The MacArthur Fellowship is one of the top national honors given to recognize innovation and creativity.

Penn used to provide up to $1,500 per year to employees in same-sex marriages to offset lack of tax benefits.

In the 76th and 80th minutes, Wildcats’ freshman Max Kroschwitz scored the first two games of his college career to surpass Penn and finish out the game with a win.

The Center, a premier research and training facility that turns puppies into detection dogs, had its opening ceremony on last year on 9/11.

State Treasurer and 1989 Wharton MBA recipient Rob McCord threw himself into the 2014 Pennsylvania Governor’s race on Tuesday, ending months of speculation about a potential run.

Former Penn president Sheldon Hackney grew up in conservative Alabama household, and his upbringing had a great influence on his scholarly work.

Last week’s response to the Navy Yard shootings was different because the country’s sentiment concerning gun violence has changed. Our anger confirmed that, in 2013, we have found ourselves in a post-NRA America.

Though the Miss America Pageant is problematic in it’s narrow, superficial method of validating women on a national stage, we are pleased to see the pageant pay homage to the melting pot that America prides itself on being.

The current Miss Idaho, Sarah Downs, a 2012 College graduate, has been competing in pageants since age 17.

Matisyahu will play at the Blockley on 38th Street.

?The University has received a $20 million federal grant to fund the University of Pennsylvania Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science.

Penn for Palestine brought Josh Ruebner — author and national advocacy director of U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — to campus Tuesday.

Anthony Kennedy will visit the University next week to teach a constitutional law class and speak with law school students and alumni, the Law School will announce Wednesday.

The International Affairs Association will hold their first ever Ivy League Model United Nations Conference India high school Model U.N. conference, which will take place in New Delhi over fall break.

Penn has already seen major changes at quarterback, wide receiver and on the defensive line for a laundry list of reasons, ranging from significant injury, to personal issues, to good old-fashioned ineffectiveness.

By mid-November, the fraternity will be officially colonized and recognized by the national organization.

The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education is gearing up to produce the latest edition of the report that brought about the pass/fail option and four-class semesters.