Penn’s Admission Office has invited 400 high achieving Philadelphia students to the University for a conference to offer their advice on the college admissions process.

Ankur Kumar’s sudden resignation follows a Sept. 27 article in The Wall Street Journal, titled “What’s Wrong With Wharton?”

La Casa Latina hosted United Farm Workers labor union co-founder Dolores Huerta on October 1. Huerta spoke of the implications of being a female Latino worker.

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His talk focused primarily on his years working with LBJ and provided an anecdotal account of the political changes of the period.

The impact was felt by students who rely on government resources for research.

Applications to the MBA program have fallen 6 percent just in the past year.

The Undergraduate Assembly is adding job creation to its list of priorities and wants to see more campus jobs available to non-work study students.

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The company was last on Penn’s campus in late September for an informal information session for interested seniors.

On Saturday, Locust Moon Comics — located on 40th and Chestnut streets — is hosting its second annual Locust Moon Comics Festival. About 150 creators will exhibit their works at the Rotunda.

Penn Newman Center is launching a series that is focused on the understanding and development of the Catholic faith through a video series. The discussion series, which had its first meeting Monday, will take place regularly on Monday nights at the Newman Center.

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to develop advanced transplantation.

In the basement of Rodin College House, students gathered to share samosas, cups of hot chai tea and conversation about introversion, extroversion and everything in between.

The networking program was kickstarted at Yale University last year and has since expanded to other campuses. The group received approximately 60 applicants from all four schools.

The online venture is connected with the upcoming TEDxPenn conference that will be held on campus on Nov. 2.

The Center received the grant from the Department of Transportation after going through a very intense, competitive process. The Center is developing technologies to promote driving safety and traffic efficiency.