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Penn Softball Ready For NCAA Tournament Debut

Penn Softball makes its NCAA Tournament debut, visiting #16 Texas A & M in College Station, Texas, in regional action.

2013/05/16

Amateur Night: Top Spots To Take The Stage In Philadelphia

Forget the local dive bar and go where amateur comedians, poets, writers and musicians can steal the stage in Philadelphia.

2013/05/16

(VP Joseph Biden with Univ. of Pa. president Amy Gutmann at Monday's commencement ceremony. Credit: Mike DeNardo)

VP Biden Tells Penn Grads To Keep Chin Up As They Go Forth

Biden received an honorary law degree. He joked with Penn president Amy Gutmann, “It’s much cheaper to get a degree this way, isn’t it?”

2013/05/13

Penn Veterinary Hospital Gets Trauma Center Designation

The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care has designated University of Pennsylvania’s Ryan Veterinary Hospital as one of nine veterinary trauma centers in the United States.

2013/04/30

Jon Kelly, 22, president of the Active Minds chapter at Saint Joseph's University. (Credit: Cherri Gregg)

Mental Health Awareness Group Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Active Minds encourages college students to speak openly about mental health. With 400-plus chapters nationwide and more than a dozen in Philadelphia, the goal is to reduce mental health stigma and start the conversation early.

2013/04/30

Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King

Penn’s Annenberg School Marks 50th Anniversary For King’s Birmingham Letter

Penn’s Annenberg School is hosting an event this evening marking the 50th anniversary of a landmark bit of communication.

2013/04/24

Security Tightened At Penn Relays

The Penn Relays are only days away, but Boston is still on everyone’s mind.

2013/04/22

Stigall Show Log 4.17.13

Chris discusses the latest news from Boston after the bombing attack on Monday and Planned Parenthood inviting Gloria Steinem to Philadelphia. He talks to former Eagle Brian Dawkins and Nick Keller from Beyond Sport, Jeffrey Lord from the American Spectator, Tom McGrath from the Philly Post, and Actress Roma Downey, who plays Mary in the Bible Series on the History Channel.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2013/04/17

(GEAR event at UPenn for girls in high school; Credit: Justin Udo)

UPenn’s Society Of Women Engineer’s Hosts Education Event For Young Women

University of Pennsylvania’s Society of Women Engineer’s hosted a workshop called Girls in Engineering and Related Sciences or GEAR’S. It’s an effort to excite young women about a future in engineering

2013/04/06

(A sign invites observers to a session of Pennsylvania Superior Court at Penn Law School. Photographing the session was prohibited by law. Credit: John Ostapkovich)

Pa. Superior Court Takes Its Bench On The Road, To Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School

The judges heard actual (not mock) arguments in about 20 cases, both criminal and civil.

2013/04/02

Online Course About ADHD

Dr. Tony Rostain, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is teaching an online course on ADHD through Coursera. It’s free. Learn more about it here.

2013/04/01

Joe Biden (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Vice President Biden To Address UPenn Graduates In 2013

Officials at the Ivy League school in Philadelphia say Biden will speak at commencement on May 13.

2013/03/12

Healthcare Professionals, Patients Getting The Word Out During MS Awareness Week

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that attacks the body’s central nervous system, affecting the transmission of nerve signals, affecting speech, limb movement and so much more.

2013/03/12

Suspect Maria Rey Garcia-Pellon (Credit: Delco DA)

Lawyer: Slain Ex-Penn Player’s Wife Had Mental Troubles

An attorney for a suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband — a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s 1979 Final Four team — says her client has mental health problems.

2013/02/13