New College House is one of six projects in Philadelphia being honored for sustainability

The roof of NCH was designed to store and filter rain water, which helps cool the building and prevents excess dirty water from ending up in the Schuylkill River. 

Four of the most interesting classes you can take at Penn this fall

As part of Women and Incarceration (GSWS555), which will be offered by the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies department, students will visit and speak to staff and inmates at the Philadelphia Women’s Jail. 

Students speak out on sexual assault, mental illness and Trump at Penn Monologues' annual production

This past weekend, ten Penn students took the stage in Arch Auditorium to perform original monologues as part of Penn Monologues’ eighth annual production.

Students grapple with the hijab in the age of Trump: 'Do you take it off? Do you stay home?'

College freshman Phil Tedros, who attended the discussion, described the talk as eye-opening, noting that he had not considered that companies marketing to Muslim women could be more a result of economic goals than inclusion.

Penn professors continue 71-year-old debate over which Jewish food is better: latkes or hamantaschen

“Is the best latke you’ve eaten going to get any better?” he said. “I think we’ve got centuries of experience with good latkes ... the brighter days for hamantaschen are ahead.” 

Martin O'Malley calls media 'infotainment' at event, criticizes campaign coverage

“[The media] saw how entertained we were by [Trump], and they gave us more,” O'Malley said.