Parents and supporters filling the stands cheered as sunlight caught the colorful hoods of black-robed graduates filing into Franklin Field at Penn's 257th Commencement on May 13.
This year's 119th Penn Relays featured nearly 18,000 track and field athletes from the junior high, high school, college, and professional levels from across the nation and around the globe.
Following a tradition that reaches back to 1916, Penn juniors celebrated Hey Day 2013 on April 24.
In February, Penn announced it had raised $4.3 billion in the Making History Campaign, exceeding its original goal.
A Penn linguistics study shows that traditional Southern inflections associated with Philadelphia native-born speakers are being affected by Northern influences.
Some aspiring chefs in West Philadelphia jokingly refer to a partnership between Penn, its food service vendor Bon Appétit, and the Center for Culinary Enterprises as the "cookie contract."
Newly admitted students to the Class of 2017 and their families get a taste of life at the University during Penn Preview Days.
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