While writing seminar has been at the core of the freshman academic schedule for years, Director of Critical Writing Valerie Ross announced Tuesday that it will be removed as a core requirement starting fall 2013.

The public is far less educated about student government than one may think.

Naderol is now officially “The Drink of the Quakers.”

After months of research and deliberation, Penn has finally decided to divest itself of the Wharton School.

Computer access, printing and more—the Wharton account grants a student the right to many of Huntsman Hall’s valuable resources. Other Penn students are now getting to share a piece of the pie.

College and Wharton senior and Integrated Studies Board Chair Jason Franks grew up the youngest of nine children on a Pueblo Indian Reservation in Laguna, N.M.

The community awaits white smoke from St. Mary’s church on 39th Street and Locust Walk as campus leaders decide the next chaplain after Chaplain Chaz Howard’s Tuesday resignation.

The Division of Public Safety and the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives will be implementing a Breathalyzer test for students entering and already inside of the Quad during Spring Fling.

College sophomore David Liang said he’s a big fan of Zach Braff, “like everyone in America. It’s impossible not to be.”

On Monday morning, dining hall workers and Student Labor Action Project members delivered a concerted activity letter to the Penn Business Services office to notify Penn of the employees’ organizing efforts.

While students might find their study skills rusted after a long summer, College sophomore Erica Liebman faced an extreme version of this situation when she returned to her books after more than a decade. Twelve years ago, Liebman took a leave of absence from Penn after her third semester to become a car mechanic.

You can’t burst this professor’s bubble. Assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Daeyeon Lee recently won the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award for creating particles that are hollow and lightweight, like bubbles, but are also surprisingly sturdy.

As University City brightens in the coming months, one of its unique public areas is also springing to life.

In the 102 days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, over 3,000 people in the United State have been killed by guns — and Penn Democrats have had enough.

The UA wants you to go to the Palestra a little more often.

Just one year away from its full implementation in 2014, the Affordable Care Act continues to raise concerns as many consider the effects it may have on national full-time employment.

Parts of Spruce Street lost electricity for the fourth time in the past two weeks late Monday afternoon as a result of what PECO Energy calls an “ongoing” issue with an underground cable.