Home of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, PPL Park will host Penn and Villanova Friday in the Red and Blue’s first game in a pro stadium since facing Loyola-Chicago at Toyota Park in 2007.

New measures since 2001 include creating a position for a deputy chief of tactical emergency readiness.

Despite some students’ reported horror stories, BoxMyDorm claimed that, for the most part, deliveries have run smoothly this September.

Reduced federal funding has led to cuts in staff and school-based programs.

The Alzheimer’s Institute of America, which filed a lawsuit against Penn last fall over the use of a patented type of lab mice, will go to court with the University.

An interactive map of crime around campus last week.

Penn Democrats President Isabel Friedman asks how bearing witness to such profound tragedy and international unrest during the most formative years of our lives shapes the way we view our place in the world.

Former Penn Democrats President Emma Ellman-Golan writes that although the national bond formed in the aftermath of 9/11 has weakened, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to find other shared values or experiences that can unite us again.

1986 Wharton graduate Bruce Jacobs and 1982 Wharton graduate Kenneth Levy announced a $12 million gift to create a financial research center and fund an annual research prize.

Replacing second-team All-Ivy graduate Ben Berg, rookie goalie Max Kurtzman hasn’t skipped a beat since being named starter.

Perhaps more important than the 97 Ivy wins and the eight Ivy championships is the manner in which Bagnoli has conducted himself throughout. More specifically: his honesty.

A city-wide curfew designed to limit the number of violent flash mobs is likely to end in a few days, but Penn Police aren’t fazed by the prospect of flash mob appearances on campus.

Entering her second season, coach Colleen Fink believes last year, although difficult, was a necessary step in the direction of building a winning team.

Sixteen parties were shut down this year during New Student Orientation, including 11 off campus and five on campus.

In addition, alcohol-related incidents fell about 32 percent compared to last year.

The annual welcome reception for new graduate and professional students was held at the Annenberg Center lobby. The two-hour reception was organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the Office of the President and the Graduate Student Center.

For the first time, College freshmen in the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program are living together in Riepe College House and taking a class together every day. The class will integrate different disciplines, including the humanities, sciences and social sciences, said BFS Director Peter Struck.