Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said the Office of Admissions usually sends warning letters to newly admitted students and their high-school counselors after a “pattern of lower grades” or a failing grade.

Last semester, the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, an education management software, implemented a successful pilot in 25 courses across multiple schools, serving 500 students.

Penn’s overall acceptance rate of 12.3 percent for the Class of 2016 is the exact same as the initial acceptance rate last year. INTERACTIVE: Penn Admission Rates Over Time VIDEO: Your Admissions Memories LAST YEAR: Penn admissions drops to 12.3 percent

Fourteen Quakers will compete in the 85th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, the second largest track and field competition in the country.

Tuesday evening in Claudia Cohen Hall’s Terrace Room, Glenn Lowry spoke to the group of students, professors and art curators as SPEC Art Gallery’s first ever speaker event.

On Tuesday, about 30 students met Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of NPR’s “On the Media” and author of The Influencing Machine, a non-fiction graphic novel that recounts the history of media.

Michael Kors Chairman and CEO John Idol spoke to an audience of more than 300 last night.

It’s been almost a year since I, along with other regular decision applicants, got into Penn. Even though March 30, 2011 seems like a while ago, I try to remind myself how fortunate I am to be at Penn.

My Seussical reawakening began when I went to see the new film adaptation of the 1971 classic The Lorax.

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On Saturday, three Penn students competed in the USA Memory Championship in New York, and Wharton sophomore Michael Mirski took home third place, defeating around thirty adults.

Tuesday night in the ARCH building, about 20 students discussed their names’ meanings over samosas and tea at Namesake Chai, a discussion hosted by the Asian-American student group Penn Sangam.

The commotion that existed this year in the historical gym on 33rd Street was a mirror image of what I saw when I came to see Penn battle Villanova as a junior in high school, and what caused me to fall in love with my future second home.

Freshman star Jeremy Court hopes to set an example for the rest of the team as the Quakers (8-4) face off against St. John’s (11-5) on Wednesday at the Hamlin Tennis Center — their final tune-up before Ivy League competition begins.

With their 11-4 victory over Villanova in the opening game of the Liberty Bell Classic on Tuesday, the Quakers now need a win over LaSalle next week to go to the championship game, which will be played at the home of the Phillies on April 17.

For men’s lacrosse senior Dan Savage, going out in style would have meant racking up wins and improving upon last year’s 8-5 campaign and berth in the NCAA Tournament. But that hasn’t happened yet for the 1-5 Quakers.

Earlier this month, the College Board announced a new pilot program composed of an interdisciplinary seminar during junior year of high school and a capstone research project and paper during senior year.