William Steinberg was travelling in Costa Rica with his family when the small, single-engine plane that they were on crashed into a mountain in the Guancaste province, killing everyone on board.

While Penn wasn’t the only Ivy League university that became more competitive this year, it experienced the largest relative decline in percentage of students accepted.  

Larry Wittig, a longtime rowing coach who rose to a top leadership role in the Pennsylvania education system, resigned from his position as chair of the state Board of Education this week after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. 

Flanagan's deteriorating health condition was a result of a 2005 car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury.

The final bill omitted a tax on graduate student waivers, which experts predicted would have hiked student fees by up to 300 percent. 

The study compared 36 students who took six 90-hour art observation courses at the art museum with other students who did not take any of the courses.

“The more people that are aware of this issue, the more we can get done policy-wise in order to stop mass incarceration," said Engineering senior Anna Estep. 

Senior Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement Michael Carpenter co-wrote the essay with former Vice President Biden.

Because of the association between food and decreasing hunger, even seeing food can indicate to the brain that the body is receiving the nutrients it needs, suppressing the desire to eat.

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The city’s medical examiner’s office confirmed on Dec. 12 that the death was ruled a suicide, Philly.com reported. 

Of the early decision applicants accepted this year, 25 percent had a parent or grandparent who had attended Penn and 11 percent are first-generation college students.

Even though the Penn administration has expressed support of its DACA students, dreamers have no concrete path that would preventing them from deportation. 

From Trump's inauguration to March Madness to a Homecoming victory, a look back at 2017 in photos.

The last day for international students to request travel signatures is Dec. 15, since the ISSS office will be closed for advising after this Friday. 

Half a percent of College students pursue three majors, which makes up a small fraction of the 25 percent of College students who graduate with more than one major.

In 2017, travel bans became the biggest topic of discussion in federal immigration policy, forcing some international students at Penn to reconsider their futures in the United States.