With official approval for funding from the Board of Trustees, Penn is ready to bring a seventy-year-old electrical system into the 21st century. With electrical voltage in some of its buildings dating back to the 1930s and '40s, the second phase of construction on Penn's electrical infrastructure will include replacing electrical cable and making electricity distribution more reliable.

Under former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson, the Penn admissions office gained a reputation for its emphasis on early decision and its outreach to minorities. Now, it's unclear how, or if, those priorities will change with Stetson's departure.

Several Ivy League schools have recently announced that students under their insurance plans will be eligible for a low-cost HPV vaccine, but Penn officials say they currently have no plans to do the same.

Hundreds of Penn officials are busy sprucing up campus to prepare for Oct. 20's Celebration on the Green, which will officially kick off Penn's multi-billion dollar fundraising effort slated to last through 2012.

When Todd Klawinski heard from a friend that The Climate Project - a nonprofit movement led by former Vice President Al Gore to increase awareness of global warming - was seeking volunteers, he applied online without a second thought. "I felt a sense of calling," said the 34-year-old teacher and environmental enthusiast.

College sophomore Anne Ryan was "unequivocally" misdiagnosed with a viral infection when she visited the emergency room at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania three days prior to her death, the Ryan family attorney said yesterday.

Audience members left yesterday's lecture by Stuart Kauffman with more questions than answers. The former Penn professor elaborated upon a variety of topics, from reductionism to Darwin to the battle between faith and reason, before a nearly packed auditorium at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology yesterday afternoon.

Wharton alumnus Robert Haft has made a two million dollar gift to his alma mater to establish an Entrepreneur-in-Residence Endowment Fund, according to a press release. Haft, who graduated with a degree in Finance in 1974, is the founder and chairman of Main Street Lender and the founder of health-care investment company Morgan Noble.

On Tuesday night, College Dean Dennis DeTurck made a national address. "Don't panic!" he said. But DeTurck wasn't talking about the state of the nation or what to do if a house catches on fire: He was explaining to college parents across the world how to handle the stress of a child's failed Bio exam.

Christian pro-life advocate Randall Terry paid a visit to Logan Hall yesterday in an effort to recruit Penn students to help "end legalized child killing." Terry's name recently surfaced in the media as the spokesman for Terry Schaivo's family, but he is best known for founding Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion group responsible for staging hundreds of protests and sit-ins since its creation in 1987.

With Friday's Ben Kweller concert just 72 hours away, ticket sales may reveal a general student sentiment: Another Ben may be too much. With only three days left, the Social Planning and Events Committee has only sold 500 out of 1,100 total tickets for the event.

The Center for Community Partnerships received a $10 million gift from alumnus Edward Netter, boosting to one of Penn's most acclaimed programs. The CCP has also been renamed the center the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships after Edward, a 1953 College graduate, and his wife.

Last year, third-year Engineering graduate student Darren Brey was tired of having a car in the city. Now, he has over 400. Frustrated by the high insurance costs and lack of parking, Brey traded car ownership for car sharing and now saves about $700 per year.

What happens when Muhammad meets Mona? The Philomathean Society led a debate over art and politics about that very question last evening at College Hall. Philo, the oldest continuously existing literary society in the country, hosted Penn's own Jamal Elias, chairman of the Religious Studies Department for the discussion.

A new bus shuttle service is bringing Center City a little closer to Penn - and many graduate students a little closer to home. With promised funding from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Penn Transit began operating a trial shuttle Monday evening.

When reporters wanted to know more about a mysterious drop in SAT scores or a growing trend of deferred college acceptances, there was one person they could call year in and year out for admissions insight: Lee Stetson.

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