One pair of brothers grew up in the prototypical basketball environment. The other rarely even encountered the sport in their home country. Yet both the Cartwrights and Joks found their callings in basketball, which has carried them to unforeseen heights.

Jerome Allen’s story is one of humility, immense success and the willingness to adopt the best qualities of those around you.

It hasn’t been easy being a fan of Penn men’s basketball over the last few years, considering that Red and Blue supporters used to take NCAA tournament trips for granted. As rough as it has been, though, imagine the last few seasons without Zack Rosen.

College basketball coaches learn of potential recruits from a variety outlets, but the gym custodian isn’t usually one of them.

Thursday night, members from the Dining Philosophers Computer Science interest group and Wharton Entrepreneurship Club held their first “HackerTrails” class, an entirely student-run series designed to help students learn the basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript and other computer fundamentals.

Despite glitches in course listings which led the student-run website — which lists professor and course ratings — to be suspended last week, Penn Course Review was up and running on Tuesday.

While protesters continued the efforts of the Occupy Philadelphia movement at City Hall, a panel of four addressed approximately 60 students Thursday night in the ARCH building to discuss one of the leading sources of national debate — urban poverty.

Forty years ago, Penn took part in one of college soccer’s greatest games when it knocked off two-time defending Ivy champion Harvard, 5-2.

This season, the Quakers aim to pick up where they left off in March, and that quest begins Sunday at the Palestra against St. Francis, which the Red and Blue have never lost to in five matchups.

It may be the penultimate game of the 2011 campaign, but this Saturday’s contest at Harvard is definitely the culmination of the Ivy League season for the Penn football team. LIVEBLOG: Penn football vs. Harvard

Two of the nation’s friendliest-sounding mascots will face off as the Quakers visit the Retrievers of Maryland-Baltimore County. THE BUZZ: Position-by-position breakdownSEASON COUNTDOWN: Fans’ favorite Penn basketball memories VIDEO: This Week on 33rd Street

The Kinn twins, Penn sophomores Austin and Tyler, have always done everything together.

While Pennsylvania State University is more than 150 miles away from Philadelphia, its Board of Trustees’ decision to fire football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier has resonated here at Penn.

Call me a verbal masochist if you will, but I request that you please keep criticizing me. Embracing criticism can be more motivating than avoiding it.

Penn received 4,510 early-decision applications this fall, a 1.3-percent decrease from last year’s total of 4,571 applications. INTERACTIVE: Early applications to Penn 2006-2012

With World AIDS Day approaching, President Barack Obama must commit to AIDS prevention and treatment.

The re-election of Philadelphia Mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter means another four years of positive relationships between Penn the city, administrators and students agree.