A weekly round-up of news from around higher education.

A round up of crime near campus this past week.

DPS is holding its campaign on road safety for pedestrians, vehicles and bicyclists this week.

The 2013 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report was sent as an all-school email Tuesday morning.

A man arrested for robbing a female Penn student at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Pine Street last Sunday will next appear in court on Sept. 26 for a preliminary hearing.

Crimes against property, such as burglary and theft, jumped from 49 reports in August 2012 to 79 reports in August 2013.

After 400 hours of training, the 4-month-old yellow lab will go on patrol for the first time nest week.

In the past few weeks, a sequence of restaurants as close as three blocks from campus have been robbed.

See crimes that occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6.

Watusi Lounge, site of a triple shooting Aug. 31, was closed due to a food license that expired in 2007.

A robbery with a weapon occurred on the 4000 block of Pine Street at about 2:27 p.m.

A roundup of incidents in the Penn Patrol Zone from August 30 through September 4.

Early Saturday morning, three people were shot outside Watusi Lounge, a bar at 46th and Walnut streets.

An 84-year-old man in a 2008 Ford pickup truck swerved into Morrison’s lane, causing him to drive off the road.

Officers will be dressed in both plainclothes and uniforms.

Crime Log | August 16 -21

Five male freshmen were transported to the hospital this year, versus 11 last year.