It’s a win-win proposition: During the holiday season, users of the Penn Libraries can help fight hunger in the Philadelphia area while paying off their overdue library fines.

Show a little faith, there will be magic in the night when Kelly Writers House highlights “The Boss” in its singer-songwriter symposium. On Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m., the New Jersey rocker’s music will headline at the Writers House Bruce “Springsteen Fest.”

Jeffrey Johnson has been fortunate to receive many educational opportunities, starting in elementary school and through high school and college. Now, he’s working to help give other young children a chance to learn as he did, inside and outside the classroom.

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The holiday season is almost here, and at Penn there are many ways to honor the spirit of giving, including donating food or a warm winter coat to help people in need.

University of Pennsylvania women’s volleyball coach Kerry Carr can draw from personal experience when she instructs her team on playing the game or when guiding students in handling school or life issues.

Penn's Rare Book & Manuscript Library is filled with materials from the medieval and Renaissance eras that most people don’t get to see unless they’re doing research. But now, some of those items are being featured in a unique 2013 wall calendar.

Penn played a significant role in the founding of the Big 5 Basketball series, created in 1955 to showcase men’s college basketball talent in the Philadelphia region. Teams from Penn, Temple, Saint Joseph’s, La Salle, and Villanova competed in the round-robin series, taking turns to play one another a set number of times during each basketball season.

An exhibit on display in the Burrison Gallery by photographer Judy Gelles shows fourth graders revealing wisdom beyond their years as they share some of the important issues they face in their lives.

Randall Tassone and Jean Lim have returned to campus after spending the summer enriching their lives as well as the lives of people in Nicaragua.