After losing a talented senior class featuring three All-Americans coming in to the year, some were doubting that Penn women’s lacrosse could see the same success this year that they had before.

A research project at Penn was recently given a grant of 1.4 million from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to develop methods of preventing and managing chronic diseases.

This one was closer than it should have been. After struggling to gain separation early in the contest, Penn women’s basketball extended its perfect run through the Ivy League, defeating Brown on the road, 69-59, on Friday.

They say basketball is a team sport. Penn basketball proved that axiom true on Friday, as they downed Brown, 79-74, in a well-rounded effort that featured five different players scoring in double figures.

Penn for Hillary is a student organization devoted to building support for Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign at Penn and throughout Philadelphia.

An Israeli-born fencer, a Canadian and an Ivy champion walk into a bar. And they’re all Shaul Gordon. The journey for one of Penn men’s fencing captains is far from usual, as the son of an Italian mother, the Israeli-born fencer now calls Richmond, British Columbia, his home.

“We will not tolerate any discrimination, intimidation or threats against any Muslims in our community,” she said. “That applies to all faiths but I do single out Muslims because they are being singled out now.”

While she doesn’t see herself as a spokesperson, Caitlyn Jenner is committed to the fight, she said at a SPEC event Wednesday.

That seismic activity you’ve been feeling recently has been Penn squash leaving opponents shaking in their boots after the team's wins. In a way you could thank coach Jack Wyant’s squad for the outbreak of parity that has left the College Squash Association rankings in tatters week after week.

They say that the second time’s the charm.

Friday night, Columbia Athletics’ website featured the banner headline “Lions Become First Ivy Team To Score 50 Against Quakers Despite 71-51 Loss.” It was a pretty accurate summation of how the first half of Ivy play has gone for Penn women’s basketball.

Almost there. With only one week to go until the Ivy League Championship, the Penn gymnastics team heads to New Brunswick, N.J.

Six months of practice. 22 weeks of doubles. Thousands of miles swam. And it all comes down to three days in February. Without exaggeration, for the Quakers, this entire season has been about one thing – going fast at Ivy League Championships.

Ask anybody, and they’ll tell you that college is the time to change who you are. But Penn swimming phenom Virginia Burns didn’t foresee the transformation she would undergo.

Is it getting healthier for us to watch television? A research team at the Annenberg Public Policy Center has launched an ambitious study to find out.

BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y.

Yesterday, Penn welcomed Caitlyn Jenner as the Social Planning and Events Committee Connaissance spring speaker and QPenn’s keynote speaker.