Every year, Penn sends academic likely letters to students the University believes will be competitive in the applicant pools of peer institutions.

Penn’s 57-member Board of Trustees convened at the Inn at Penn on Thursday and Friday along with Penn President Amy Gutmann and other members of the administration.

The theme of change was echoed throughout the panels and keynotes.

Student leaders from cultural groups gathered to discuss various socioeconomic issues surrounding international students.

Members of PFYD volunteer in about 15 Philadelphia high schools, particularly targeting those that are lacking debate programs, in order to spread debate education.

Undergraduate costs for tuition, fees and room and board for the 2012-13 academic year will total $56,106 — an increase from $53,976 in 2011-12. INTERACTIVE: Penn total costs 2003-present

Financial markets, housing prices, clean technology — talk of China’s most pressing issues filled the Huntsman Hall Baker Forum on Saturday.

At Friday’s stated meeting of the Board of Trustees, Du Bois was posthumously bestowed with an honorary emeritus professorship in the departments of Sociology and Africana Studies.

On Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he has reappointed Gutmann as chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

Aimee Bailey and Abigail Seldin — 2006 Engineering graduate and 2009 College graduate, respectively — have been named Luce Scholars, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships announced Friday.

The New York Police Department has been monitoring Muslim college students, including those at Penn, according to The Associated Press.

The Civic House Association Coalition hosted a panel on the DREAM Act for 30 students in McClelland Hall as part of its monthly “Think About It” event series.

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Penn’s Race Dialogue Project collaborated with several student cultural groups at Penn to host a dialogue about race in light of the social virality of the “Shit People Say” videos.

This exchange took place Thursday night at Café 58 inside Irvine Auditorium, where students attended a self-defense workshop, designed to teach girls about public safety and how to respond in crisis situations.

InternMatch, an internships website co-founded in 2005 by a Penn graduate, will debut at Penn later this month.

Last week, “The Government and Legal Environment of Business” — a mandatory course for all first-year Wharton MBA students — began with its first pair of lectures.