Penn's defense played great. But unless the offense gets its act together, the team won't achieve its goals.

Penn dropped its season opener at Franklin Field, 14-3, to Villanova. For the sixth year in a row, the Quakers lost to the Wildcats (3-0).

Penn dropped its season opener at Franklin Field, 14-3, to Villanova. For the sixth year in a row, the Quakers lost to the Wildcats (3-0).

Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain spoke to an audience at Wharton last Thursday about his $1.2-million office renovation.

Penn’s libraries are busy making thousands of hard-to-find books and publications available online in a multifaceted effort intended to make rare literature more available to academics at Penn and around the world.

Marco Lentini, a Wharton alum, opened Gia Pronto on the same block in 2005. He said he expects to have his newest creation, Taglio, fully operational early this week.

The newly created School of Arts and Sciences’ Sustainability Student Advisory Board will weigh in on sustainability initiatives, as well as give students an opportunity to propose projects that reduce energy consumption on the University’s campus.

The recent disappearance of a Yale University medical student has brought intense focus on staying safe in college, and Penn officials and college security experts maintain that there are several ways of doing just that.

If the Penn women's soccer team was hoping to test itself before Ivy play opens, it sure picked the right opponents.

The Penn volleyball team is off to its best start since 2000, when it finished 22-8 and took second place in the Ivy League.

Penn InTouch received a dramatic makeover toward the end of last semester. But the changes may have only been screen-deep.

By many accounts, the commitment of Penn students to Teach for America - a nonprofit that recruits college graduates for two years of teaching in low-income communities - is impressive.

As the H1N1 influenza sweeps through college campuses across the country, schools are implementing plans to deal with the day-to-day realities of coping with a contagious illness. On the front lines of those affected will be professors, who may see large numbers of empty seats in their classrooms.

Students this year have a wider range of options in choosing their health insurance policy with the addition of the Penn Add-On Plan, designed to supplement a pre-existing private insurance plan.

Parking in Philadelphia will be a little harder to come by today, as local spaces citywide are turned into micro parks.

Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius recommended in a conference call with college reporters Friday that universities create alternate housing and food delivery programs for students with possible cases of H1N1.

Just when it seemed that the city would be forced to lay off 3,000 employees and cut many essential services, the state legislature passed House Bill 1828 yesterday to prevent Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter from implementing his Plan C, or "doomsday," proposal.