Maria Zankey

Penn researchers may have found a technique that allows people to indulge in their guilty pleasures while helping them accomplish their otherwise daunting goals.

BUSY BEE: Jasmin Smoots has a lot on her plate—the sophomore is involved in everything from Penn Spectrum and the campus branch of NAACP, to her jobs at the Rodin College House information de

The Graduate School of Education (GSE) kicked off the New Year with the launch of its newest research hub: the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

This January marks Penn’s 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change, a series of events that originated with one Day of Service.

The Rev. Charles “Chaz” Howard never set out to write a book of poetry.

Ariel Koren, a junior in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, fell in love with the Spanish language and Latin American culture when she was in high school in Jacksonville, Fla. But for her sister, who has learning disabilities, lessons about another language and culture weren’t quite as accessible.

On March 1, 2014, the Penn Museum will unveil “Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now,” its newest exhibition, which will challenge visitors to set aside their preconceptions about Native Americans and discover a living tapestry of nations with distinct stories, ide

Students in a “Topics in Government” class were recently treated to a lively conversation with three esteemed experts on politics and government—former Philadelphia mayor, Pennsylvania governor, and course professor Ed Rendell, his former press secretary, campaign manager, and chief of staff

Claim your holiday passport and embark on an expedition for world peace at the Penn Museum’s 18th annual “Peace around the World” family holiday celebration.

At the turn of the mid-century, Brooklyn-born Lila Gleitman was a professor’s wife with the benefit of enrolling in tuition-free courses at Penn. She had just wrapped up her undergraduate career at Antioch College, where she studied English literature—a domain Gleitman says she had considered to be “the pinnacle of human achievement.”