Walter “Wally” Masters’ athletic talents on the Quakers baseball and football teams garnered attention on and off campus, leading him to play both sports professionally.  An All-American pitcher for Penn, Masters (front row, third from right) left the University in 1931 to play for Major League Baseball’s Washington Senators.

Receiving a package from Amazon.com just got easier with a new pick-up location on Penn’s campus.

Through the power of music, some University of Pennsylvania students are bonding with, teaching and learning lessons from West Philadelphia elementary and high school students.

What better place to stage a 2,500-year-old Greek play than amidst ancient artifacts, many depicting mythological figures and deities?

For a group of University of Pennsylvania students from André Dombrowski’s fall 2014 curatorial seminar, the excitement of curating an exhibition in the Penn Libraries and creating an accompanying catalog came rushing back when th

Class Day began in 1865 as a student-run celebration of seniors with festivities that started in the afternoon and stretched into the evening, including a formal dinner, award presentations, and entertainment.

Like many people, University of Pennsylvania senior Melanie Murphy uses her smartphone to do a Google search when she’s looking for information, but, now that she knows about the environmental impact of using electronic devices, she thinks twice before doing so. 

The Arthur Ross Gallery’s (ARG) upcoming exhibit, “Expanding the Audience for Ar

Penn’s letterpress printing studio, the Common Press, an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and collaborative work, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Al Filreis, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of an inaugural Coursera Outstanding Educator Award.