In the past, the school allowed all students living within its catchment zone to enroll. This policy changed in the spring of 2011 when the school announced that it was at maximum capacity. GALLERY: Local residents camp out at Penn Alexander

With the new test, people under the age of 60 who own more than $2,000 in certain kinds of assets and people over 60 who own more than $3,250 will no longer be eligible to receive food stamps.

During its first general body meeting of the spring semester, the Undergraduate Assembly discussed improving its winter airport shuttle service, as well as the possible creation of an online service to help students find off-campus housing.

Last week, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia denied three-year-old Amelia Rivera a kidney transplant. Without a transplant or a suitable substitute — such as dialysis — her life could be in jeopardy.

Washington state is having a serious crisis in higher education, according to two Penn researchers.

One of Penn’s oldest departments is bringing its younger members to the forefront.

With increased calls to examine the level of economic diversity on campus, Penn’s efforts to recruit students from across the income spectrum have been brought into question.

Today, the School of Arts and Sciences Student Technology Advisory Board — in collaboration with PennApps Labs — kicks off a three-day contest that allows students to submit ideas of their ideal mobile applications.

The $500 grand prize went to Nursing graduate students Antonette Shaw, Mackenzie Mapes and Kristen van der Veen for their startup, Body Wars. The three started the business as a project for a clinical community class.

In what is now an annual tradition, around 80 neighborhood parents lined up outside 42nd and Locust streets to secure a coveted spot in the kindergarten class at Penn Alexander.

Gingrich, a former Speaker of the House, received 40.4 percent of the vote, coming in well ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Romney — once the frontrunner in South Carolina — who garnered just 27.8 percent.

Earlier this month, Nursing assistant professor Brooks Carthon was awarded a two-year, $75,000 grant to conduct a national survey of minority student recruitment and retention efforts in the nursing profession. GRAPHIC: Racial diversity in Penn Nursing

College Dean Dennis DeTurck added that, while there is no feedback mechanism currently in place for users, the advising office will be reaching to students to gauge feedback about the system.

The Latter-day Saints Student Association, which became an official student group on campus last December, obtained formal recognition by the Students Activities Council at that time and will soon begin to receive funding for events and programs.

Jackson — who, in 2006, became the University’s first-ever Penn Integrates Knowledge professor — was recently appointed the first-ever senior adviser to the provost for diversity.

College senior Rachel Abeles, Panhel’s outgoing president, congratulated the new members on getting through the “cold, long, crazy week of recruitment” — which came to a close with sorority bid night on Thursday.

A common nutrient found in weight training supplements such as Muscle Milk and protein powder — might be the key to successfully treating concussions, or at least speeding up the healing process.