D’Souza’s film takes a look at President Obama’s Kenyan background and how his past has influenced his political actions today.

Wharton professor Mark Duggan, challenged two MBA students — one Democrat and one Republican — to defend why their candidate’s various policies are best for the nation.

The National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund Institute released a series of preliminary findings that showed an average investment loss of 0.3 percent for 463 colleges and universities nationwide in FY 2012.

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One of Coloretti’s best known accomplishments is her involvement in the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she calls “the most challenging and interesting thing at Treasury.”

This year, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology invited Philadelphia muralist Cesar Viveros to create a Day of the Dead altar of his own. VIDEO: Celebrating Día de los Muertos with the Penn Museum

The shrine belongs to Jacqui Bowman, a former consulting scholar for the Penn Museum who earned a certificate of executive administration from the University. The shrine is Bowman’s front porch on 43rd Street near Baltimore Avenue.

The Wharton Business Law Association planned the workshop in conjunction with Shell and the Wharton Management Club.

Despite close numbers between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney nationally, likely voters at Penn have self-identified as 55.0 percent Democrat, according to a poll conducted by The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Christopher Lu was Obama’s classmate at Harvard Law School and later served as his legislative director during the president’s time in the senate

A round up of crime for the week of Oct. 19 to Oct. 25

Stepping from the halls of Penn’s student government to the halls of Capitol Hill was natural for 1964 Wharton alumnus Howard Marlowe, who has now spent more than 30 years working in the true corridors of power.

Penn filed two lawsuits for trademark infringement against PennRX Pharmacy and Penn Health Ambulance Corporation

The Philadelphia Police Department, the Philadelphia Fire Department and City Hall have launched mobile apps to increase awareness and efficiency in public safety.

Thirty years ago, an openly gay student arriving at Penn would have found few — if any at all — LGBT support services from the University. INTERACTIVE: LGBT resources across the Ivies