With 36 seconds remaining in the first half of last weekend’s football game against Dartmouth, coach Al Bagnoli was presented with a decision. The Quakers had the ball at the Dartmouth 9-yard line on 4th-and-1. Should Penn go for the first down or try to kick a 26-yard field goal?Bagnoli decided to call in his kicker — and he shanked it.

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania have purchased a former Dupont lab in nearby Delaware County on behalf of Penn's School of Medicine. The 124,000 square-foot facility, located on 17.4 acres of land, will cost the University $8.25 million, according to CB Richard Ellis, which is representing Dupont.

New Facilities and Real Estate head has little experience at Penn so far.

Almost 20 million students from schools in 49 states and 3 countries are signed up to take a virtual field trip to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, courtesy of Ball State University and the National Park Foundation. On Oct. 17, Ball State will broadcast the Electronic Field Trip, including live tours, in-class activities and an online panel of experts.

A window that fell from the fourth floor of the Franklin Building, located near 36th and Walnut streets, was likely dislodged by a construction mishap, according to the Division of Public Safety. The window fell and crashed on the street below on Saturday morning.

Pennsylvania Senatorial candidate Bob Casey isn't running on his on platform - he's just running against Santorum.

When I was 8, I decided to renounce fortune cookies, Communism and Jackie Chan forever.

Homecoming came a little early at Penn, at least for former University President Judith Rodin.

What could be worse than midterms? Perhaps having your studying interrupted by your laptop bursting into flames.

A potential amendment to the city smoking ban will most likely not bring drastic change to the local bar scene, area bar owners say.

These guys don't care for activism, and they're taking to the streets to make sure everyone knows it. The pack of students holding cardboard signs and marching down Locust Walk yesterday wasn't protesting genocide in Darfur or the war in Iraq - the students were just protesting the act of protesting.

Mark your calendars: Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. We don't know who'll be president; it won't be George Bush or whoever succeeds him, even if that person gets two terms. But we do know that Penn will open its Ivy League football schedule hosting Dartmouth that day.

Like many students, Nursing sophomore Jessica Plantulli loves her coffee - especially late at night. But unless she learns to brew her own, getting a latte after 1 a.m. might be a bit of a problem.

The University got more out of its investments this year than in years past, but it has a long way to go to catch up with its Ivy peers.Penn got a 12.5 percent return on its endowment for the fiscal year ending on June 30, an increase of about four percentage points from last year’s returns, officials announced last week.

About halfway through his 7,000-mile voyage across Central Asia, travel writer Colin Thubron found himself in an ironic situation. Stranded in the town of Maimana, Afghanistan, he had decided to catch a ride on a plane carrying refugees. As he boarded the old aircraft, he noticed quizzical looks coming from the other passengers.

Despite not seeing a single snap last season, sophomore cornerback Tyson Maugle is already contributing.

Student descriptions of the alarm going off in the bathrooms in Williams Hall range from a high-pitched wail to lower-pitched beeping. Whatever the exact sound is, students agree: It is disruptive and occurs several times a week. They also say the situation has not changed since the beginning of the semester.