One college consultant encourages applicants to write "love letters" to their dream schools.

The University should work on promoting its Early Decision policies to lower-income communities. Penn should work with organizations like QuestBridge, which works with high-achieving, low-income students, and others that help underserved groups through the college admissions process.

SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.

Climate change is scary. 2014 was the hottest year on record. Scientific predictions of climate change impacts are being realized as we encounter more extreme storms, rising sea levels and devastating droughts.

Long-time Penn football coach Al Bagnoli retired at the end of the 2014 season, ending his 23-year tenure as the winningest coach in Penn history. But he may not be done just yet. Bagnoli, 62, had spoken about moving into a role within the Penn Athletics administration after retirement, but, according to Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer, he is in talks to take over as Columbia’s head coach.

Harvard College is looking to implement its first academic honor code.  At a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting last week, the council voted to support the honor code, which would require students "to make an affirmation of integrity before taking final exams and writing final papers." The legislation will be presented to all FAS faculty on March 3.

U.S. military academies can teach colleges and universities a thing or two about how to educate students about sexual assault prevention.

A compilation of data from Rate My Professors found that female professors are rated more negatively than males professors.  The data allows users to separate the data based on the subject and on whether the rating was negative or positive, based on a numerical rating system.

The scare was caused by a transformer explosion on the block of 41st Street between Pine and Baltimore Streets.

Penn’s mental health task force recommendations have provoked students to question whether the administration is taking the right steps to promote mental wellness at all.

A group of state senators have been working hard to make Pennsylvania the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana.

In a nondescript house on Chestnut Street, the Red and Blue Call Center hardly bears the appearance of a fundraising center that brings millions to campus each year. 

It’s all fun and games for these four Wharton MBA graduates.

Ryan Keytack left to become director of Four-Year Houses & Residential Programs at Penn.

Giang Nguyen, the current Medical Director of Penn Family Care, says he's interested in working with and hearing the healthcare needs of students on campus.

Jim Kenney is a former City Councilman.

A part of Penn’s campus under the Provost’s office, the ICA collaborates with other schools for student involvement.