CHORDS - an initiative to support faith- and community-based groups in Philadelphia - is being revamped in a project led by University Associate Chaplain and CHORDS director Stephen Kocher.

In any event, the Athletic Department is still looking for ways to combat an unfavorable economic climate and stimulate more student interest in football, men’s basketball and the other 29 varsity teams, according to senior associate director of athletics Alanna Shanahan.

The University has myriad preventive measures planned, but not panicking is key.

Assault Sept. 17 — A man unaffiliated with the University, 46, reported at about 7:30 p.m. that several unknown suspects approached him and one suspect struck him in the face in a parking garage located at 40th and Walnut streets.

The Provost’s Office and the Trustees Council of Penn Women have established an award to recognize community members for efforts that help female faculty advance in the workplace.

In a cozy room decorated with stuffed animals and “Got Consent?” pins, female students gathered to learn more about resources and opportunities for women on Penn’s campus.

While most students are in class on Tuesday afternoons, College senior Christine Nieves is busy hosting her own show on Telemundo.

The online magazine hercampus.com, which launched last week, was created by three Harvard University undergraduates after they won Harvard’s business plan competition and funding for the site.

Penn’s alumni fundraising has not been significantly hurt by the economy, according to administrators.

Richard Andersen may have discovered a new technology to help patients with spinal cord injuries manipulate outside objects without using their limbs.

About a month ago, Bon Appetit Management Company planted a hydroponic garden — which grows plants by infusing nutrients in water, rather than using soil — in 1920 Commons.

The Admissions office has changed the essays on the Penn supplement to the Common Application, eliminating one of the previously required questions and revising another.

For the past two years, Columbia failed to tally a single road victory. To snap that streak, however, they only had to travel to nearby Fordham — a mere 20-minute ride.

After a year-long injury in 2008, Dartmouth men’s soccer player Daniel Keat proved he is ready to be back on the pitch.

The PLAAY (Preventing Long-Term Anger and Aggression in Youth) program has helped students at a West Philadelphia discipline school and other community agencies throughout the city practice settling disputes nonviolently in the context of basketball games.

College senior Collin Williams’ father used to cut his hair. And when Williams was 15, his father passed the scissors to the next generation — literally.

The Quakers are slated to play the Wildcats for at least two more years (the schools signed an eight-year contract before the 2004 season). And that should be the end of it