Tucked away in a former Catholic school on the corner of 20th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia, the Philly Free School is a new private school championing the virtues of true democratic education and the importance of childhood play.

Just in time for Parents’ Weekend, the Office of Career Services released preliminary data from its Career Plans survey of the Class of 2011. INTERACTIVE: Preliminary career plans survey results

Ghana Penn Alliance aims to “see what Ghanaian children in Tamatoku can achieve if provided comparable resources to children in more developed countries by sustained commitment between Penn and the people of Tamatoku.”

I have an unlimited number of meal swipes. I pay $4,200 each year. And I have fed 3,000 other people since I bought Eat Any Time, the most expensive meal plan, this semester.

Pretty women who are accused perpetrators of violent crime almost always receive more than their fair share of media attention.

Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP, and Mike Tannenbaum, general manager and co-executive vice president of the New York Jets, spoke at the Wharton Leadership Lecture series Thursday.

Biotech company Genentech is suing Penn for patent fraud on a cancer treatment that both entities believe to be theirs.

Last weekend, the Varsity Eight made an appearance at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, finishing an impressive 13th out of 37 boats. They’ll take part in both the Head of the Schuylkill and the Princeton Chase this weekend.

A College junior encourages readers to visit the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a museum that makes science thoughtful, provocative and fun.

Breaking tradition is not common for the ‘Ancient’ Eight. But for only the third time in 72 years, the Ivy League Cross Country Heptagonal Championships will be held at a location other than Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

In 9 hours, 35 minutes and 42 seconds you could take a flight from Philadelphia to Moscow, or you could watch the entire theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But you still wouldn’t see Penn women’s soccer concede a goal.

Despite University City’s thriving cosmopolitan image, three restaurant vacancies continue to haunt Penn’s campus — Marathon Grill, La Terrasse and Philly Diner.

In a frustrating season that has included three Ivy League losses by the slimmest of margins, senior Thomas Brandt is ready for the Penn men’s soccer team’s luck to turn around.

A problem Penn often faces when it travels to play a team with an AstroTurf field is that it needs to practice on AstroTurf, the default playing surface in Division I field hockey. Unfortunately for the Quakers, Franklin Field is composed of Sprinturf.

Graduates and undergraduates packed a Huntsman Hall classroom Thursday night to soak in the advice of two former Penn students, Joseph Cohen and David Tisch.

Facing a dominant Brown team on the road, the Penn football team might be slapped with the ‘underdog’ tag in an Ivy League matchup for the first time since its 2009 title run. But don’t count the Quakers among those who see this pivotal game that way.

Every year, around 300 students at Penn are identified with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Student Disabilities Services. But Disability Services Director Susan Shapiro suspects many more students suffer from the mental disorder.