John Bartlett

Professor Grant Frame of Penn's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations recently received an National Endowment for the Humanities grant of $250,000 to continue his work with his project, Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period.

Though Penn's acceptance rate is as low as ever, a new ranking claims that's not the only data point that matters. 

It takes a congressman to know Congress.

Discovery Channel President and 1983 College graduate Rich Ross spoke in the Hall of Flags on Wednesday, using the tale of his own curriculum vitae in an effort to inspire interested students to pursue their passions in arts and entertainment. 

"A Comedy of Terrors" centers on the efforts of two brothers who try to win over more viewers for their paranormal investigation TV show against a rival show.

This Thursday, the Penn Museum will host the performance of "My Father's Bones," a play about the efforts of the sons of famous Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe to reclaim their father's body ever since it was sold to a museum in the 1950's.

This Saturday, the Penn Museum will showcase a new exhibit of one of the greatest archaeological achievements in Penn's history.

Stephen Dubner, co-author of international bestseller Freakonomics, spoke before an audience of Penn students on Wednesday as part of the Authors at Wharton speaker series.

The vast majority of students agreed that they had mixed feelings about the state of the black community at Penn 

The collaboration has introduced programs such as Musicians on Call and Free at Noon