As President Barack Obama headed into his second State of the Union, political talk centered around his first two years and his imminent campaign for re-election.

Penn Grad Mittal founded Innova Dynamics — inspired by his senior project called Innova Materials — to boost the performance of certain materials to impact a broad range of fields including optics, electronics and water treatment.

Discussing the military conflict in the Gaza Strip, the deadly raid of a Turkish ship and current efforts to achieve “just and lasting peace,” Finkelstein expressed the anti-Israel views that have earned him notoriety in the past.

A team or athlete encounters any number of mental hurdles in a given season. That's where sports psychologist Joel Fish comes in.

Crime on and around campus during the week of Jan. 14-20.

Freshman squash player Justin Ang's journey to Penn took him through a New Hampshire boarding school and Singapore's army.

Though the December repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” opened up the possibility of military service for those who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, the controversy over transgender individuals in the military rages on.

The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with College junior Joyce Greenbaum just hours after she was elected the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education's new chairwoman.

Investigative journalist Rose George — a Penn alumna who authored the Penn Reading Project book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters — spoke in Meyerson Hall Tuesday to address the sanitation crisis.

Four officers were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing for fatally shooting a suspect in the November carjacking that ended in a gunfight at 40th and Locust streets.

A proposal to make the Law School Admission Test optional for law-school entry is being considered by the American Bar Association. A final decision is expected next year.

Hand2Paw, founded by College junior Rachel Cohen, brings together homeless youth and homeless animals to foster care, responsibility and mutual support.

Yarden Odinak’s teammates claim she’s indestructible, while Pia Trikha has an unblemished record. Penn will need strong performances from both squash players as they head to Princeton on Wednesday.

Whether you’re watching at home or at the Penn Dems-College Repubs viewing party, this drinking game will make your experience more enjoyable.

In the last five years, Penn has more than quadrupled the amount of funding for students teaming with faculty in research programs.

Composting on campus will resume as soon as Bon Appetit, Penn's dining provider, is able to comply with new city regulations.

Despite the fact that total crime on and around campus was up by 12.2 percent from 2009, “2010 was a good year,” according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.