb. 5 with symptoms of meningitis. Following the event, a schoolwide email was sent by Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin, in which he informed the community about the probable meningitis case, followed by another email Feb.

In a talk with The Philadelphia Inquirer, President Amy Gutmann, along with other presidents at four-year colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area, talked about her thoughts on Obama's proposal to make community colleges free--and how she herself paid for her education.  Gutmann explained that because her parents did not have a chance to attend college--her mom had to work to help support her family during the Great Depression and her dad had to help his family flee Nazi Germany-- she was never made aware of the value of college.