The judge in the case of former Economics professor Rafael Robb agreed earlier this month to review the psychiatric records of his late wife, Ellen, before Rafael Robb's sentencing. On Nov. 26, 2007, Robb pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for killing his wife.

Legally Blonde was set at Harvard University, but its producer Marc Platt is a proud Penn alumnus. Platt, a 1979 College graduate who is known for producing the Grammy-winning musical Wicked and the Legally Blonde movies, has been selected as the alumni graduation speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Violent crime in the Penn patrol zone decreased significantly this spring compared to last year, but a large uptick in property crimes contributed to a 14-percent increase in total crime for the semester. Crimes against people, which include violent offenses such as robbery and assault, were down 41 percent from January through April of this year, compared with the same time period last year.

Theft May 12 - Cash was reported missing from a safe at Presbyterian Hospital, located at 51 N. 39th St., at about 2:35 p.m. May 10 - A female student, 21, reported that items were taken from her pocketbook from a building on the 4100 block of Pine Street at about 12:20 a.

Graduate students spent a day celebrating springtime their way during GradFest '08 earlier this month. The second-annual spring carnival for graduate students, organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly in association with the Graduate Student Center, drew a crowd of more than 1,000 graduate students and their families.

A battle between Philadelphia and it its local Boy Scouts council is likely to end this month, when the scouts' lease on their 80-year home at 22nd and Winter Streets runs out May 31. The building, built and maintained by the scouts over the last 80 years, sits on city property and has previously cost them $1 per year to occupy.

School may be out for the summer, but the University's $3.5 billion capital campaign won't be slowing down in the coming months. The capital campaign, which kicked off its public phase of fundraising last October, has already exceeded its set $450 million goal for the year, Penn President Amy Gutmann said.

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words - and that's what Amy Hillier, a Penn assistant professor in City & Regional Planning, is hoping to show through a mural honoring the writings of civil rights activist W.E.B DuBois. The brainchild of Hillier, the mural is being painted on 6th and South Streets, an area known as the Seventh Ward.

A man was robbed at gunpoint on the 3700 block of Ludlow Street on May 5, Division of Public Safety officials said. Two men were arrested in connection with the incident. The complainant, a 24-year-old male unaffiliated with the University, reported that several suspects approached him at about 10:45 p.

After 33 years away from Penn's campus, 1975 Law School alumnus Jeffrey Cooper will return on July 1 to take over as the new Vice President for Government and Community Affairs. Currently the chief counsel for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the executive deputy general counsel to Gov.

In the midst of falling national approval ratings for the Republican Party, a smile should be the last thing on the face of John McCain, the Republican nominee for president. But in Pennsylvania, McCain has reason to be happy. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's primary win over Illinois Sen.

It was their turn to play, and play they did. Decked out in bright red T-shirts with straw hats and canes, the Class of 2009 followed in the footsteps of 76 classes before them to celebrate Hey Day and officially become seniors last Tuesday. The juniors marked the event with a picnic on Hill College Field before making the traditional march down Locust Walk, lined with seniors clutching everything from streamers and silly putty to eggs, fish and Windex and ready to throw it all at the newest reincarnations of themselves.

The sentencing date for former Economics professor Rafael Robb, who confessed to killing his wife last year, has been postponed. Robb was slated to be sentenced in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Monday, but a hearing will be held instead. The hearing will be to examine a motion to disclose relevant case records.

Second year Annenberg graduate student Angel Ho wants us all to keep it in our pants. On April 22, Ho was named winner of the "Keep It In Your Pants" Student Video Contest for creating a public service announcement about the threat that credit debt poses to American consumers.

Second-year MBA students Irene Susantio and Brian Smith are $20,000 closer to achieving their dream of fighting cancer. On Wednesday, their team, named Solixia, secured the title of Grand Winner at the tenth annual Wharton Business Plan Competition. A radiopharmaceutical company, Solixia has created an agent for diagnosing breast cancer and a treatment for ovarian cancer.

When the women's lacrosse team held its annual winter meeting in early 2005, the freshmen sat in the back of the room, as is customary for the team's youngest members. But when the coaches asked the Quakers what their team goals were, the Class of 2008 had something to say.

Assault April 25 - Two complainants unaffiliated with the University, one male and one female, reported that an unknown suspect tried to take the woman's laptop and assaulted the male by punching and kicking him on Franklin Field at 1:30 p.m. April 26 - Demaris Peters, 25, of the 400 block of 60th Street, was arrested for allegedly swerving his car toward police officers on Locust Street at about 1:30 p.