Recent complaints raised by a group of Master of Social Work students about their non-profit fieldwork placement have prompted debate among students and administrators in the School of Social Policy & Practice.

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

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.

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.

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.

Next March, College and Wharton sophomore Daniel White will launch hi!, a downloadable mobile application designed to allow Penn students with similar interests to connect with each other.

As part of a larger effort to improve recruitment and retention rates, Penn is looking to its faculty for guidance and inviting standing faculty members to participate in its first-ever faculty climate survey.

The Undergraduate Assembly has once again pushed back presenting its resolution to amend the University’s alcohol policy. The resolution was initially expected to be presented to the UA’s general body at a meeting on Nov. 20.

After attracting wide acclaim for their innovative approach to raising literacy rates in Sierra Leone, College seniors Fatmata and Mariama Kabia are ready to launch Memunatu Magazine to fulfill their mission of education and female empowerment.

In addition to popular car-sharing services such as Zipcar and PhillyCarShare, some students bring their own vehicles to campus.

College junior Andrew Silverstein was elected last week as the president of Penn Democrats. He sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to share his plans for Penn Democrats and Penn’s political community for the next year.

The Perelman School of Medicine received $7.5 million last month to improve breast cancer screening techniques in the hopes of catching cancer earlier and with more accuracy.