In early October, Penn’s School of Design received a $2.5 million gift from 1969 College graduate Katherine Sachs and 1967 Wharton graduate Keith Sachs to fund visual arts. The donation will create a visiting professorship and support fine arts programs throughout the University.

Two Penn alumni, one a proud Philly Free School parent and the other a recent Ph.D. student who grew up in the “free school” system, use their experiences to answer those questions. PART ONE: Philly Free School looks to empower students

Activist and scholar Angela Davis addressed a full house at Irvine Auditorium on Friday night.

Students lined up Sunday evening for the Battle of the Spices, organized by the United Minorities Council to kick off Unity Week, which showcased an array of food from all over the world with the common ingredient of spices. GALLERY: Battle of the Spices

The Annenberg Center is using its cultural resources to expand its role in the West Philadelphia community.

Penn Media and Entertainment Week, spearheaded by the two groups, began this Sunday with a keynote speech by Bruce Resnikoff, president and CEO of Universal Music Enterprises.

Friday and Saturday, Penn Law Review hosted its 19th annual symposium, titled “Sentencing Law: Rhetoric & Reality” at the Levy Conference Room. The symposium featured a total of 29 public figures involved in various sectors of law to discuss possible soluti

At the 20th annual Life After Breast Cancer conference held by Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center at the Hilton Hotel on Friday, there was a Tory Burch fashion show with nineteen models, all who have battled cancer.

After dark, the pristine furnished galleries of the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the dusty storage rooms and crawl spaces beneath them may be haunted.

Some expressed concern over how the proposal might impact leasing schedules — though off-campus housing like the Radian and Campus Apartments plan to accommodate the change — while others were more enthusiastic about an earlier return to campus.

A new version of the Penn Course Review website launches today, just in time for the start of the advance registration period.

The messages of last week’s Occupy Philadelphia protests at Huntsman Hall are reverberating throughout campus, as Penn students become more involved. TOPICS: Occupy movement

Tucked away in a former Catholic school on the corner of 20th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia, the Philly Free School is a new private school championing the virtues of true democratic education and the importance of childhood play.

Just in time for Parents’ Weekend, the Office of Career Services released preliminary data from its Career Plans survey of the Class of 2011. INTERACTIVE: Preliminary career plans survey results

Ghana Penn Alliance aims to “see what Ghanaian children in Tamatoku can achieve if provided comparable resources to children in more developed countries by sustained commitment between Penn and the people of Tamatoku.”

Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP, and Mike Tannenbaum, general manager and co-executive vice president of the New York Jets, spoke at the Wharton Leadership Lecture series Thursday.

Biotech company Genentech is suing Penn for patent fraud on a cancer treatment that both entities believe to be theirs.