A small but interested group of students came to hear George Hummel speak on Thursday.

Along with several undergraduate deans, Penn President Amy Gutmann said she has been pleased to see students participating in the Occupy Philadelphia protests — which began as an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street — and contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the future of the nation.

Tukufu Zuberi, professor and chairman of the Sociology Department at Penn, kicked off the Imagine Africa lecture series for the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Imagine Africa initiative.

A week after placing 16th on the annual “World University Rankings” by Times Higher Education, Penn was named the ninth best higher-education institution in the world by U.S. News and World Report. INTERACTIVE: 2011 college rankings

The third AIDS Strategy Implementation Dialogues, led by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, was held in Huntsman Hall on Thursday.

Yale University Professor of Sociology and former Penn Sociology Professor Elijah Anderson came to the Penn Bookstore Thursday afternoon to speak about his book at an event titled “A Look at Race and Civility in Everyday Life.”

After a long and tireless effort since the start of his overthrow in August, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya is dead.

Married students reflect on life at Penn and explain the decision to get married in college.

The Kelly Writers House monthly Speakeasy provided a venue for students and community members to voice opinions about the movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia

Medical dramas misrepresent the reality of life in a hospital. No matter how smart he is, in real life, House probably would have been fired from his job very, very quickly.

Check out reactions to the choice of James Franco as this year’s SPEC Connaissance speaker.

I expect my personal heroes to be perfect — to be the people whom I have meticulously imagined them to be. But remembering David Sedaris’ humanity made meeting him more rewarding.

After attending Columbia undergrad and Penn grad school, Annie Duke cashed in a life of academia for one she never knew she’d love.

As a chilly October evening descends on Rhodes Field during pregame introductions, Christian Barreiro looks antsy without the ball at his feet. He won’t stop moving.

Members of Penn’s three rowing teams will be among the 8,000 athletes that take to the Charles River this weekend. Rowers from amateurs to Olympians, teenagers to old-timers all participate in one of 55 categories over two days.

The Quakers and the Red and Blue Crew will host “The Line,” an annual tradition at the Palestra, where students will have the opportunity to purchase season tickets and meet both the men’s and women’s teams.

“Time Travel Safari,” welcomed Olivia Judson Wednesday night to speak about the evolutionary adaptations of animals and their implications on present-day Earth.