His bum may have been on the rail in 1999, but last night comedian and actor Tom Green’s bum was in Zellerbach Theatre to host the 12th Annual Intercollegiate Comedy Festival.

Judith Butler’s intellectual activities span many disciplines, including feminism, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics. The extent of her audience attested to the diversity of her work and the celebrity status she holds among scholars within and beyond her field.

Thanks to an initiative by the Undergraduate Assembly, students — beginning with the incoming class of 2014 — will no longer use the last four digits of their social security numbers for their PennCard Access Codes.

Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake both graduated from the Penn School of Fine Arts — now the Penn School of Design — and are currently adjunct professors of architecture at Penn.

The Center for Bioethics hosted a discussion with CEO of Amicus Therapeutics John Crowley, on whom the film Extraordinary Measures is based.

In between trips to the Congo and Israel, New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof dropped by Penn last night.

From the anchor desk of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” comes comedian Seth Meyers, the head writer and a cast member of SNL, who was announced as SPEC's spring speaker.

Rumors among students that Jon Huntsman, Jr. was an alternate choice for the commencement speaker are untrue, according to University Secretary Leslie Kruhly.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss his “addiction” to journalism, the power of the media and his obsession with Twitter.

For the third year in a row, students will hold Manicure for the Cure, an event that provides manicures and raises money for beast-cancer research.

In response to last week's fire at the ZBT house, OFSA initiated a new fire prevention measure by stationing security guards at on-campus sorority and fraternity houses this weekend.

Three undergraduates studying abroad in Santiago, Chile are reported safe, but families of Chilean students lost homes and belongings in the devastation of an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.

Hilfiger spoke of his journey in the fashion industry at Friday's inaugural Wharton Retail Conference, sponsored by the Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative and the Wharton Fashion and Luxury Industries Club.

At Huntsman Hall Vicente Fox's message centered on fostering connections. He opposed building a fence on the U.S-Mexico border and outlined his dream of a union of the Americas.

A petition asking for University recognition of the month will be delivered to Penn President Amy Gutmann Friday.

Philly Fight Night, a boxing match to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, will pit graduate students from the Wharton School, the Law School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science against one another in the ring.

Although the predicted snowstorm had started outside, the front room at the Kelly Writers House was packed Thursday evening when Joe Garden, features editor at The Onion, and his fellow writer Chris Pauls came to speak about satirical journalism.