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 project consists of an estimated 20 city street lights and 40 pedestrian-scale lights, to be installed from 34th to 38th streets on Lancaster Avenue.

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

This year, three Penn students received the Thouron Award, which will fund their pursuit of a graduate degree at a United Kingdom university for up to two years.

Minority student groups worked together to convince Penn President Amy Gutmann to take a public stance on the Development, Relief, Education for Alien Minors Act.

Confusion over where students are counted in the census has lead to miscounts in the past, but Penn students and staff are doing their part to make Penn’s count as seamless as possible.

Although Columbia sophomore guard Chris Crockett now plays behind upperclassmen, in high school he was the key player on two teams.

Coach Mike McLaughlin will look for leadership from his seniors when W. Hoops heads to Cornell and Columbia tonight and Saturday, respectively. Both games will tip off at 7 p.m.

Since rejoining the Quakers, Amy Donovan has been testing her comedy act in the locker room in hopes of perfecting her routine for open mic nights.

While Penn won’t be sending any student athletes to Vancouver, freshman Evan Prochniak will be the sole representative for the Penn fencing program at this year’s Junior Olympics.

Although many may scoff at the idea that Penn (8-4, 2-0 Ivy) could take down No. 7 Cornell (5-4-1, 1-0), it remains to be seen what will happen once the two Ivies take the mat tomorrow at the Palestra

For the first time since 1998, Penn’s faithful will have the chance to see their team up against a ranked Ivy team.

I’m not saying don’t support medicinal marijuana, I’m just saying do so based on fact.

The Catcher in the Rye has a hold on us — adults included — even though it seems on the surface to be a book for and about teenagers.

Letters to the editor were sent in by alumni in response to two recent news articles.