Running late to class? Beginning next fall, Harnwell College House residents will no longer be able to blame the elevators. Renovations to the Harnwell elevators begin May 22 and will include installation of new elevator controls "with the latest microprocessor technology," new motors and new doors, Department of Design and Construction senior project manager David Dunn wrote in an e-mail.

Stanford has joined the ranks of many selective universities across the United States, including Penn, by announcing an increase in the levels of undergraduate financial aid. Under the university's new plan, students whose parents earn less than $100,000 a year will no longer be required to pay tuition.

The Philadelphia School District is evaluating the role of private-management companies, including Penn, in its schools. Although Penn's official management of local schools might be in jeopardy, the University says it is committed to staying involved. In 2002, Penn and five other private institutions, including Temple University, were hired to manage different public schools in the district.

Scales, yogurt and music - just some of the tools Nursing graduate students are using to gather research and to prevent obesity and diabetes in children. The Nursing students will meet in four sessions over two weeks and assess up to 80 elementary-school-age children in the Sayre Beacon After School Program.

While most students were dozing through Friday morning recitations two weeks ago, College sophomore Cameron Clark and his classmates were exploring African and Native American Art artifacts. The excursion was a required field trip for his World History Class to the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

What comes to mind when you think of blinking traffic lights? For B.J. Ellis , executive director of The N Crowd, a Philadelphia comedy troupe, they are a "clear attack of the epileptic liberation front". It takes about five seconds before the audience will find themselves laughing out loud.

The 10th annual WILith Fair hosted by the Women in Leadership Series went off without a hitch last night. WILith Fair - a celebration of female leaders on campus - featured good food, quality entertainment and a long list of honorees, guests and students being recognized for their distinguished leadership and outstanding achievement.

Instead of studying for exams and going out to parties, some Princeton freshmen could be spending their first year after high school overseas helping others. Earlier this week, Princeton University announced that it is working on a program to send about 100 students, or 10 percent of its entering class, abroad for a gap-year program before the students come to campus.

Last night, about 15 protesters gathered outside of a Hillel-Steinhardt conference room that was hosting a dinner and discussion with the two former Israeli soldiers who have put on a controversial exhibition of photographs about the Israeli occupation. Mostly members of the Zionist Freedom Alliance, the protesters sang Jewish songs and refused to join the discussion going on inside, citing philosophical differences with the exhibit, called Breaking the Silence.

In 2006, 2.8 million college students gave almost 300 million hours of volunteer service worth more than $5.6 billion. Last week, Penn was among six colleges and universities nationwide to receive presidential recognition for its contributions. The University was one of three recipients of the 2007 Presidential Award for General Community Service in the second annual President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, along with Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

At Penn, students are constantly reminded to think globally. One Penn alum took this advice literally, and he is now surrounded by 192 countries on a daily basis. Wharton MBA alum Hugh Dugan is not a perpetual globe-trotter - he is a United States delegate to the United Nations and member of the United States Diplomatic Corps.

Last week's meeting of the Spruce Hill Zoning Committee, which discussed plans for an 11-story extended-stay hotel at 40th and Pine streets, seems to have created only a greater divide between developers and the community on an already divisive issue. Nearby residents expressed strong disapproval of the hotel at the meeting, while developers heaped praises on the design.

Yesterday, some of Penn's most powerful decision-makers, the University Board of Trustees, weighed in on key University projects. Six committees met and discussed prevalent issues in the first day of the board's winter meeting, one of three meetings held each year.

Checking Facebook anywhere in Philadelphia will still soon be possible, even though the company running the city's wireless network is dropping out. Last week, Earthlink announced its plans to sell its municipal wireless business - which includes Philadelphia's program.

For Carol Baniqued, a Wharton junior described as a "TV addict" by her closest friends, the Writer's Guild of America Strike could have symbolized the apocalypse. But now that it's over, Penn students are realizing that while they missed TV, the strike wasn't as bad as they thought.

Fired up! Ready to go? Last December, Iowa and New Hampshire were the centers of the political universe, expected to select the two presidential nominees and let the country get ready for the general election. But that didn't happen, and nearly two months later, the Democratic nomination battle continues, leaving candidate organizations in Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania scrambling for a cohesive strategy and as many volunteers as they can get.

Shortly after the 2004 presidential election, Republican political strategist Karl Rove found himself on the list of Barbara Walters' Top 10 Most Fascinating People. It has been a few years, but at Irvine Auditorium last night, Rove proved people are still fascinated by what he has to say.