During a New Student Orientation event on Aug. 30, a male and female couple posing as Penn parents stole several items, including multiple cell phones, from Houston Hall.

Three individuals were charged Thursday morning with a series of armed robberies, including Monday’s incident that triggered a UPennAlert. Three more were arrested for stealing a bicycle at Rodin College House.

While the media and politicians attempt to convince us that we live in a post-racial society, the truth is, self-segregation persists and is a natural instinct.

The Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration will grant the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — the largest clinical site for the School of Nursing — nearly $36 million over the next four years to train more advanced practice registered nurses.

I have more in common with a moderate Christian than any Muslim radical who proposes violence.

The Wharton School recently launched a pilot program in conjunction with its new San Francisco campus, which opened in January.

Delays with construction, union workers, zoning and weather have pushed the opening date from June to the week of Sept. 26.

The University’s policy on secular and religious holidays, which all academic departments adhere to, recognizes holidays that affect large numbers of Penn community members, including the Jewish High Holidays.

The $2.5 million project, which covers half an acre, will have a raised lawn in the center, along with several paved walkways and benches.

Many recent Penn graduates have continued their athletic careers at a professional level by following ‘Plan A’ and fully committing to their dreams.

Last May, Tony Vecchione became the new senior director of athletics, after an announcement in early April. He was hired to replace Mary DiStanislao, who became executive vice president of Marquette in March.

Many people believe that the playing field is leveled once students get to college, but in reality, inequality persists.

Rider’s stifling defense kept the Red and Blue (3-2) out of goalkeeper Alicia Carthan’s cage altogether, putting an end to a streak of four games with two scores or more for the Quakers.

During the offseason, the women’s soccer team used an iPad to work on individual technique through an app called “Football Coach Plus HD.”

Trying to get on top of your schoolwork? Take your books out. You don’t have to read them. Just open them up. Trying to catch up on email? Respond to one. See what happens.

People are encouraged to read their work, sing songs and — as the event’s tag line “poetry, prose, anything goes” suggests — perform whatever they like.

Lea Elementary at 47th and Locust streets is accepting donations of instruments and musical accessories for a new after-school music program.