Both those reluctantly jumping through the hoops of Penn’s foreign language requirement and those taking up a new tongue for pleasure or professional advantage have gotten to know the mixed bag of characters that is Penn’s Romance Languages department. The department’s squad of lecturers samples every kind of language specialist imaginable — from linguists and literature wonks to pedagogy experts and translation specialists.

Vijay Kumar, a professor in multiple departments of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and a researcher in robotics, is set to take the helm of the Engineering School when he replaces Glandt as dean beginning June 1. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Kumar to hear about his plans for the future of the Engineering School and the field of technology.

For many students, the lure of the corporate world has long been a draw over things like nonprofit work. But that might not always be the case.

The Weiss Tech Houses’s innovation competition gives entrepreneurs the skills they need to turn their ideas into reality.

Despite the resolution's landslide 15-1 approval in the Council, Nutter has not expressed support for PILOTs.

With its season nearly over, Penn men’s swimming sent two representatives to the NCAA Championships for one last hurrah, giving the Quakers an opportunity to showcase their top performers on a national stage.

Saturday proved to feature the first choppy waters of the season for Penn women’s rowing. The annual Connell Cup race saw Penn lose out to Yale and Columbia in the varsity eight race on the Schuylkill on Saturday. The race, originally scheduled to be held on Columbia’s training grounds in Overpeck Park in New Jersey, had to be moved to the Schuylkill due to excessive ice.

In the midst of 30 degree weather at last Saturday’s Penn men’s lacrosse game at Franklin Field, I found myself asking an important question while I still had sensation in my fingers and toes.

Penn baseball had a wild first weekend of Ivy League play.

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

Historically, students have been at the forefront of change by demanding accountability from their own institutions.

When we fail to pass on initiatives, organizations of great historical importance or simply the lessons we’ve learned while navigating this space for four years, we fail to pass the torch to our contemporaries.

Ask many people, and they will tell you that journalism has an identity crisis. Whether it’s the increasing number of comments on The Daily Pennsylvanian website lamenting the loss of journalistic integrity, or the fall of once highly trusted national personalities like Brian Williams – it is clear that we are suffering from a persistent problem.

Nursing freshman Delaney Jenkins was underwhelmed after viewing her admissions files.

While Penn's new mental health task force report may have invigorated student initiatives and new awareness programs to foster a more supportive culture, many students who have used Penn’s mental health resources are disappointed by the Task Force’s inadequate discussion of ongoing problems with existing services.

On Saturday night at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink, 2,500 spectators “hurrah’ed” and raged on at the 11th annual Wharton v. Penn Law Fight Night.

Getting by as an undocumented immigrant is difficult — but at Penn and beyond, this population is seeing growing support.