Speaking at Penn’s 254th commencement ceremony on May 17, Ambassador to China and Penn alumnus Jon Huntsman, Jr. combined humor with reflection and advice.

Following a vote last month to add a sorority to campus, the Panhellenic Council extension committee voted May 3 to add the new sorority in 2011 rather than 2012. The sorority will be Penn’s eighth after Phi Sigma Sigma closes at the end of this academic year.

Ever since he left Penn, 2005 College graduate Noah Pink has been following his dreams and working as a filmmaker. In his newest film, Pink tracks the adventures of his characters in a pursuit to follow their own dreams and become American rap artists.

The venture is a one-man operation by College senior Langston Smith, who handled everything the small business needed — from product design to marketing to website development.

Penn Business Services created PennMOVES three years ago in order to make Penn more sustainable by reducing student waste and providing a charitable contribution to the West Philadelphia community.

Students struggling to pay upwards of $1,000 for a semester’s textbooks may find some relief with Penn Bookstore’s textbook rental, which will be offered next fall.

Jeffrey Cohen — a life-long Philadelphian and 1988 graduate of the Law School — recently launched his first novel, 'The Killing of Mindi Quintana,' at the Kimmel Center.

The Panhellenic Council extension committee unanimously voted Monday to add a new sorority in 2011 rather than 2012.

Wharton junior Owen Thomas’ funeral service was held Monday morning at the Union United Church of Christ in Neffs, Pa. The church was filled beyond capacity.

Penn's chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma will close at the end of the academic year, the sorority's national organization announced Friday afternoon.

All 425 candles brought to the vigil for Wharton junior and football player Owen Thomas were lit.

Following the recent coverage of the gender-confirmation process added to the Penn Student Insurance Plan, a similar benefit is being proposed for staff members.

Penn students got personal at Wednesday’s premiere of 'The Penn Monologues'. Penn’s version of 'The Vagina Monologues,' were written and performed by members of the Penn community.

On Sunday, the Penn Lions team placed first at the annual Lion Dance competition held at Columbia University. The group learns and performs the lion dance, a traditional Chinese dance in which performers mimic the movements of a lion.

Rev. Katherine Brearley, the mother of Wharton junior Owen Thomas, described her son as “a very self-directed person.” But that intensity also “had a dark side.”

Penn Haven, a campus homeless advocacy group, hopes to open a house in which Penn students and 18- to 22-year-old “formerly homeless youth or youth that had been through the child welfare system” will live under the same roof, College senior and Penn Haven member Maggie Tishman said.

The project, which the Interfraternity Council, the UA and the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education are collaborating on, will create “a Craigslist-style” website that allows students to buy and sell textbooks, according to IFC Vice President for Academics Jeff Lipman, a College junior.