The NEA awarded a $250,000 Our Town grant last week to a group that includes Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice to develop a Creative Assets Mapping Database for Philadelphia.

Penn researchers have successfully created heart cells, which are much-needed in regenerative medicine, from skin and brain cells.

The Public Policy Polling firm has found that President Barack Obama's statewide approval rating is at 46 percent.

We commend the Ivy League for setting restrictions on potentially harmful football practices, creating a safer playing field for athletes.

Because frozen yogurt shops are popping up at every corner, the frozen dessert is no longer hip. Thus, froyo stores need to get creative in order to remain in the dessert world.

In light of the charges levied against Domique Strauss-Kahn, we need to reevaluate how our legal system judges sexual assault.

The Ivy League will enforce limits on full-contact football practices, among other measures, to minimize chances of trauma to the head.

One sports fan shares thoughts on the women’s World Cup Final and suggests some new ideas.

Penn distance coach promoted to first ever head of both men’s and women’s cross country.

With several stellar seasons and three games slated for college football primetime, Quaker football fans have much to be excited about.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter presented Ambassador of Japan Shigeyuki Hiroki with a check for $230,000 from the Philadelphia-Japan Disaster Relief Fund on Friday.

In one year, the Small Amounts of Marijuana program has saved Philadelphia an estimated $2 million and thousands arrested for small possession from fines and imprisonment.

After nearly three years as Executive Director of International Programs at Penn, Anne Waters is stepping down.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has expanded its license agreement with Penn to develop new vaccines for deadly infectious diseases.

Director of CHIP Katherina Rosqueta will be one of 25 to receive a ‘SmartCEO’ mag award for improving the effectiveness of philanthropic donations.

At a summit in Beijing last month, Dean of the Law School Michael Fitts and Associate Dean for International Affairs Amy Gadsden were among nine American and 10 Chinese law deans who met to discuss the importance of the rule of law.