But the most memorable stories, for me, were the ones that brought me a bit closer to the heart of Penn — the ones that introduced me to some of the lesser-heralded people who make our university the special place that it is.

I graduate in a week as I write this column. My bound volumes from my time as an editor still sit in the sports office at the DP. I’m going to wait until the very last moment to take them out.

Each student is a valedictorian or a varsity athlete, a Siemens finalist or a polyglot.

Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication  Michael Delli Carpini, who was appointed dean in 2003, has agreed to extend his deanship until June 30, 2018.

The alumni organization PennPAC harnesses Penn pride by bringing together more than 500 former Quakers to provide pro-bono consulting to non-profits in the New York and Philadelphia areas.

The Philadelphia Streets Department expects that bumpouts will be installed this summer at one of Penn’s most problematic intersections, following two previous delays on the project.

Evelyn Wiener, the director of Student Health Services, died on Thursday. She was 62.

Adventurous is one way to describe Zachary Woods. He and his brother Matthew “always like to do the crazy things,” recalled his younger sister Callie Woods.

Queer international students, who say they feel out of place in the LGBTQ and international communities, are starting a student group on campus.

There wasn’t any shame in that loss. It was simply a Drexel team flinging off the concept of seeding and proving itself in front of a national audience.

Maryland managed to take down the Quakers for the second time in less than two months, capturing a 13-5 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament

The Dragons made sure that Penn never had a chance to pull off a fourth quarter comeback.

Jodie Foster and John McCain both think you have a lot of potential.

Williams, a prominent historian at University of North Carolina, studies African American slavery.

The Quakers conquered Canisius in the first round of the NCAA tournament, 9-4

According to an article posted earlier in the morning on ABC Action News, friends confirmed that the 27-year-old victim involved in yesterday's car accident at 30th and Walnut streets was a Wharton student.

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between April 25 and May 1, 2014.