After taking first place last weekend at the Kenyon Invitational, Penn women's swimming will face Columbia at Sheerr Pool this Friday at 4 p.m.

Sharon Ravitch, a Penn Graduate School of Education lecturer, has been named senior advisor to the Haitian Ministry of Education.

Wharton senior Christian Lunoe had his first court appearance rescheduled from Tuesday to Dec. 21, according to Corinne Sliker, the Municipal Court administrator for the Township of Princeton, N.J.

At the closing event for the “Undressing Race” art exhibition, which opened Nov. 14, a panel of three scholars addressed an audience of about 15 on the topic of “Painting over Racial Injustice.”

Instead of studying organic chemistry to become a doctor, applicants to Mount Sinai School of Medicine are allowed to study subjects in the humanities.

The team took second place last month in the Multi Autonomous Ground-Robotic International Challenge (MAGIC) in Australia, winning a $250,000 research prize.

At about 4 p.m. Wednesday, a male was apprehended for indecent exposure outside Pottruck Gym. This is the second case of public indecency reported in the last week.

Though students at Columbia University were advised to think twice before tweeting “#WikiLeaks,” Penn students have received no similar warning.

The collaboration between city, private, non-profit and residential groups plans to add 500 acres of green space to Philadelphia’s landscape by 2015.

Established in 2009, the Green Fund — Penn’s energy-reduction fund — has greenlit seven innovative sustainability projects for next semester.

While the debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights continues at the national level, one Penn student is pushing for LBGT equality locally.

Corinne Rich is the first female chairperson of the Lambda Alliance. She sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss her plans for the coming year.

We encourage members of the Penn community to attend “Breaking the Taboo Silence: A Discussion on Black Homophobia,” which sheds light on a deserving issue.

The Quakers again had difficulty creating quality shots for most of the game and fell to St. Joseph’s, 60-45, for the 35th time in 36 tries all-time.

There need to be more avenues of communication between professors, TAs and students about the (often shoddy) quality of teaching in introductory lectures.

Bring on your pat-downs, Transportation Security Administration agents. I’d rather let an agent get to second base with me than let a terrorist get a bomb on my plane.

Penn ended the 2010 campaign tied atop the Ivy League with a 12-2 record (17-10 overall) and a second straight Ivy title. Ultimately, the season was another successful one for the Quakers.