Kevin Sbraga, the winner of season seven of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” will open the Fat Ham on 31st and Walnut streets on Dec. 6. The menu will center around southern country cooking with a twist.

The Asian Pacific Student Coalition — the umbrella organization for Asian groups on campus — elected College junior Mithin Thomas last week as the new chair for 2014.

The Pennsylvania state government approved a plan that will give SEPTA $350 million per year for infrastructure improvements.

John Inglis dispelled misconceptions about the NSA and the impact of the media on characterizing the agency.

Researches calling for legalizing the sale and purchase of kidneys as a cost-saving method to dialysis.

Since the beginning of October, it already has over 500 users and about 100 postings.

ReThink Your Footprint, which focuses on general waste minimization, replaced Recyclemania.

The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships has, in the past, attributed Penn’s lack of Rhodes Scholars to the desire of the Rhodes Trust to find students from outside the Ivies.

Last Thursday, College sophomore Diana Cabrera was elected the new chair of the Latino Coalition – the umbrella organization for Latino groups on campus.

Proposals to develop a local transit hub that will increase connectivity may take up to 50 years to develop.

Ed Rendell, the Philadelphia mayor-turned-Pennsylvania governor, has pushed back in recent weeks on rumors that he may throw his name into the 2015 mayoral race, saying that his candidacy is a long shot at best.

A woman received non-life threatening injuries after a gun accidentally went off on the eastbound platform during rush hour.

Taskar moved to Philadelphia in 2007 to become a Penn professor in Computer and Information Science.

The discussion, held as part of the Penn Political Coalition’s Political Action Week 2013, focused on food access and availability not only in Philadelphia but also in urban areas around the country.

The program, which has been distributing free hot chocolate on Locust Walk, is hosting a fair in Houston Hall.

The night will focus heavily on alumni and their experiences with UMC and involvement in fighting for minority rights both past and present.

For students who were on campus when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago, the images from that day will be forever linked to their Penn experience.