Forty-three freshmen are running for the 10 available positions on the Class Board of 2014, and 27 students are running for the nine available UA seats — open to both freshmen and new transfers.

Mayor Michael Nutter delivered an address on the Greenworks Philadelphia initiative to Professor Mark Hughes' "Sustainability in Action" class.

Author and film critic Saul Austerlitz presented his book "Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy" at the Penn Bookstore.

Penn students, faculty and staff can now use their cell phones as personal security devices, thanks to Penn Guardian, a GPS tracking technology implemented Monday.

With many seniors contemplating whether to apply for graduate school and fellowships, experts are once again debating the value of a graduate degree in the humanities.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become a heated issue between Republicans, who attack those who supported the bill, and Democrats, who wish to not be viewed as big spenders in a recession.

Penn's defense returned to No. 1 in the FCS and Jon Saelinger earned Ivy and FCS weekly honors.

Penn President Amy Gutmann will participate in a roundtable meeting today with Vice President Joe Biden and other university presidents to discuss job creation resulting from stimulus-funded research.

On Saturday Penn students flocked down to 33rd Street two hours before kickoff, but that didn’t necessarily send them into the stands.

Ben Berg was a decent substitute last year to fill the void left by standout goalkeeper Drew Healy. This year, Penn is 5-1-0 behind him and the senior has already surpassed his win total from last year.

In addition to starting their first college classes, getting to know their roommate and learning their way around Philadelphia, some freshmen began the year vying for spots on Penn’s dance teams.

It makes sense to bring another sorority to campus this year. But what doesn’t make sense is that Panhel's extension committee approved a “stacking” process — meaning it will also choose an organization now for the next sorority expansion.

The Kelly Writers House hosted a commemoration of the fifth-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Monday evening by inviting four poets — professor Peter Cooley, his daughter Nicole Cooley, Cynthia Hogue and Tonya Foster — to read samples of their work and answer questions.

Nestled in the Penn bubble, we know a lot about the strategic hopscotch that starts wars, but we know less and less about the college-aged kids we send to fight them.

“Weekday vegetarianism,” which involves choosing to forgo meat some of the time, is a movement that everyone can understand regardless of their views on animal rights.

The opening of Weiss Pavillion this summer marks the beginning of the end to a series of long-term eastward expansion projects slated to be finished in the coming years.

10Questions.com, a website designed to promote voter-candidate engagement, is offering voters the opportunity to submit questions to candidates in the gubernatorial, senatorial and selected congressional races across 11 states, including Pennsylvania.