The possibility of closure for some Catholic schools in Philadelphia has provoked reactions from Penn’s religious community.

Several student groups, as well as alumni, have been engaging in activism and discussion in anticipation of the national Boycott, Divest and Sanction Conference that will be hosted by PennBDS in early February.

Mitt Romney’s seemingly inevitable path to the Republican nomination for president became less certain yesterday, as Rick Perry dropped out of the race and endorsed Newt Gingrich.

The Office of the Provost selected the new theme for the 2012-13 academic year — the Year of Proof — which will “examine just what the nature of proof is.”

This week, the Pan-Asian American Community House narrowed down its search for a new director to four candidates. Students have taken an active role in the search to replace former director June Chu, who left in September to take on the post of assistant dean of undergraduate students at Dartmouth College.

Floating above the Earth’s atmosphere — 120,000 feet above ground — the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope, or BLAST, takes measurements of the stars and our universe. It now resides in the newly-completed High Bay BLAST laboratory located at 31st and Walnut streets.

With less than a year to go and $3.64 billion raised to date, Penn is in the final stretch of “making history.” However, while the Making History fundraising campaign reached its overall goal of $3.5 billion in September — over a year ahead of its scheduled close this December — many of its core goals and priorities have not yet been met.

Last week, 14 Penn students attended the White House Asian-American and Pacific Islanders Youth Leadership Briefing, which involved about 200 high-school and college students from across the nation.

Penn’s first Speakeasy of 2012 started off with a full house and wacky raffle prizes like a black porcelain unicorn and “the soundtrack to Friends on a real CD.”

Advocates for Great Elementary Education was founded in the spring of 2011 to protest an enrollment cap at the Penn Alexander School on 42nd and Spruce streets that was put in place due to overcrowding.

Two Wharton School professors have detailed a set of threats to the future prosperity of the global economy in the 2012 Global Risks Report.

The event was hosted by Latitudes Reading Group, a Penn graduate student organization that hosts several speaker events on race and other sociological issues every semester.

In 2010, the month of December had four cited retail thefts, while 2011 had 15.

The building, which PLCB leased from a landlord, was “no longer a good option to have a store.”

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Both OccupyPenn and Occupy Philadelphia claim that they will maintain their momentum through the winter months.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda believes there may be more to the numbers than meets the eye.