Preliminary hearings were held yesterday for the five members of the Penn community who were arrested in the Occupy Philadelphia protests on Nov. 30.

Currently at 1-1, the team will have to win both of its matches this week to reach its goal of heading into winter break with a winning record.

History professor Barbara Savage was presented the 2012 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion last week for ideas set forth in her book, Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion.

A University of Kentucky College of Medicine professor writes a guest column on how Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Ezekiel Emanuel should lead the change in health care, starting at Penn.

Stirring up controversy comes easily to Joe Nocera. The New York Times business columnist came to the Kelly Writers House last night to speak on his writing style, hardships and voice.

Would Herman Cain’s fondness of extra-marital affairs really affect his ability to make decisions and craft policy?

To ban rollouts is a sin, and the powers that be at Villanova should make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Though the Penn women’s basketball team is off to its hottest six-game start since 1980-81, the team’s true test lies ahead.

Long before Connecticut and Tennessee emerged as national powerhouses, it was Immaculata University — a small Catholic college just 20 miles outside Philadelphia — that was the unlikely winner of the first three national championships in women’s basketball from 1972-1974.

The Quakers have a fever — and the only prescription? More Zack Rosen.

Harvard basketball team is ranked in the national basketball for the first time in program history and Crimson DT Josue Ortiz won the award for Ivy Defensive Player of the Year.

Six groups of students eagerly awaited an email on Friday to let them know if their ideas for a new residential program at Penn would come to fruition. WORD ON THE WALK: Residential programs

In March 2011, Wharton and College juniors Jonathon Youshaei and Mimoun Cadosch Delmar started Crowdquest — a Groupon-style service designed for the Penn community.

Last week, the Latino Coalition elected its new officials for the 2012 board. Wharton and College junior Angel Contrera will begin his second term as chair of the coalition, the umbrella organization that contains 25 Latino groups on campus.

As finals draw closer, the Undergraduate Assembly had academics on its mind at its last general body meeting of the semester Sunday night.

Penn President Amy Gutmann is among a growing number of university presidents whose salaries are greater than $1 million.

Contractors and subcontractors hired by the city for projects worth at least $250,000 must now offer benefits such as health coverage to lifetime partners of employees.