As colleges and universities have increasingly begun using applicants' social media to judge the candidates, applicants have become more selective of what they do on social media.  A report from Kaplan Test Prep that polled 403 admissions officers found that only 16 percent of admissions officers that looked into applicants' social media found damaging information, compared to 35 percent finding the same in 2012. Reasons given for the lack of harmful information found on applicants' social media include the wider variety of social media platforms now being used that make it harder to keep track of a student's activity, as well as students untagging themselves and not using their real names online. Use of social media as part of the admissions process varies from school to school, with smaller schools looking more into their applicants' online activities.

The Business Insider profiles Penn professor Kenneth Goldsmith's "Wasting Time on the Internet" class, the unexpected amount of Internet attention it has received, and the inspiration behind it.

At a panel discussion on race relations and law enforcement Wednesday night, Penn Police was forced to answer to a mistake in protocol whereby a young black boy was handcuffed around a tree after attempting to steal a bike.

College application does not end with clicking the submit button on the Common App. Alumni interview is another procedure most Penn applicants go through. “Students are pretty nervous about the interviews,” Laurie Weingarten, a Penn alumna and director of One-Stop College Counseling said.

Forty organizations submitted applications for new charter schools to the Charter Schools Office of the School District of Philadelphia, with at least one application coming from every zip code in West Philadelphia.

Known for his book, “The Bell Curve,” which argues that class and race are linked to intelligence, Charles Murray spoke at an event hosted by the Penn chapter of the American Enterprise Institute on his most recent work.

The number of people experiencing homelessness across the country dropped to 578,424 in 2014, down from 591,768 in 2013 — a two percent decline. 

Three reported incidents related to hot water occurred in Rodin College House this fall, the most recent of which ended on Nov. 12.

The School of Nursing has 95 undergraduate advising faculty members.

After experiencing a surge in ridership, SEPTA has decided to keep the overnight weekend trains to make Philadelphia a more competitive city.

Nina Jablonski, an anthropology professor at Penn State University, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to discuss skin color as part of the Penn Humanities Forum.

Parents, students, policymakers and educators gathered at Philadelphia City Hall to address their concerns with district spending on non-mandatory and additional testing.

The fall season was certainly a disappointing one for Penn Athletics, but the women's basketball team's Ivy League championship banner-raising ceremony on Wednesday night reminded Quakers fans of better times while stirring optimism for the future of the Red and Blue.

By the time Penn basketball finishes its game at the Palestra on Saturday, it will likely feel comfortable playing in front of a friendly crowd. But it better not get used to it.

For as much as he’s loathed talking about it, the time has finally come: Al Bagnoli’s last game is this Saturday. And with both Penn football and Cornell struggling this season, the action on the field will likely be secondary.

And then there was one. While almost all of Penn’s cross country runners ended their seasons last weekend, junior captain Thomas Awad is the lone Quaker that still has one more race left in his season.

How do the Penn women’s swimming coaches reward their swimmers during the two-week break after sweeping rival Columbia? “Simple,” coach Mike Schnur said. “Beating the you-know-what out of them.”