At a town hall meeting on college affordability, the leaders — which included names like Philadelphia Mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter and former Pennsylvania Gov. and 1965 College graduate Ed Rendell — ran through different ideas to help keep college costs down at Penn and across the nation.

GSE professor and founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education Shaun Harper studied black male undergraduate students who succeeded in college through their involvement as campus leaders and were on track to graduate on time.

According to a recently released report by the Council for Aid to Education, Penn’s fundraising total of $437,717,722 in fiscal year 2011 marked the seventh highest for any college or university nationwide.

1994 PhD graduate Dr. Nachiket Mor presented at Friday’s Global Health Reflections Week speaker event to explore the idea of global health and the challenges the field faces.

It all came down to star senior Zack Rosen. At the free-throw line with 23.2 seconds remaining and Penn down one, Rosen sunk both shots with ease, affording the Red and Blue a one-point lead.

At the free throw line with 12.6 seconds remaining and Dartmouth down one, Jvonte Brooks had a chance to tie the game at 55 for the Big Green.

Students and community members took part in “NYPD Files: A Stand Against Profiling” to show their solidarity for the Muslim Students Association. RELATED: MSA disappointed with University’s response VIDEO: MSA stands against racial profiling

Come Sunday, both the men’s and women’s squads will wipe away any memories of the Ivy Championships and begin preparations for the NCAA Championships with a trip to New York for the U.S. Collegiate Weapon Squad Championships.

The Quakers take on Dartmouth Friday and Harvard, their final two games of the season at the Palestra.

Playing a highly competitive schedule featuring virtually all of the nation’s best squads, the Penn women’s squash team has lost to just three teams this season—and they will likely need to beat all three of them this weekend in order to bring home a national title.

With only two seniors on the roster, the Penn women’s lacrosse team is without a doubt a very young team. But that doesn’t mean the Quakers are lowering their expectations.

The Quakers’ schedule is so rough that it was recently ranked the toughest in the NCAA by Inside Lacrosse magazine, and their opener Friday at No. 10 Duke is no exception.

It’s about time we caught Jeremy Lin fever. We put it off as long as we could, but the man is impossible to ignore.

Though many believe Saturday night’s vaunted rematch between Penn and Harvard could determine the fate of the Ivy League, men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen would say the Red and Blue’s most important game of the year comes a day earlier, against last-place Dartmouth.

Over 100 College undergraduates signed up to dine with the Dean last night, but only the first 30 gained the opportunity.

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