Over 5,000 women gathered at the Philadelphia Convention Center at the ninth annual Pennsylvania Conference for Women, where Women For Hire CEO Johnson spoke. The all-day event brought influential women from all across the country to speak and lead seminars about issues important to women.

With the student body increasingly apathetic towards Penn Athletics, those in charge made the foolish decision over the summer to stop providing toast at football games. Fortunately for Penn fans, they quickly changed their mind.

Harvard announced in August that it is adding women’s rugby as a varsity sport, becoming the first Ivy school to do so. Given the rise of rugby nationally, and its status as a safer alternative to football, other universities could soon follow suit.

Eugenia Garvin, a first-year resident in Penn’s Department of Emergency Medicine, conducted research indicating that cleaning and caring for vacant lots makes residents feel safer and may also reduce crime. The study was published in the journal “Injury Prevention” in August 2012.

The event centered around honoring philanthropists Bruce and Martha Karsh, who are donating 2.5 million dollars to help send 12 to 15 KIPP students per year to study at Penn.

In spring 2015, when the new changes will take effect, medical school hopefuls will sit for six and a half hours to take MCAT2015 — almost two hours longer than the current version. Each year, more than 85,000 students take the exam.

Around 120,000 records from over 100 universities around the world including Penn were released to the internet on Monday. Full names, PennCard numbers, phone numbers and email addresses of students, administrators and alumni were posted online.

Earlier this year, Penn Libraries created two blogs dedicated to featuring unique books and manuscripts found only at Penn.

The much debated voter ID law in Pennsylvania will not go into effect for the Nov. 6 elections, just five weeks away.

While my biological and physical makeup (no pun intended) will never match that of your typical Korean pretty boy, my experiences in Seoul have colored my understanding of Asian beauty and what this means for men.

Competition is why online education is here to stay.

Healthy again after a hip injury cost her a trip to NCAA regionals last fall, Leslie Kovach is back to work on returning to her All-American form.

It was poor play by the Quakers’ secondary that kept the Big Green within striking distance until the end of Saturday’s 28-21 Penn victory.

Talk of bras and parachute jumpsuits replaced the usual Wall Street chatter in Huntsman Hall Tuesday night. Wharton Women held one of their most popular annual events, Dressing for Success, to raise money for the charity Career Wardrobe and to educate Penn students on appropriate business attire. The crowd of 150 received the chance to participate in three panels, including one hosted by J.

Sol Eskenazi starts competition Tuesday at UCLA with pre-qualifying singles matches. Then on Thursday, Eskenazi and Jules Rodin begin doubles main draw play.

Some groups have commended it as responsible while others believe it is unfair to new groups.

Clinton stumped for Democratic Attorney General candidate Kathleen Kane at a fundraiser held at the Warwick Hotel at 220 South 17th Street. Ticket prices started at $100.