With the increasing rate of cell phone robberies nationwide, wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have begun to cooperate in an effort to thwart mobile device theft.

Many members of the Service Employees International Union view the School Reform Commission’s plan as privatization of the public school system in Philadelphia.

The University announced in the May 22 edition of The Almanac that it will provide up to $125 a month or $1,500 per year to employees who pay taxes to the Internal Revenue Service for health benefits their partners receive.

Addressing Penn’s graduating Class of 2012, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada asked, “Do you care about those who won’t make it without real help?”

A group of 20 Penn students spent their spring semester “being surrounded by noise [while] trying to be silent.”

Founded in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon in 1954, the Unification Church spread to the United States in 1971.

Mindy and Jonathan Gray, both 1992 College graduates, have donated $25 million to create the Basser Research Center, a new cancer research center focused on researching BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

A handful of actively engaged venture capitalists have helped strengthen Penn’s connection to the world of startups and entrepreneurship on several levels of university life, from the Engineering School to Penn’s endowment.

The yield for both the regular and early decision admits was 63.3 percent this year, similar to the yield rate of 62.7 percent for the Class of 2015.

Mehta was chosen in hopes that his experience will impart to students “different forms of spirituality, different expressions of the moral life,” Chaplain Chaz Howard said.

Several Penn students are showing their passion for Obama by working to get him re-elected.

The hotel is providing a special rate for the busiest weekend of the year — $249 per night instead of the usual $259-299.

The top Google hits for “Amy Gutmann” may return the familiar face of Penn’s president, but further down is another President Amy Gutmann — owner and manager of the Canine University of Ohio. Like most universities, the school consists of students, professors and administrators.

The panel is also meant to commemorate the program’s 10th anniversary. For the past 10 years, Penn Praxis has served to bring together students, faculty and other communities through design.

The office, which opened May 2, is Obama’s sixth location in Philadelphia, highlighting the importance of the city in the 2012 presidential race.

Several professors are in the process of revising their curricula or creating new ones for fall semester courses — from Political Science to journalistic writing and communication studies — that will center around the election.

Graduating seniors will miss out on the two new upscale restaurants coming to campus because they will now open later than expected. Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House is slated to open in June, while Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar plans to open in mid-August.