With the cost of tuition rising faster than income levels, loans provide a last-minute recourse for families nationwide as tuition bills roll in. Yet the credit crunch has made finding providers for federal loans more difficult and private loans costlier and scarcer, increasing stress for students and families still seeking funds for tuition.

Engineering sophomore Michael Sheahan was killed in a car accident Monday evening. Sheahan, 20, who is from Madison, Wisc., died when his car collided with a dump truck in Caledonia, Ill. Frank Pellicone, the dean of Harrison College House - where Sheahan would have lived this fall - said a memorial service on campus will be organized depending on the wishes of Sheahan's friends and family.

In an opinion authored by Judge D. Brooks Smith on Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in favor of Temple University student Christian DeJohn in DeJohn v. Temple University. The ruling upheld a previous decision stating that Temple's former sexual harassment policy was unconstitutional.

The final extended shutdown of the El shuttle bus service due to the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project will begin on Aug. 8. at 8 p.m., and will run until Aug. 25 at 5 a.m. During these 16 days, El service will not operate to 52nd Street, 60th Street, Milbourne or 69th Street Terminal.

Chipotle Mexican Grill and Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches have confirmed that they will join the growing number of retail and dining opportunities in the Radian Apartment building on the 3900 block of Walnut Street, which is currently under construction. Penn's executive director of real estate Ed Datz also announced last week that Capogiro Gelato Artisans and CVS Pharmacy will also be opening

The Fels Institute of Government announced Tuesday that David Thornburgh will be its new executive director. He succeeds political science professor Donald Kettl, who will return to full-time research and teaching. Thornburgh comes to Fels from the Philadelphia-based regional economic consulting firm Econsult Corporation, where he spent the last year and a half.

While rebuilding the 85-year-old bridge that connects Penn with Center City is still a top priority for Philadelphia, the starting date for the project has yet to be announced. Plans for reconstruction of the bridge have been in the works since 1995. According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Streets Department chief engineer for surveys and design Dave Perri said that the $54 million project is expected to go out to bid before the school year starts.

There is no need to mourn - Scoops DeVille has not disappeared completely. Rather, it has been transformed into Penn Student Agencies' newest business venture, Reel Scoops. The shop will offer DVD rentals and ice cream and will open Aug. 20 at the former Scoops DeVille location in Houston Hall.

Penn has been a target of a recent round of spam e-mail attacks - known as phishing scams - that are mimicking official University messages to obtain private account information and passwords from users. Spam occurs in surges at universities nationwide, but this wave is especially sophisticated because it is customized, increasing the likelihood that people will fall for the ploy, School of Arts and Sciences vice dean of administration and fi

Theft July 31 - A female unaffiliated with the University, 53, reported that an unknown suspect entered her vehicle on the 3900 block of Powelton Street and removed change at 11:45 a.m. July 30 - A female unaffiliated with the University, 38, reported that an unknown suspect broke a window to her vehicle in the Presbyterian Hospital parking lot and removed a laptop at about 1 p.

By Abby Schwartz The Summer Pennsylvanian gamail@dailypennsylvanian.com Most campers this summer found themselves making friendship bracelets and singing songs around a campfire. But 28 middle school girls are spending one week at a camp this summer where they create their own lip gloss and make DNA glow in the dark.

Updated 8:49 p.m. -- Tuesday, Aug. 26 Blackouts hit 3,400 West Philadelphia residents at approximately 5:20 p.m. today and lasted until approximately 7:50 p.m. The cause of the blackout was a transformer at 43rd and Sansom streets, said Division of Public Safety spokeswoman Stef Cella.

A one-of-a-kind art residency program is coming to campus this fall. The Fine Arts Department in the School of Design and Kelly Writers House are collaborating to offer an artist and a writer shared living space and individual studios for the upcoming academic year through the ArtsEdge residency project.

When Elizabeth Murray joined the Harvard class of 2003, her story became a national sensation. She lived on the New York City streets for years after being born to drug-addicted parents and eventually found inspiration in education after her mother's AIDS-related death - a story that was turned into the Emmy-nominated Lifetime movie, Homeless to Harvard.

The 34th annual International Conference on High Energy Physics is taking place in the Perelman Quadrangle July 29 to Aug. 5. More than 100 of the world's leading particle physicists from over 70 countries will attend ICHEP08, the largest physics conference this year.

Theft July 23 - A female unaffiliated with the University, 54, reported that an unknown suspect broke the window to her vehicle in a parking garage located at 34th and Chestnut streets and removed a laptop and other personal property at about 2:45 p.m. July 23 - A female University employee, 42, reported that an unknown suspect removed cash from a locked drawer at Presbyterian Hospital at about 2:30 p.