While other students are heading to Cancun or home for some much needed relaxation, one Penn English major will be traveling on an all-expenses paid trip to work on her novel in a seaside cottage.

It’s finally here. Spring break has arrived, and for many students this means travelling abroad.

The debate over what contributions Penn owes to Philadelphia took a turn this month as Penn released its annual economic impact report detailing a $14 billion contribution to the state in 2015.

Charter schools are not subject to district-imposed enrollment caps, per a statewide code, but the SRC had been ignoring this rule since the body's inception in 2001.

A jury deliberated for two-and-a-half days before declaring Gaynor guilty of first-degree murder.

Cayuga Elementary principal Evelyn Cortez and Cayuga teacher Jennifer Hughes were the first to be convicted in the test-cheating scandal that rocked Philadelphia and led to the arrest of eight educators.

A storm system that will track across the middle of the country will sink southward and come up the East Coast, but will not come close enough to dump heavy precipitation on us.

Allocating over two million dollars among various student groups and initiatives is never a straightforward task, but after weeks of negotiations and meetings, the Undergraduate Assembly approved its 2016-2017 budget with relative ease.

Penn and its students have attempted to address the issue of mental health through a task force, multiple new clubs and countless events, but two students are taking a more creative approach. 

The recent establishment of the Price Lab has contributed substantially to the progress made in the field of digital humanities.

The five Penn seniors who just won the Thouron award have spent their undergraduate careers studying very different subjects, but now, all have found a path to graduate school in the UK.

In a discussion on Wednesday students broke down the issues of fossil fuel divestment and discussed the morality of investing the University's endowment in fossil fuels.

Associate Dean of the College and Director of Academic Affairs Kent Peterman said that this decision was made in a vote by the faculty in discussions regarding the College curriculum.

In May 2011, Ruth Perelman, with her husband Raymond, donated $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, making it the largest gift to a U.S.

On Tuesday, House Committee on Ways and Means met to discuss free speech on college campuses. The Congress Oversight Subcommittee is confronting the question of whether tax-exempt universities endanger their nonprofit status by allowing political activities on campus.

After sending out an initial UPenn Alert at 9:54 p.m., the Division of Public Safety sent an all-clear message about 12 minutes later.

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