In addition, alcohol-related incidents fell about 32 percent compared to last year.

The annual welcome reception for new graduate and professional students was held at the Annenberg Center lobby. The two-hour reception was organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the Office of the President and the Graduate Student Center.

For the first time, College freshmen in the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program are living together in Riepe College House and taking a class together every day. The class will integrate different disciplines, including the humanities, sciences and social sciences, said BFS Director Peter Struck.

Penn students looking to transfer into the Wharton School now have to prove themselves through words, not just numbers.

Today’s average college student was between the ages of eight and 11 on Sept. 11, 2001. We were old enough to know there was a problem, to feel that something had been lost, to watch the events unfold on the news.

Columnist Brian Goldman argues that the term ‘9/11 generation,’ invoked by the national press, is a bit misleading and even confining.

In a welcome back message to students, Penn President Amy Gutmann discusses how the University is exemplified by transformation.

WebCafé — which is used by the majority of Wharton students and professors to organize their coursework — may be increasingly challenged by Canvas, a new system that has been gradually introduced since last spring.

City Council members have until Sept. 9 to come up with a district map of Philadelphia. This year, five Philadelphia groups collaborated to create FixPhillyDistricts.com, a website where citizens can log on and redraw the district map for themselves.

Tuesday evening, over 2,500 freshmen and transfer students escaped the rain and huddled into the Palestra for the University’s 272nd Convocation.

This fall, Elmhurst College applicants will have the option to answer a question about their sexual orientation. Since Penn has been recognized as a leader among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly colleges, students and administrators wonder whether the University will follow suit.

The women’s soccer team started off the season with a bang, but for coach Darren Ambrose, the going is only just getting tough.

It will be the ultimate David versus Goliath matchup in South Bend, Ind., come December.

Although the Quakers (2-0) eventually ran away with the match, things didn’t start well for the Red and Blue as they fell behind the Hawks (0-2) early on a 19th-minute goal by freshman Jake Nelson.

The event — which remains unofficial — is the brain child of NBA player and Philadelphia native Hakim Warrick.

To enter the prediction business, you have to risk looking like a dead-wrong fool. Keep that in mind as I publish a Penn-centric forecast for 2011.

Federal grants for student financial aid, the way graduate students will be able to pay off loans and federal research funding have been affected.