Three undergraduates have created Muse de Philly, a website for artists in the Philadelphia area. Artists can create profiles, upload their work and interact with other members.

Guest speaker Terrence Deacon, professor of Biological Anthropology and Neuroscience at the University of California at Berkeley, focused on his theory of the non-adaptative origins of language.

Penn Design Associate Dean for Administration Janet Kroll and Communications professor Barbie Zelizer have been appointed diversity officers in their respective schools. The Faculty Diversity Action Plan, announced this summer, requires each school to appoint an officer by the end of the academic year.

This is Penn’s first time competing in the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition which will be held in Indianapolis, IN this weekend. The team developed a biological system of mammalian cells that can interact “wirelessly.”

During his 50-year tenue, Henry Teune served as Political Science Department chairman, vice dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and taught two classes.

The screening of Traces of the Trade sparked spirited conversation on the subject of race. Houston Hall’s Bodek Lounge promptly filled up Tuesday afternoon with over 150 people — students, faculty and local residents alike — ready to discuss the issue of race.

A new Suffolk University poll reports that Huntsman, a Penn alumnus, may poll in the number three position in New Hampshire.

On the heels of Penn reporting an 18.6 percent endowment return for fiscal year 2011, which ended June 30, peer schools have announced similar numbers. Interactive: FY 2011 peer endowments

Republican Karen Brown, who is challenging incumbent Mayor Michael Nutter, is facing obstacles from party affiliations, the media and Nutter himself.

Thursday’s protest was sparked by Occupy Wall Street, a rally which began on Sept. 17 in New York’s financial center as a reaction against social and economic inequalities. Photo gallery: Occupy Philadelphia meeting

Communications professor Joseph Cappella and Computer and Information Science professor Michael Kearns received a $1 million grant Tuesday from the National Institutes of Health which they will use to evaluate anti-smoking messages.

A recent study published by sociology journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations found that the larger and more diverse a campus is, the less diverse most students’ group of friends is.

The DP’s weekly breakdown of crime in the Penn Patrol Zone, with an interactive map.

While the Admissions Office is “need-blind” for students from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, it “take[s] into consideration a family’s ability to pay” for international students, according Dean of Admissions Eric Furda.

The Penn Workplace Mentoring Program, which is sponsored by Penn Volunteers in Public Service at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, will bring 20 seventh graders to campus once a month and give them an inside look into the careers of Penn administrators.

All three people involved in the crash were transported to HUP and are in stable condition.

Penn’s Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia and Heterosexism, Allies and the LGBT Center welcomed Hudson Taylor and Ben Cohen to Houston Hall for “Ally Athletes in Action.”