A weekly round-up of news from around higher education

The group will hold courses about urban biking and advocate for bike reform in University City.

Last night, students filled the LGBT center to play “Body Jeopardy,” answering trivia questions on sex and body image issues.

What’s scary about Penn basketball in 2013-14?

Sigma Phi Epsilon is hosting about 50 students from Henry C. Lea Elementary School for Halloween activities.

Penn students have a long history working with Puentes de Salud, a health clinic which provides healthcare access for South Philadelphia’s growing Latino population.

In President Gutmann’s annual “state of the university” address, she discussed projects that include greater financial aid for graduate and international school students, increased public policy work and a “Pennovation Center” for start-ups.

Researchers in disciplines from religious studies to nursing are studying the cultural significance of ghosts.

Information Systems and Computing has acquired a new data center on the South Bank campus, fitted with state-of-the-art security precautions.

With the stands packed with family, Sunny Stirewalt delivered a performance to remember.

Woodlands Cemetery is home to 54 acres of green space, ancient trees and the resting places of notable figures.

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.

I think it is important that Penn students continue to advocate for what they care about. I just think that there needs to be a heightened sense of awareness about how the advocating is done.

The outfit you wear does not prescribe your actions for Halloween night — and maybe we should stop calling them “slutty” costumes altogether.

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

For a sport that delivers the same aspects of competition, physicality and mental prowess as football, it’s a wonder why rugby hasn’t taken off in the United States.

_Fran Dougherty is back, Darien Nelson-Henry has a year of experience under his belt, and Henry Brooks is still shooting jumpers from the top of the key.