NEW YORK — The Penn men's basketball team got off to a quick start Friday at Columbia's Levien Gymnasium, but ultimately lost to the Lions, 56-55, on a late jumper from junior forward Brian Grimes.

A petition asking for University recognition of the month will be delivered to Penn President Amy Gutmann Friday.

At Huntsman Hall Vicente Fox's message centered on fostering connections. He opposed building a fence on the U.S-Mexico border and outlined his dream of a union of the Americas.

The indoor track season comes to a boil this weekend as the men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to Hanover, N.H., to compete in the Indoor Heptagonal Championships.

The No. 10 women’s fencing team will have to settle for an outside shot at the Ivy crown after winning three of its four matches last weekend.

Final home weekend gives struggling Penn squad last chance for home Ivy win

New head coach starts Penn career against his alma mater, No. 8 Duke in Durham, N.C.

The No. 3 Quakers have not lost a season opener since 2004 and have also made a habit of downing Drexel in recent years — kicking off each of the past three seasons with wins over the Dragons.

Penn landed the first blow, but the title is on the line for the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., when they get a shot to avenge their upset to the Quakers.

Investigators say they found fetuses in jars and bloodied floors in Kermit Gosnell’s clinic at 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue. Gosnell has temporarily lost his license.

Philly Fight Night, a boxing match to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, will pit graduate students from the Wharton School, the Law School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science against one another in the ring.

Total charges to undergraduates for the 2010-11 school year will rise to $51,944 from $49,986 this year. The 3.9 percent increase is the second-smallest ever behind last year's 3.8 percent rise.

The Research Council of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly recently provided over 80 applicants with grants for the spring. The recipients — students from the seven research schools — will present their work at conferences around the world.

I’m by no means knocking Barbie’s new career choice as a Computer Engineer, I just think it’s going to take more than a doll to bring about the gender balance we need.

Grades are overrated. Yeah, I said it. Grades are so arbitrary, it’s hard to take them seriously as an indicator of future success. Just work hard in your classes, and take the ones you want to work hard in.

Letters to the editor about human trafficking and diversity in academics.

The protest will be repeated today and every subsequent Friday this semester as part of “Fair Food Fridays.” The campaign, which originated in 2001, centers around human-rights issues with Aramark.