NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu. 

There are no neat conclusions to draw from a year at Penn. But if I had to assign a label to my freshman year, it would be “sinusoidal.” The past eight months have been a sequence of peaks and troughs, memories and mishaps.

When my friend, Sayid Abdullaev, approached me to apply for the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural President’s Engagement Prizes — a $100,000 grant awarded annually to Penn seniors to design and implement local, national, or global engagement projects during the first year after graduation — I hesitated.

A mayor cannot immediately bring about dramatic changes in our lives. But as the leading political figure of the city, he or she will have immense influence on how the city is run for the next four years, which, for better or worse, indirectly affects the course of our university’s future as well.

Some Penn students will return in the Fall with real-world experience and empty pockets.

With only a few weeks until the May 19 mayoral primary, Penn political groups have started coalescing around specific candidates.

Penn Dining’s Meal Swipe Conversion Policy has some students questioning the value of a dining plan.

As graduation inches closer for the Class of 2015, some Penn seniors are planning to immediately pursue an advanced degree. But this number is small relative to peer schools.

When it comes to Wharton's social media strategy, what may seem like a one-man show is in fact a large operation.

Cultural centers at Penn aim to provide safe spaces for minority students. While many participate, others find them socially limiting. 

Somewhere around a third of underage people in the city of Philadelphia are carrying around a fake ID, according to an article on Billy Penn.

A mysterious device was found on Cornell's central campus on Tuesday.  Cornell fire, police and emergency medical services arrived on the scene.

Students at Harvard protested Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the school on Monday.  Abe's visit to the school is part of a week-long tour of the United States.

Feeding off of the crowd wasn't an option, but one under-the-radar Penn team still found a way to win last Wednesday.

With the end of the school year near, we rank Penn's best teams from 2014-15. 

It’s a constant at any match. Arms crossed. Hat pulled down low. An intimidating, but composed gaze. At big moments, she erupts with a fist pump and a “lets go!” 

From his office on the 52nd floor of the Comcast Center, David L. Cohen has a panoramic view of Philadelphia, the city in which he is so deeply involved. But he insists on heading to the 56th floor to see his favorite view from the skyscraper.