It is commonly believed that people with dark hair, skin and eyes are less likely to get skin cancer - but a new study by Penn's School of Medicine suggests that both this darker coloring and tanning are not what determine a person's risk of getting skin cancer.

Penn will enroll 63 percent of students who were accepted to the class of 2013, according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda. Although the University's yield - the number of students who accept an offer of admission - is the same as last year, that figure has dropped from 66 percent in 2007.

The Undergraduate Assembly, the Office of the Provost, and a dozen campus organizations will put the "new" back into New Student Orientation this fall as they work together to provide new and improved late-night activities to entering freshmen during the weekend of NSO.

Penn prides itself on having a diverse campus, representing many ethnicities and nationalities throughout both undergraduate and graduate programs. However, the Council of Graduate Schools may not agree with this assessment. Last month, CGS published a report on diversity in graduate schools at the legislative forum at the Library of Congress.

The University announced yesterday that Bon Appetit Management Company will be its new food-service provider. "We are confident that Bon Appetit is committing to implementing Penn's vision for dining and is well positioned to do so," Vice President of Penn's Division of Business Services Marie Witt, said.

Municipal Judge Thomas Nocella recently ordered defendant Domenique Wilson, the suspect in the home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets last December, to a mental-health evaluation, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. According to the Daily News, Wilson's attorney requested that the judge order his client to undergo the evaluation, and the judge granted the request.

The rippling effects of the current economic recession have surfaced at Penn again, this time to the benefit of summer session enrollment.

Penn's graduate schools are as strong as ever, according to new rankings released by U.S. News and World Report in April. Penn made it into the top 10 on 11 different lists and remained fairly consistent with previous years in the key categories - business, engineering, medicine, law and education.

Penn students are becoming famous for not eating - or rather, for donating their uneaten meals to the homeless. Since reading days last semester, Wharton freshman Ricky Oxenhandler, along with College freshmen Becca Elman and Jake Werlin, a Daily Pennsylvanian photographer, has been working on More Than Pennies, an initiative to donate students' uneaten meals to homeless people and shelters around Philadelphia.

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly's 2009-2010 budget will increase by 19.2 percent, from $643,153 in fiscal year 2009 to $787,078 for FY2010. The increase was due to the administration's recognition of a disparity between the budgets of the Undergraduate Assembly and GAPSA, according to outgoing GAPSA chairman Andrew Rennekamp, a Ph.

Following the fire in Rodin College House on April 22, many University administrators remain unsure about a number of details about Neil Gajare, the Penn student who is suspected of starting the fire. Gajare's arraignment, originally scheduled for April 29, was postponed until May 20.

The preliminary yield for the class of 2013 is 63 percent - the same as last year - according to Dean of Admission Eric Furda. This statistic, however, is down from 66 percent in 2007. Penn enrolled 19 more students than expected, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From sumo wrestling to mechanical bull riding, the third annual GradFest was in full swing last Saturday. The day-long event for graduate students, organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, took place at Wynn Commons and in Houston Hall.

PhillyCarShare recently announced that it has added a monthly fee for its services. According to an e-mail sent to customers, the company began to "streamline" their services into a monthly plan on May 1. Members who pay the $15-dollar monthly fee will get "the lowest PhillyCarShare hourly rates" - from $3.

Student Activities Council will fund some political and religious groups for the first time in the upcoming year. Budgets for the Penn Democrats and PRISM, an interfaith religious group, were both approved at SAC's annual meeting on April 22. Though political and religious groups have historically been denied University funding, the issue became particularly salient when political groups spent a large amount of money funding events during the election last year.

Updated May 8, 6:41 p.m. The CDC has confirmed two cases of swine influenza in Philadelphia. Neither of the two patients became sick enough to be hospitalized, however, and both are recovering, according to the Philadelphia Department of Health. Nine probable cases of swine influenza have now been reported in Philadelphia, though the infection has not affected the Penn community.

Former Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya was released from prison Friday after serving a sentence for manslaughter, according to John Painter, a spokesman for the Delaware Department of Corrections. Malinovskaya, 27, pleaded no contest to manslaughter in June 2008 for allegedly bludgeoning her ex-boyfriend Robert Bondar's then-girlfriend, Irina Zlotnikov, to death.