Sarah Smith

When I was The Daily Pennsylvanian city news editor, I learned not to stop for emergency vehicles unless they gathered in what I nicknamed a “critical mass.” One cop car on the side of the road?

Jara Krys, a transgender student on a leave of absence from Penn, went into sex work to pay the bills.

College student Amanda Hu’s death was ruled a suicide, a spokesperson at the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit said early Wednesday morning.

Penn President Amy Gutmann sent an all-school message in the wake of College student Amanda Hu’s death reminding students of Penn’s mental health support resources and announcing the formation of a 24-hour help line.

Amanda Hu died Sunday night at her home on the 4000 block of Sansom Street.

College junior Amanda Hu was found unresponsive in her room.

As colleges around the nation have come under scrutiny for alleged failings in handling sexual violence on campus, Penn has updated both its sexual violence policy and sexual violence education to make sure it is fully in compliance with federal law.

The proposed additions would add specific definitions for relationship violence, domestic violence and stalking.

Counseling and Psychological Services will relocate to the first floor of 3624 Market St. in January 2015.

Two months after the University administration convened a mental health task force in response to a string of student suicides, the task force is still in its organizational phase.