According to a recent study released by the Council of Graduate Schools, first-time enrollment in 2008 increased by 4.7 percent for domestic students, as compared with 3.3 percent for international students.

Like in time immemorial, New Student Orientation 2009 saw campus late-night explode into life as Beige Block teemed and Wawa boomed.

Emphasizing textbooks rentals or digital books saves

Philadelphia can apply elements of NYC's High Line Park's success to a Chinatown project

The mash-up artist Super Mash Bros will headline the Social Planning and Events Committee’s first annual Fall Festival on Oct. 10.

Cornell has not won an Ivy League championship since 1990 — the second-longest active drought — and it doesn’t look like its spell will end in 2009.

For the Princeton football team, this season is all about the rush — in more ways than one.

The Bulldogs hope to improve upon a 6-4 record (4-3 Ivy) that led to a fourth-place finish in the Ancient Eight.

Penn’s No. 1 Ivy defense from a year ago lost six players with significant starting experience, including three-fourths of its secondary.

At Sunday’s Undergraduate Assembly meeting — the first this semester — the group passed a proposal to give one of its nine UC seats to the Nominations and Elections Committee, giving the NEC a total of seven seats.

President Barack Obama made a stop in Philadelphia yesterday for a fundraiser to support Sen. Arlen Specter (D- Pa).

Anyone who has almost been run down by a bike on Locust Walk will appreciate the new signs reminding everyone they cannot ride their bicycles on the core of campus from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Office of Admissions has begun actively communicating with high school sophomores in an effort to broaden their knowledge of the University - a strategy higher education experts say has been developing at U.S. colleges over the past decade.

The Arts & the City theme centers around art and culture — both on Penn’s campus and in Philadelphia — and involves a variety of organizations, ranging from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to student groups such as the Penn Art Club and the Center for Public Health Initiatives.

The bus, which stopped at the corner of 36th and Walnut streets for two hours yesterday morning, has been to all 50 states, said C-SPAN spokesman Rodee Schneider. The bus and its crew are part of C-SPAN’s charge to “try to connect with folks across the country,” Schneider said.

Penn's waitlist activity, final yield and transfer acceptances all dropped between the academic years 2008 and 2009.

As part of a new Undergraduate Assembly initiative, Penn Dining agreed to supply free boxed breakfasts for observant Muslims during Ramadan, which started on Aug. 21 and will end Saturday.