Religious Studies professor Tayla Fishman won a national award for her book on medieval Jewish cultures.

Jon Huntsman Jr. withdrew from the presidential race and endorsed frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday.

The first floor of 1920 Commons has been flooded due to a water spillage Saturday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., Commons staff and students were forced to evacuate building.

The Quakers held Cornell to a season low in points — 15 below the Big Red’s season average — en route to a victory.

On Friday night, the annual Levien Gymnasium tilt welcomed an unscathed Penn team primed for its brand new Ivy season run, and the Quakers emerged with a 66-64 victory.

The former School of Design student who left an unidentified briefcase in front of Meyerson Hall on Dec. 10 is scheduled for a status hearing in court on Jan. 26.

Young Republicans overwhelmingly supported Paul in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, according to analyses by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, known for his role on Modern Family will come to campus on Jan. 25.

Certain crimes merit punishment with no second chances. But what Stephen Glass killed was journalism’s code of ethics: a set of principles, not a body or a mind.

So here is a toast to not conforming. To anyone who is striving to look at the bigger picture rather than just zoom in on the colors, thank you.

A Van Pelt Library clerk writes a letter shedding light on the problem with tokenism in conversations about Israel.

Lawyers gathered at the Philadelphia municipal court on Thursday in a status hearing to determine the next trial date for 30 of the 52 people arrested during the Occupy Philadelphia protests on Nov. 30.

In spring 2011, the school announced that it will no longer automatically accept students within its catchment zone due to overcrowding. At the time, the school district estimated that the school was at 72 percent of its maximum capacity of 815 students. GRAPHIC: Comparing Penn Alexander to nearby schoolsMAP: A look at Penn Alexander and its neighbors

According to a report released on Dec. 30 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the $225 million pledge from Raymond and Ruth Perelman given to the Medical School in May marked the fourth-largest gift made by an individual in 2011.

After finishing a tough non-conference schedule, Penn will begin the Ivy portion of their season.

Quakers will travel to New York City to play Columbia (11-5) Friday and to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell (5-9) on Saturday.

Though the Red and Blue secured a monumental victory against La Salle last season, it was the team’s only win in the city series since 2004.