Scientists have observed that drinking a cup of coffee right before taking a 20 minute nap is more effective in raising alertness than drinking coffee or taking a nap independent of the other."Interestingly, there's even some evidence that caffeine naps can help people go for relatively long periods without proper sleep," Vox's Joseph Stromberg wrote.In April, Arianna Huffington spoke at Penn, warning students not to deprive themselves of sleep. While taking twenty minute naps throughout the day isn't the solution, an added cup of coffee could certainly help productivity for the hours when you are asleep.Read more about coffee naps at Vox...

Most long-standing sports institutions are resistant to change. Whether it is Major League Baseball refusing to address time of game issues or the NCAA resisting even the most painfully logical changes to its outdated system, change is continually feared by the sports establishment.

At the end of the day, the box score has no statistic to demonstrate the brilliance of an individual defender’s play, and what isn’t evident in a box score is rarely appreciated by fans. 

In general, [college students] are much more likely to be rich people temporarily occupying the slightly-less-comfortable space between being the total financial responsibility of our parents and being recipients of our own personal salaries.

Let us introduce ourselves: we are the Penn Democrats, the most active political group on campus.

As fun as it is to call people out for being jerks online, it’s time to put an end to this — not just ridiculing the Facebook group, but relying on it at all. Just like everyone knows that one girl who looks nothing like her profile picture, it’s difficult to gauge someone’s true personality online. We told each other stories, we made each other laugh and cry, but the Facebook message you sent that guy three months ago is not a proper introduction.

Penn women’s soccer came up just short of matching its male counterpart’s Ivy League championship in 2013. However, the Quakers provided plenty of great moments en route to a 12-1-4 overall record.

If you’re a new student on campus, welcome to Penn! If you’re a returning upperclassman, welcome back!

Budweiser's Made in America music festival kicked off its third year in Philadelphia on Saturday, drawing plenty of Penn students and plenty of Pennsylvanians.

Pennsylvania took steps to expand health coverage for low-income residents on Thursday.

Penn students aren't the only ones who can't figure out when spots open up in the courses they want, according to an analysis by the New York Times.

One does has to wonder how Americans can feel so fiercely entitled to their civil liberties for their entire lives, but are unwilling to give even 1 year of service to maintain such freedoms and repay debts to such a magnificent nation.

The first Health and Wellness fair, sponsored by a $1,000 donation from Penn's Year of Health initiative to the Penn Undergraduate Health Coalition, brought together a variety of health groups.

The state of California passed a bill Thursday that, if passed into law, would legally define consensual sexual activity on college campuses

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A 35-year-old researcher at Penn was found shot and killed in his home on Wednesday, the AP reported last night.