Penn basketball — like most of Brown’s opponents — thought it could beat the Bears by limiting their powerful forwards, Rafael Maia and Cedric Kuakumensah. JR Hobbie begged to differ.

Once again, College Factual thinks pretty highly of Penn and the nursing school is the reason why this time. College Factual ranked Penn as the No.

It's not easy being green ... unless you're Penn, in which case you are sipping ice tea like Kermit the Frog.  Penn topped the Environmental Protection Agency's list of 30 colleges that use the most green energy.

A Penn sociology professor believes capitalism will meet its demise by the end of the 21st century. Randall Collins held a lecture at the University of Texas at Austin on Friday in which he said that capitalism would be done by 2045. “Capitalism depends on having an income-earning population that can buy its products,” Collins said in the lecture.

Yale's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was banned from campus until August 2016 after a presentation at their 2014 initiation ceremony violated the University's sexual misconduct policy. According to a Yale Daily News report, the fraternity will be banned from on-campus activities, university-wide emails and the use of the SAE name in conjunction with the University.  The ban stems from an incident where two members of the fraternity made inappropriate comments about a female student during the initiation ceremony.

Protesters from a group called Divest Harvard staged a sit-in at Massachusetts Hall, a Harvard administrative building, on Thursday night.  The protesters are demanding that Harvard divest from fossil fuels, similar to Penn movements from Divestment at Penn and Fossil Free Penn over the last two years.  Also similar to Penn, Harvard has refused to divest from fossil fuels, leading to the protests at Mass.

The Penn Wharton China Center has been over two years in the making.

The Penn Engineering school faculty are internationally known for their innovative research that is revolutionizing fields ranging from computer science to biology to animation.

Penn defeated Yale easily on Friday, 61-42, before outscoring Brown, 83-75, on Saturday to sweep the Ivy weekend doubleheader on the road and take sole possession of second place in the Ancient Eight.

Yale men’s basketball came into the Palestra in first place in the Ivy League. And for 40 minutes, the Elis certainly looked the part. Penn basketball stood little chance against first-place Yale, falling 75-48 in the Friday night affair.

The words used in college essays may be more important than applicants expect.

The student's identity has yet to be released.

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Police Zone between Jan. 30 – Feb. 5.

While Boston's 2024 Olympic bid involves the usage of Harvard facilities, Harvard will not be helping the bid with any fundraising efforts, the Harvard Crimson reports. Harvard President Drew G.

A second round of likely letters will be sent out in March.

Philadelphia has not hosted a Democratic National Convention since 1948

It's official: The 2016 Democratic National Convention is coming to the city of Brotherly Love. The DNC signed a contract with Philadelphia to host the convention during the week of July 25, 2016, choosing Phila.