It's bedtime, and you're hungry. You know you shouldn't reach for that bag of chips, but you do anyway. Chances are, you just gave into a temptation. But for about 2 percent of the population, the snacking might be a symptom of "night-eating syndrome" that causes excessive post-dinner eating.

Researchers at the School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center will lead a nationwide trial of anti-cancer drug combinations in patients with advanced kidney cancer, according to a Penn Medicine press release. "This trial takes three proven drugs, and combines then into two drug combinations," Medicine Keith Flaherty said in a statement.

Before launching what would become an illustrious legal career, Gloria Allred graduated from Penn with "a diploma in one arm and a baby in the other." As a part of its Leadership Lunches series, Fox Leadership brought the renowned civil-rights attorney to the table in Leadership Hall yesterday for an intimate lunch and discussion of her career and education.

WILMINGTON, Del. - The murder trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya has been postponed until at least Monday due to an emergency in Judge James Vaughn's family. The cause of the emergency was not known, but Vaughn called a recess yesterday morning in the middle of the testimony of Sergey Dedov, Malinovskaya's boyfriend at the time of the death of Irina Zlotnikov, the then-girlfriend of Malinovskaya's ex-boyfriend, Robert Bondar.

Nutter's proposed stop-and-frisk policy may get a little pat-down search of its own. Philadelphia's City Council passed a resolution last week announcing its intent to look into the potential implementation of the controversial stop-and-frisk policing strategy.

The search process to find a permanent replacement for former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson, who abruptly resigned at the end of August, has taken its first steps.

It may seem like all Wharton students are starting their own companies before they graduate, but it turns out their community is not as large as it appears.

Anita Berrizbeitia, a professor at the Penn School of Design, won the Foundation for Landscape Studies 2007 J. B. Jackson Book Prize for her work, Roberto Burle Marx in Caracas: Parque del Este,1956-1961. The 120-page book, published by the University, looks at the garden designs of Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx.

One male student was written about for allegedly taping a video of himself having sex. In another university, a female keeps a public diary of her sexual escapades. And then there are the groups of students who find themselves in all sorts of trouble after plagiarizing or burning flags.

Weekly crime log with interactive map

In demolishing the old Hillel building to make way for the new Annenberg Public Policy Center, the University saved two stones, the cornerstone and dedication stone, from the demolished building as a way of celebrating its significance to Penn's Jewish community.

What two words come to mind when you think of MoFo? Doubtful your first thought was the prestigious San Francisco-based law firm Morrison & Foerster. But Morrison & Foerster has a video on its Web site that ends with the phrase, "If you have that kind of mojo, you'll fit right in at MoFo.

Though thrust into the limelight rather suddenly, Interim Dean of Admissions Eric Kaplan is no stranger to Penn's admissions office. Kaplan, a former undergraduate director of admissions at Penn, was picked for the position after former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson abruptly announced that he would leave the University effective immediately.

At the Undergraduate Assembly meeting Sunday night, board members discussed an array of initiatives designed to make campus life more convenient for the student body. They include the following: n The Facilities Committee presented its findings on current student recycling in an effort to raise awareness about the environment.

In an effort to target a population that school officials say has long failed to benefit from Penn's development, the University will start a program next month designed to give low-income Philadelphians skills to be successful in the trade industry. Earlier this year, Penn officials announced the start of the Lucien E.

A new scholarship from the Wharton School will enable one U.S. Marine Corps officer to attend a Wharton Executive Education course, business school officials announced at the end of last month. The scholarship, officially dubbed the Captain Robert M. Secher Scholarship, was created to honor Secher for his contributions to Wharton, including spearheading the Quantico Leadership Venture, which builds upon U.

Even with their recent initiatives to improve student life for students in all 12 graduate schools, GAPSA officials admit that it is a challenge to appeal to and affect such a large group.