The snow days on Wednesday and Thursday were the first back-to-back University closings since 1994. Previously, the most recent snow-related University closing was in February 2003.

On Thursday night, best-selling author and renowned feminist Rebecca Walker give the Women’s Week 2010 keynote address in the packed rooftop lounge of Harnwell College House.

Arabic is spoken by over 300 million people in the world — including the members of Penn’s newest language club.

Jennifer Higdon won the Grammy for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for her Percussion Concerto, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Penn’s V-Day Campaign will host its 10th-annual production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues at 8 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 12 in Irvine Auditorium, as part of an effort to break the silence surrounding sexual violence against women.

The event, named “Hoops for Haiti,” will feature a three-on-three co-ed basketball tournament at Hutchinson Gymnasium throughout the day and will conclude with a happy hour at the Blockley Pourhouse, where various items will be raffled off.

The all-women team won first place in the undergraduate division of the 2010 Marketing Summit at the Wake Forest University School of Business.

Penn did not hold classes on Wed., Feb. 10, due to snow. This is the first time the University has shut down because of weather since Feb. 2003.

The University will suspend operations due to snow for the second day in a row, according to Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, marking the first consecutive snow days since 1994.

A year without a Lunar New Year celebration at Penn would have been “like not having Christmas,” according to College of Liberal and Professional Studies student Thang Thai.

Friday marks the 13th annual Freedom to Marry Day — a holiday that promotes the right of people to marry whomever they want, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

Douglas Sheppard, a native of Rutherford, N.J., received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and would have graduated from Wharton this year.

The University will not hold classes on Wed., Feb. 10 due to snow, according to Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, but “essential personnel” are required to report to campus as scheduled.

As part of Women’s Week, Ya’lla, Sigma Psi Zeta and Women in Leadership Series are hosting a Belly Dancing workshop on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Penn Women’s Center.

Meetings take place every Friday at the Women’s Center and are discussion-based.

Women’s week got underway Monday night at the Women’s Week Kick-off Coffeehouse, in Houston Hall, hosted by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women and the Panhellenic Council. The Coffeehouse featured a variety of speakers and performers, as well as coffee, tea and pasteries.

The five-day Scrape Bucket Challenge will measure the amount of food that is thrown out in campus dinning halls