Dear Benny,I’m an avid reader who also likes to do research on a variety of topics, but there are some books that just aren’t available in the Libraries’ massive collection. How can I access books that Penn Libraries doesn’t have?—Always Learning Dear Always Learning,

Philadelphia’s scenic Benjamin Franklin Parkway contains a sprawling park that is mostly unknown and inaccessible to the public because of high-speed traffic coursing down the multi-lane throughway. 

  WHO:            Malcolm GladwellWHEN:          Feb. 14, 2013, 4:30 p.m

Tucked inside the University Club at Penn in The Inn at Penn, the Burrison Gallery provides an intimate space to showcase the work of artists from the University and West Philadelphia commun

Years after leaving the University of Pennsylvania, many alums fondly recall details of their first day on campus, the thrill of a basketball game in the Palestra, studying in Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Ken Lum thinks Philadelphia will be an inspiration for his work as an artist. “I see it as an opportunity in teaching, to use the social landscape as a laboratory in terms of asking questions and making propositions and perhaps effecting some change for the better,” Lum says.

In 1963, the philosophy scholar became Penn’s first Black tenured faculty member.

Dear Benny, I was at a large event on campus recently, where opinions and questions were being tossed around freely. In the crowd, I saw some official-looking people wearing buttons that said “Open Expression Monitor.” What’s an open expression monitor?—CuriousDear Curious,

Since its inception in 1988, WXPN’s “Kids Corner” has been hosted by the effervescent Kathy O’Connell.

Penn plans to celebrate the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a series of events that bring together the University and the surrounding community.