For students new to Philadelphia, PennSavers — a weekly e-mail notification about Penn and Philadelphia cultural events — provides “a one-shot flavor” of the city.

On Monday, a new Philadelphia law that requires restaurants with over 15 locations to post calorie content on their menus took effect.

In an effort to promote higher education among West Philadelphia high schoolers, Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships matched adolescents with advisors Tuesday as part of Shadowing Day.

A group of about 50 protesters blocked off the junction outside the Federal Building. The rally was among a series of protests aross the country calling for a freeze on foreclosures.

What began with filling up to-go boxes in the dining halls and bringing them to homeless people has expanded into More than Pennies — a project dedicated to fighting hunger in Philadelphia.

Despite talk of fare hikes, SEPTA is still far from making any decisions.

Nine employees at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were fired Dec. 4 allegedly for refusing to be vaccinated against influenza.

A Penn Dental School initiative aims to provide 120 children with dental sealants by the end of March 2010.

Tuesday afternoon in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, experts spoke about the problem of homelessness in Philadelphia to a group of Master of Social Work students interning for the Homeless Health Initiative.

Terrell Crumpton, 20, and Diandre Rodinson, 21, were panelists at a discussion on the child welfare system, homelessness and poverty last night at the Civic House.

Administrators see Penn growing upwards in addition to outwards and are eager to avoid repeating the negative consequences of Penn's westward expansion during the 1960s.

The turning point for Penn’s relationship with its neighbors was the merger of existing programs into the Netter Center for Community Partnerships in 1992. Still, some tension endures.

With SEPTA back on track, students and commuters are returning to normalcy in their travels around the city.

The University's master plan for post-World War II expansion has been a source of historic tension with the surrounding community.

The strike of Transit Workers Union Local 234, SEPTA's largest union, has ended. Buses, subways and trolleys are expected to run Monday morning.

Wednesday night at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, the Queer Student Alliance hosted Tre Rios — the owner of nightclubs Woody’s Bar, Voyeur and Palmer Social Club — to speak about the life of managing clubs that are “open to all lifestyles.”

Wawa Product Development Director Lynn Hochberg spoke at Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Wednesday as part of the Weiss Tech House’s Innovation Week.