The Nuclear Regulatory Commission — a government organization that oversees use of nuclear technologies — received a letter Jan. 15 on behalf of the VA, taking responsibility for eight safety citations from the NRC.

Business Services and Penn Athletics have jointly switched Penn’s soda provider from Pepsi to Coke in all athletic venues and dining locations, according to Business Services Director of Communications and External Relations Barbara Lea-Kruger.

Not only is the match at the Levy Pavilion the Quakers’ first of the regular season, it will also be the first test for Penn’s all-new coaching staff.

Monday night, Penn Dems made the most of campaigning technology to support Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat. With 89 percent of ballots counted, Brown receieved 52 percent of the vote to Coakley’s 47 percent, according to CNN.

Rabbi Chaim Potok, the author of the best-selling novel The Chosen, bequeathed his personal papers to Penn upon his death in 2002.

A 15-minute malfunction caused the necessary shut-down of “the University’s financial, research and student online services,” according to a statement issued by the Provider Desk.

Penn Museum Digital Media Director Amy Ellsworth recently created an in-depth blog about her experiences in the Laotian city of Luang Prabang — an area whose prehistory has never been examined by modern archaeology.

Susan Finkelstein — the woman who allegedly offered to trade sex with an undercover police officer for Phillies World Series tickets — and her lawyer are challenging the decision for the case to go to trial.

George Weiss — a Penn alum, trustee and chair of the Making History Campaign — donated $20 million to endow four new professorships in the Penn Integrates Knowledge program.

The men’s squash team is winning at just the right time. With four more matches before championships, the Quakers’ road wins against Williams College, 5-4, and Amherst, 9-0, Saturday should provide the momentum the team needs for a strong end to the season.

Last year, Penn’s women swimming team dominated Dartmouth yet were narrowly edged by Yale. In this year’s edition of the tri-team event, however, only half the script remained the same.

Last week Penn for Palestine held a memorial for the lives lost in the conflict with Israel in Gaza last winter, and reactions within the Penn community were mixed.

Following two 9-0 victories against Amherst and Williams, the No. 3 Quakers have swept their last six matches and have won nine straight games this season.

Yesterday we paused for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor a man who pushed for equality on all fronts. Let’s continue to level the playing field in collegiate athletics.

Though the Penn wrestling team entered Sunday’s match on the high of a two-game win streak and with a golden opportunity to take down a national powerhouse, they left disappointed.

Crushing both Yale (170-130) and Dartmouth (249-51) in their last Ivy dual meet of the season, the Quakers (4-3, 4-3 Ivy) finished Ivy competition with a winning record in the league, something the team has not accomplished since the 2002-2003 season.

After spending 15 years at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Daud Ali has returned to the United States, where he is learning the ropes of American academia.