Last weekend, Penn Admissions hosted the first Ivy in Your Backyard event, which helped more than 150 high school seniors with the college application process.

Furda cited ongoing technical issues with the Common Application as his office’s reasoning for pushing the ED deadline to Nov. 11.

This week’s crime log includes a string of thefts, vandalism, and a citation for public drunkenness and underage drinking.

Queer Palestinian activist Haneen Maikey noted the differences in the culture of homosexuality in Palestine and in Western cultures.

Kenneth Cole talked about his social media presence, his campaign for AIDS research, and AWEARNESS, which focuses on social entrepreneurship.

The new contactless Penn card is more secure and has gotten positive reviews so far.

A project called “Face to Face” will feature portraits of children with facial deformities painted by artists from a local Philadelphia art studio called Studio Incamminati.

Penn has many ties with the Chinese university. In March 2010, Penn entered a memorandum of understanding with Peking University, and many of Penn’s schools work closely with the Chinese university.

Wishbone is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, though Hope hopes for some late-night hours in the weeks to come.

The Time to Shine tour celebrates the accomplishments of the $4.3 billion Making History fundraising campaign, which concluded in December 2012.

Two new events were introduced during the week — a speaker series and a dodgeball fundraising tournament.

The treatment is a gene therapy targeted at dogs with Best’s disease, a hereditary form of macular degeneration that occurs in humans as well as dogs that results in blindness.

In the past year, dozens of colleges and universities have come under fire for allegedly sweeping sexual assaults under the rug and mistreating students who reported sexual violence.

Although the University attempts to set out clear definitions of consent, victims of sexual assault are often left in the moment questioning what happened to them.

Sexual violence touches the lives of countless students at colleges across the country, and Penn is no exception.

About 100 students volunteered at various West Philadelphia community service projects though this year’s interfaith service weekend, sponsored by PRISM — “Programs in Religion, Interfaith, and Spirituality Matters”

Wishbone, a fried chicken restaurant on 40th and Walnut streets, opened briefly for business around noon on Sunday for the first time. It will officially open Monday at 5 p.m.