Last night, Jules de Balincourt paid a visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art to give a talk as part of PennDesign’s Fine Arts lecture series. Born in Paris, he has successfully exhibited his work in numerous well-known galleries in New York, where he currently resides.

This weekend, the No. 12 Quakers will wrap their 2012-13 campaign with matchups at No. 11 Columbia on Friday and against No. 5 Cornell at home on Sunday.

When Penn wrestling hosts Harvard at the Palestra Saturday, it won’t be an event for culinary enthusiasts. The reason why? Only one dish will be served that day – revenge.

During the 2011-2012 school year, the University released its action plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence. Since then, each of Penn’s twelve schools have drafted their own diversity action plans in line with the University’s.

On Sunday, Penn’s men’s swimming team will have its chance to beat perfection as they travel north to Cambridge, Mass., to take on the undefeated and No.16 ranked Harvard Crimson in an Ivy League matchup that has been pushed back by a day in response to the upcoming snowstorm that is expected to hit Boston.

Before Saturday’s senior day against Cornell, the No. 3 Quakers will travel to the Big Apple on Friday to face No. 12 Columbia for the second time ever.

Penn will head north this weekend to face Yale and Brown in its second road trip of the Ivy season. Because of the coming winter storm, the game time at Yale has been moved to 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon and Saturday’s game at Brown has been moved to Sunday at noon.

This year, it has taken just three Ivy games for the Red and Blue to pick up two losses, making this weekend’s games must-wins.

After years of studying technology and finance, Wharton MBA grad Solomon Liou has made the leap into the fashion world. This July, Liou will officially launch his new project, Parke Jeans, which offers specialized jeans online.

Less than a year after Penn announced its partnership with Coursera, one of the University’s online classes may soon become among the first in the nation that can be taken for credit.

Sergeant Dan Steele, of the Philadelphia office of the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, confirmed that a compliance check took place on January 31 after an anonymous tip stated that Blarney Stone was serving underage customers.

The Drexel University Police Department — which was founded in 2007 and was recognized by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office in 2008 — works with Penn’s Division of Public Safety in a number of areas and initiatives, including the coverage of Penn’s northern campus. “”:http://www.thedp.com/r/f21ed243

This year’s crop of admitted students can expect some changes to the Penn Preview Days, including a new activities fair and a separate day for early decision admits.

While many focus on the mental trauma of prison life, a recent study co-authored by Penn sociologist Jason Schnittker is more concerned with the mental health of inmates once they are out of prison.

Professor Robert Ghrist’s Coursera course: Calculus: Single Variable is being recommended for credit by the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service, a service that offers nontraditional students college credit.

It was an average morning in June 1957 as Bruce Dern — a young, 21-year-old man with unmistakable Elvis-style sideburns — hopped into a Breyer’s ice cream truck at 14th and Broad streets to begin his rounds for the day.

Last night, Penn students and alumni joined together in the Amado Recital Hall at Irvine Auditorium to hear Asada’s stories from abroad. After studying in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, Asada became a foreign service officer for the U.S. Foreign Service in Pakistan.