WHO: Maureen Rush, University of Pennsylvania vice president for public safety, and Lloyd Ayers, Philadelphia fire commissioner WHAT: The kick-off of Campus Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness Month, a national campaign to showcase the partnership between Penns Division of Public Safety and the Philadelphia Fire Department.  

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has been ranked among the top 10 schools in the country for African-Americans by Black Enterprise, a national business magazine.  Penn came in at No. 9, which makes the University among the top-rated non-historically black colleges and universities.

PHILADELPHIA -- One hundred University of Pennsylvania employees and retirees with chronic health conditions will soon be eligible to participate in a program that uses an interactive pillbox as part of their health benefits.  

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has been named the No. 5 school in the country for Hispanic students by Hispanic Magazine.

WHAT:  Kick-off of National Campus Safety Awareness Month WHO:  Officials from the University of Pennsylvania will join with representatives from Security on Campus Inc. to launch the month-long observance.  Security on Campus is a national organization dedicated to making colleges and universities safer.

Eugenie Birch, professor and chair of city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania, is co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and co-editor of the book "Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina."  In this book, Birch discusses what can be learned from past disasters in planning the Gulf Coast's return to economic viability

PHILADELPHIA -- The text for this year's Penn Reading Project at the University of Pennsylvania is "Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity" by Lawrence Lessig.  Groups of first-year students and faculty leaders will meet to discuss the book as part of New Student Orientation at 3 p.m.  Sunday, Sept. 3.

PHILADELPHIA -- The 140 children who attend the University of Pennsylvania's Sayre Beacon Children's Defense Fund Freedom School will board a bus for Asbury Park, N.J., Friday, July 21,where for the day, they'll trade hot city pavement for the cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean for the day.  For many of them, it will be a first-time experience.

WHAT: SummerFest, a week long event on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, featuring a giant sand sculpture, free live music and a farmers' market.WHERE:University Square, 36th & Walnut streets, Philadelphia.WHEN: SummerFest runs from July 17 to 21.

PHILADELPHIA -- A $1 million gift from Harold and Renee Berger will benefit the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Law School at the University of Pennsylvania.