Navratri means “nine nights” and the festival, which lasts nine days and nine nights, is held in honor of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Shakti.

The artists will give back a minimum of 40 hours to the community by sharing their talents leading workshops, teaching classes and exhibiting in the area.

The allocated funds were to be spent by this summer, but will now be able to extend through the academic year, according to Civic House Director David Grossman. Civic House is looking into future funding options, as its future is currently unclear, he added.

A crowd of almost 300 marchers, armed with colorful signs and warm welcomes for each other, had gathered around a stage, where local activists and speakers roused the audience to unite and work towards a change.

On the heels of Penn reporting a 1.6-percent investment return in FY 2012, Harvard University announced an investment loss of 0.05 percent. In contrast, Yale University posted a 4.7-percent return, ending FY 2012 with an endowment of $19.3 billion.

The bigger space will be able to accommodate more customers and increase its capacity by around 50 percent. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Off-Campus Dining MULTIMEDIA: 3716 Spruce St.over the years

The center will provide chefs and entrepreneurs with not only a space to develop products and grow their businesses, but also the expensive kitchen equipment that they may not be able to buy themselves.

As one of the last installments of Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Student Association offered soothing blends of teas and coffees from around the Muslim world for Penn students to sip on Saturday night.

Twenty-five students from Georgetown University and all the Ivy League schools except Dartmouth College attended the summit.

The Ivy Plus STEM Symposium is a three-day conference designed to encourage undergraduate students to pursue advanced training in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

The Mariposa Food Co-op has taken flight as one of West Philadelphia’s only neighborhood grocery stores offering sustainable food. Mariposa’s sales have more than tripled since it moved to a new retail space at 4824 Baltimore Avenue from 4726 Baltimore Avenue this past March.

“It offers a green way for students to travel into the city and to civically engage with different community service options,” College senior Christopher Cruz said.

On Thursday night, the Alice Paul Center & The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program held a discussion outlining pertinent issues in the upcoming elections.

Though Pennsylvania courts issued an injunction to the voter ID law this Tuesday, the Civic House hosted a panel discussion of the law as part of its “Think About It” initiative Thursday night.

This weekend, Penn will host the second annual Collegiate Alliance for Immigration Reform Summit.

“Bold Ambitions: The Campaign for Penn Law,” officially announced in 2006, has exceeded expectations by $5 million.

Leder and his business partner met Romney when the candidate was at Bain Capital and they were at Lehman Brothers.