If College sophomore Christianne Johnson could describe her dad in one word, it would be “resilient.”

This year’s new Penn Alumni Interview Program had an ambitious goal of interviewing 100 percent of applicants by 2015, and in this year’s admissions cycle, Penn has gotten closer. .

Although the frenzy of the PennApps hackathon ended two months ago, several of the prizewinning teams are still developing their apps.

As the outside temperature goes up, crime at Penn typically goes the same direction.

The Law School is partnering with the Wharton School to launch the first management program for law students of its kind.

Property values in University City are on the rise, which means higher rents for students and higher taxes for homeowners.

SPEC is bringing the actor, director and writer, Zach Braff to campus on March 25.

Last year’s electrical and systems engineering seniors saw a hole in their department’s curriculum and designed a course to fill it. For the past few years, ESE freshmen could not take an introductory course about their major until their second semester, when they start ESE 170 or 171.

So far, there have not been legal ramifications from the incident. The day of Hartford’s death, his father said that he has no plans to sue, and stands by this decision unless medical expenses are exorbitantly high.

Despite a strong lobbying push from universities around the nation, federal funding for science research has been slashed as part of a $1.2 trillion package of budget cuts.

Currently, 13,040 people worldwide have already signed up for Rebecca Stein’s Economics 001 class. Registration will continue until April 8.

Launched by Hatch Labs, Inc. in September, Tinder has recently gained popularity on college campuses. The application is an addition to a recent dating trend — phone dating apps, today’s version of online dating websites.

Founded in 1978, UMC has had an active role in student advocacy on behalf of minority groups at Penn. Though the umbrella organization has evolved over the years, minority student leaders insist that it has stayed true to its purpose.

A series of studies from two former Penn researchers, published in 1997 and 2004, respectively, have been used as evidence by advocates and opponents of a plan to revive the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.

Besides Sunday and Wednesday services, student members of the Greater Philadelphia Church of Christ meet for a “Bible Talk” every Thursday night at seven in Commons’ Starbucks.

The University announced at the start of spring break that the seven-year fundraising effort had finished with $4.3 billion — well over the $3.5 billion goal set at the outset of the campaign.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation was rescinded by the organizers of WIEF after a petition led by three Penn professors. Since then, two corporate sponsors of the forum have pulled out in addition to four other prominent guests. Many have seen the decision to rescind the invitation as a mistake on the part of the organizers.