James Florio spoke in Houston Hall last night, discussing his years in office and opinions on today’s political environment.

The Division of Public Safety explained that a failure of travelers to follow road safety procedures has played a large role in the problems at the intersection.

Seven Pennsylvania universities created PA ENGN, aim to increase employment in manufacturing and make Pennsylvania a “manufacturing powerhouse.”

Both faculty and students are experiencing holdups in research projects because of the shutdown.

The Student Labor Action Project is hosting a teach-in tonight to educate about unsafe working conditions for Bangladeshi laborers who produce Penn apparel.

Pilot Philly hopes to draw local high school students to McClelland for their first Philadelphia hackathon to encourage and create interest in computer science.

Engineering junior Mark Harding recently traveled to D.C., where he explained to congressional staffers how he used work-study opportunities to create night classes for West Philadelphia adults.

Two Social Policy & Practice students created the Disability Student Interest Group to work to incorporate disability education into their curriculum.

The department is holding a two-day multidisciplinary conference in celebration, which will include panel discussions and a documentary screening.

Professors advocate bump-outs, big picture reforms and student safety education.

The Mask & Wig ensemble will have their first show Wednesday night and continue through Saturday. Final dress rehearsal focused on correcting mistakes from technical to dance.The fall show introduces new members to the ins and outs of production.

Lawrence Scott Ward’s appeal for a lighter prison sentence has been denied. Ward claimed that the sentence was inappropriate on several grounds.

The Warren Center for Network & Data Science, which will provide funding for network research science will open on Friday.

Penn President Amy Gutmann was the second-highest-paid Ivy League campus head in 2011, jumping up one spot on the annual Ivy compensation rankings.

Wharton professor studies the work and life integration of Wharton graduates, many of who find managing work and family difficult with increased work requirements.

Ohio Valley University renamed its business school after donors Gene and Joyce Wharton. In the past, Penn has sued over use of the Wharton name.

The Year of Health theme for the 2014-2015 academic year coincides with the 250th anniversary of the Perelman School of Medicine. Plans for health theme have been in effect for about 3 years.