Sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the LGBT advocacy conference — the largest of its kind — drew about 3,000 participants, ranging from students to activists from all over the country.

Kevin Neary, who suffered a life-threatening neck injury, will be released from the hospital in approximately three weeks. The 2004 College graduate was shot in the neck during an attempted robbery last November in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia.

Around fifteen hundred people filled Merriam Theater in Center City for PhillyFest, a celebration of South Asian culture that aims “to build understanding and acceptance for diversity.”

While the majority of Philadelphia homicides are black-on-black, a mere increase in policing might not be the best solution. Philadelphia homicides are concentrated in neighborhoods with young black men can be a disadvantage when trying to solve homicide cases.

Defying the job-cutting trends across many industries, technology companies are offering attractive career prospects to college students.

An annual event organized by the Dance Arts Council, the dance benefit paid tribute to Emily Sachs, a Class of 1998 College student and dancer who died in 1995 from a severe asthma attack.

While President Barack Obama is in the process of rolling out a series of bold new higher education initiatives, Penn administrators say the White House’s ideas will likely leave the University untouched.

A new Philadelphia City Council bill, which would allow local bars to remain open until 3 a.m., is being introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. The bill would extend the current closing time by an hour.

Starting today, UMOJA — the umbrella organization for black student groups at Penn — will combine themes such as black heritage and social justice as part of a week-long celebration.

Alpha Omega Epsilon’s chapter at Penn — the University’s first-ever engineering sorority — had its official chapter installation on Saturday.

The Undergraduate Assembly has been found to have violated the University’s Antihazing and Alcohol and Drug policies, the UA’s executive board announced in a statement Saturday evening.

To My Fellow Quakers, On behalf of the entire men’s basketball program, I want to thank all of you who have attended our basketball games this season.

While the Quakers now have the upper hand in the national rankings, the Red and Blue are not overlooking the young, but talented Bantams.

Sunday in Hartford, Conn., the Penn men’s squash team will have its shot at tagging the Bantams with another ‘L.’

With tough meets coming almost weekly, Friday’s matchup gives the Quakers an opportunity to break away from their normal meet routine.

Penn students are eager to integrate themselves into the community and ensure that things change for the better. But it’s time to also gather momentum in combating an issue of life and death.

Although I do not ever intend to be the national spokesperson for Abstinence America, I do not see anything wrong with the campus promoting this ideal as much as they do contraceptives at the Penn Women’s Center or the LGBT Center.