Both those reluctantly jumping through the hoops of Penn’s foreign language requirement and those taking up a new tongue for pleasure or professional advantage have gotten to know the mixed bag of characters that is Penn’s Romance Languages department. The department’s squad of lecturers samples every kind of language specialist imaginable — from linguists and literature wonks to pedagogy experts and translation specialists.

Vijay Kumar, a professor in multiple departments of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and a researcher in robotics, is set to take the helm of the Engineering School when he replaces Glandt as dean beginning June 1. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Kumar to hear about his plans for the future of the Engineering School and the field of technology.

For many students, the lure of the corporate world has long been a draw over things like nonprofit work. But that might not always be the case.

The Weiss Tech Houses’s innovation competition gives entrepreneurs the skills they need to turn their ideas into reality.

Despite the resolution's landslide 15-1 approval in the Council, Nutter has not expressed support for PILOTs.

While Penn's new mental health task force report may have invigorated student initiatives and new awareness programs to foster a more supportive culture, many students who have used Penn’s mental health resources are disappointed by the Task Force’s inadequate discussion of ongoing problems with existing services.

Nursing freshman Delaney Jenkins was underwhelmed after viewing her admissions files.

On Saturday night at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink, 2,500 spectators “hurrah’ed” and raged on at the 11th annual Wharton v. Penn Law Fight Night.

Getting by as an undocumented immigrant is difficult — but at Penn and beyond, this population is seeing growing support.

With Penn’s annual Spring Fling around the corner, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush gave the Daily Pennsylvanian the scoop on how to emerge from Fling without a criminal record. 

The Penn LGBTQ Center for QPenn brought gay-rights and AIDS activist, playwright and author Larry Kramer to Penn on Thursday night.

Last monday Denise L. Eger became the third women and first openly gay rabbi to be appointed to the Central Conference of American Rabbis — the oldest and largest rabbinic organization in North America.

At the Penn Fashion Week-hosted “Shark Tank” on Friday, Penn’s fashion entrepreneurs proved themselves as forces to be reckoned with when they answered difficult questions and took criticism from a panel of experts in the fashion field.

On Thursday, the Bioethics Commission chaired by Penn President Amy Gutmann released a report outlining fourteen recommendations addressing some of the ethical questions raised by neuroscience.

This Friday in Huntsman Hall, five student entrepreneur groups presented their fashion-related innovations to a panel of four distinguished judges. Like the hit show “Shark Tank,” the judges gave valuable critique and advice to each presenter.

Nothing at the scene led Penn Police to believe there was evidence of gun shots. 

Ever wonder how much money alumni donate to Penn? The Penn Fund, founded in 1927, aims to raise funds from alumni to go towards University expenses including student financial aid.