This year’s crop of admitted students can expect some changes to the Penn Preview Days, including a new activities fair and a separate day for early decision admits.

While many focus on the mental trauma of prison life, a recent study co-authored by Penn sociologist Jason Schnittker is more concerned with the mental health of inmates once they are out of prison.

Professor Robert Ghrist’s Coursera course: Calculus: Single Variable is being recommended for credit by the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service, a service that offers nontraditional students college credit.

It was an average morning in June 1957 as Bruce Dern — a young, 21-year-old man with unmistakable Elvis-style sideburns — hopped into a Breyer’s ice cream truck at 14th and Broad streets to begin his rounds for the day.

Last night, Penn students and alumni joined together in the Amado Recital Hall at Irvine Auditorium to hear Asada’s stories from abroad. After studying in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, Asada became a foreign service officer for the U.S. Foreign Service in Pakistan.

On Tuesday night, Brandywine Realty Trust along with Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital announced they will collaboratively develop a new student housing building called The Grove at Cira Centre South. The building will be located at 30th and Chestnut streets and is expected to be complete by fall 2014.

As seniors are hunting for jobs in the beginning of second semester and through on-campus recruiting, students still unemployed continue to explore a variety of options to find jobs post-graduation. “”:http://www.thedp.com/r/e4be5dc2Students who do not have jobs secured right after graduation are not alone. According to the Career Plans Survey for the Class of 2012, 17 percent of employed students accepted job offers after graduation.”“:http://www.thedp.com/r/e4be5dc2

Last night, as part of the Authors@Wharton Speaker Series, Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed her July 2012 article in The Atlantic, “Why Women Can’t Have It All,” offering some much-desired perspective on maintaining an optimal work-life balance.

While controversy can be prevalent on campus — from questions of diversity to off-campus living conditions — Penn offers numerous resources to resolve such disputes.University offices such as the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of Student Conduct serve as forums to resolve disagreements between parties.

As soon as next week, students will have a new convenient option for breakfast, lunch or dinner on campus. The “PennDesign Café” is scheduled to open in the lower level of Meyerson Hall as soon as next Friday.

Last night, the simple lessons of children’s literature found an older audience of writers and readers alike at the Kelly Writers House.

The Du Bois College House was founded in 1972 after an increased enrollment of African American students due to the civil rights movement. Forty years later, the organization celebrates its anniversary and retains it’s identity as a ‘cultural center.’

Fran Dougherty is likely out for the year with a dislocated shoulder. Steve Rennard is likely out for the year with a torn plantar fascia. And Penn basketball can use this as a learning opportunity.

With Fran Dougherty out for the year, Cam Gunter, oft unnoticed by both fans and media alike, may be just who the Quakers need to get back on their feet and back into the Ivy League race.

Pairing an identity with a name is not a new phenomenon, but now researchers have the data to recognize and support name trends with statistical analysis. So thanks for raising me, Mom and Dad, but you did most of the heavy lifting just by slapping a name on that birth certificate.

Among professional sports, the NFL is unique — a look at the different financial structures of other sports leagues makes the NFL’s socialist tendency even more apparent. Although Americans call European soccer a socialist sport, it is far more capitalist than our beloved NFL.

The fact that USC is willing to hire Lynch less than a year after the controversy shows a willingness to overlook Lynch’s actions. While this does not amount to condoning what Lynch has done, we feel it is akin to saying it’s acceptable. This disregard for ethical standards represents an inherent breakdown in the system.