The Penn International Business Volunteers will hold its annual international dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room of Claudia Cohen Hall.

The new test will identify eight potential warning signs in patients’ DNA and help doctors prescribe prevention strategies that tailor to each individual’s medical condition.

In honor of Black History Month, Houston Market began creating “soul food recipes.” They are inspired by Patrick Clark, a famous black chef.

Penn Solar, founded by Engineering and Wharton sophomore Viraj Kalyani, is a student group dedicated to creating a network for people on campus interested in the burgeoning solar-energy field.

The tenth annual Northeast Greek Leadership Association Conference last weekend provided three Penn students the opportunity to network with leaders in the Greek community from the region.

Penn for Specter says the senator’s switch from the Republican to Democratic party last April is a mark of courage, not cowardice.

Inspectors could not identify a probable cause for yesterday’s fire at the Zeta Beta Tau house. It was officially classified as “undetermined,” according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.

The circuit could be used in energy-saving devices and future technologies, potentially to power batteries in cell phones with energy from the sun and improve the efficiency of solar panels.

The donor, who is a member of the Libraries’ Board of Overseers, wished to remain anonymous because “the key point is that the gift is not about him, but about the libraries,” according to Director of Development and External Affairs for Penn Libraries Tina Cowan.

Kevin McMullin, who graduated in 2009, created his debut film Exit 117 with just $850 and his laptop.

The provocative exhibit aims to change the perception that when a woman is sexually assaulted she deserved it, asked for it or wanted it. Artist Charles Hall started the exhibit 16 years ago.

A recent Penn-led study identified a particularly toxic form of the protein Elk-1, which provides clues to the first link between Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

Ahmed Rashid, best-selling author of Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building, gave the 2009-2010 Rena and Angelius Anspach Lecture, presented by the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics.

On Sunday, College junior Ali Huberlie was elected the new chairwoman of the Student Activities Council.

University City District and Studio 34 — a yoga studio located at 4522 Baltimore Ave — collaborated to bring a free yoga class to the ULounge in Williams Hall Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Other events include theater performances and cheese sampling.

This month, School of Design students and faculty have gained recognition beyond the classroom in two different competitions — the 2010 Emerging New York Architects open ideas competition and Brazil’s International Design Competition.

Fresh faces will try to restore success to a program that has struggled recently