While Penn students might see Spring Fling as the biggest upcoming event, for those interested in Philadelphia politics, the Democratic mayoral primary race might be more exciting.

More students than ever are staying in Philadelphia after graduation. 

Anderson Cooper will speak at Penn on April 28 in an event brought to Penn by the Social Planning and Events Committee.

Penn's Critical Writing Program has the largest number of full-time instructors this year in its entire history.

The alumni house's history is more morbid than one may think: It served as a fraternity house for almost 50 years until a fire killed three people.

Incoming freshmen aren’t the only ones who chose Penn — faculty members were drawn to the University for their own reasons.

On an average night, 20 people are caught with fake IDs in Philadelphia, and they are becoming easier to identify. Smokey Joe's bartender and bouncer Mike Ryan says "it gets old" dealing with fake IDs.

BioBots provides a cheaper option for researchers who need to build 3D functional structures of living tissue.

Professor Grant Frame of Penn's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations recently received an National Endowment for the Humanities grant of $250,000 to continue his work with his project, Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period.

Here at Penn, it’s all too easy to get caught up in our immediate to-do list. In 2016, our campus will be caught up in our foremost national duty: electing the 45th President of the United States.

Just as we have gendered expectations for ourselves, we also have gendered expectations for others. If we as women think we should be focusing on cardio, we expect men to focus on muscle training.

SHAWN KELLEY is an LPS junior from San Diego. His email address is skelley@sas.upenn.edu.

The protest was sparked by the announcement that the Africa Center will close and the African Studies department will merge with the Center for Africana Studies.

Three new members will join recently elected president Jane Meyer and vice president Ray Clark on the Undergraduate Assembly’s new executive board.

The donation will be used to establish the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, which aims to be this “hub” for humanities research that uses computer technology to aid students and faculty.

The conference occurred as Obama met Cuban President Raúl Castro.

Don’t worry if dining hall food tastes stale to you — a series of changes are already coming to Penn Dining’s dining plans for fall 2015 semester.