Melany Barr

Teams from the museum spent a full year preparing for the exhibit, going into West Philadelphia schools and community centers to consult people’s opinions on how the exhibit should be run.

Students, faculty and Philadelphians gathered to hear nine “Dylanologists” — three faculty, a few of their friends, two alumni and one current student — comment on Bob Dylan’s songs.

Reduced federal funding has led to cuts in staff and school-based programs.

Though some petitioned against his selection as keynote speaker for a Wharton conference, former president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe received a standing ovation after his speech Friday.

On Tuesday, the Philomathean Society hosted Richard Leventhal, Anthropology professor and former Williams Director of the Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, for a talk on stealing museum artifacts.