02/22/13 1:17am
When Susan Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1970s, people walking through the town of Peoria, Illinois, would cross the street when they saw her, out of fear that they would catch what they called “the big C.”After Komen’s younger sister, Nancy Brinker, made a promise to put an end to breast cancer forever, Brinker founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure — an organization that has invested almost $2 billion around the globe in ground-breaking research, education, screening and treatment.
11/05/12 12:53am
Hoping to be the first GOP nominee to paint Pennsylvania red since 1988, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Bucks County Sunday night.
09/30/12 11:54pm
Jimmie Briggs had been a combat journalist for over a decade, but all it took was one woman in a Congo hospital to end his career.
04/17/12 11:42pm
On Tuesday evening, students at the Fels Institute of Government used Skype to chat with former President Bill Clinton.
04/12/12 11:00pm
That’s why Kayitesi worked with Bates College professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth to take 15 of his students to Rwanda, where they created an oral history project to document survivors and their stories.
03/14/12 12:04am
Students gathered in the Kelly Writers House on Tuesday to spend their lunch with a very special guest — the former executive editor of The New York Times.
11/06/11 10:59pm
On Sunday afternoon, Oscar-nominated actor James Franco strode onto the stage of Irvine Auditorium as over a thousand Penn students greeted him with enthusiastic cheers.
09/11/11 9:49pm
To commemorate the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Art History professor David Brownlee presented his lecture “Making a Monument: The Fall and Rise of the World Trade Center” at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
04/20/11 2:49am
Speaking at Levine Hall, Alexis Ohanian described the process of turning his "passion project" into a popular website.
04/01/11 4:17am
Glen Senk spoke to a crowd of more than 250 students about the evolution and success of Urban Outfitters at Hunstman Hall Thursday evening as part of the Wharton Leadership Lecture series.
02/28/11 2:49am
Hosted by the Penn Arab Student Society, a celebration was held Saturday night in honor of the Jan. 25 Egyptian Revolution.
01/31/11 5:30am
Sunday night, Sergeant Benjamin Anthony of the Israel Defense Forces came to Hillel to share his personal experiences from the front lines of combat with Penn students.
11/04/10 3:52am
On Wednesday, Tom Gunning discussed the phenomenon of virtual movement in a lecture at the Penn Museum.
10/06/10 3:38am
Pre-Law Women at Penn and the Society for Pre-Law Students of Color hosted “An Evening with Professor Mary Frances Berry” Tuesday evening. The Penn professor spoke about her life, the law and lessons in civil rights
