“Penn consistently, and more recently, has been seen as an environment that is supportive and welcoming across the board of LGBT students and allies,” Furda said. While the Common Application does not include a check box for applicants to indicate their sexual orientation, many students may choose to self-identify as LGBT through their essays and other written material.

Even with one loss, they could still have it all.

For the Class of 2016, the Admissions Office sent out 886 deferral notifications to hopeful applicants, informing them that they would have to wait until the end of March to hear from Penn.

Throughout the Giants-Patriots game, the Future of Advertising Program held its second annual Tweet Meet, which featured Wharton faculty, students and experts from a variety of industries who critiqued this year’s batch of Super Bowl commercials via Twitter.

A week before it begins its annual budgeting process, the Undergraduate Assembly turned its attention to technology and grades at its weekly general body meeting on Sunday.

Last month, the University launched the 2012 Emergency Backup Childcare program, which will run through Dec. 19. The program is offered to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students at Penn.

A crucial game penalty may have cost Penn the match, as the men’s tennis team lost to George Washington, 5-2.

Presidential GOP candidate Mitt Romney has explicitly expressed his dissension around medicinal marijuana in his campaign despite its numerous benefits.

The Super Bowl is the cultural equivalent to a movie like Avatar — it’s not about the quality of the content — it’s about the spectacle, the event.

Penn BDS can be thanked for reinvigorated debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among students, but the quality of these debates — which took place in closed circles — remains to be questioned.

Despite heated rhetoric in the weeks leading up to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference, the weekend proceeded relatively smoothly. Complete BDS coverage

On Saturday, the panel discussion “A Faith-Based Approach to BDS” brought together leaders from national Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups to examine ways interfaith groups can promote the BDS cause. Complete BDS coverage

A sold-out crowd convened Friday at the 18th annual Wharton Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference in Center City.

Mayor Michael Nutter presented a new array of crime reduction measures for the city, including an extensive program to lower homicide rates.

Two lawyers from the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild came to Houston Hall Sunday afternoon to teach pro-Palestinian activists about their rights.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference held this weekend exposed a wide gulf of disagreement among Penn professors on opposite sides of the issue. Complete BDS coverage

The Women’s Right to Know Act would require women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound test at least 24 hours before the procedure. The ultrasound test would be used to determine the gestational age of the fetus.