To the surprise of many in the medical community, patients with both liver disease and a certain kind of liver cancer are eight times less likely to die than those who just suffer from the disease.

The Admissions Office waitlisted 2,017 students this admissions cycle, continuing a trend of shrinking the waitlist over the past few years. Penn waitlisted 2,400 students last year and more than 3,500 students three years ago.

Last week, College junior Adrienne Edwards was elected the new chair of the Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women — the umbrella group for women’s groups on campus.

Relay for Life, an all-night event to help raise awareness and funds for cancer research through the American Cancer Society, held its ninth annual event at Penn Saturday night on Franklin Field.

Graduate students from nine Penn schools skirmished for the grand prize of $10,000 to further their proposed public policy change in Philadelphia this Sunday. Out of the five semifinalists, the group Closing Schools, Opening Opportunities won the grand prize.

MERT members have been preparing themselves with training specific to ecstasy overdoses and sexual assault prior to Spring Fling. This year’s concert featuring electronic dance music is suspected to cause a rise in use of ecstasy.

Greenfest, held Friday on the College Green, marked the official kick-off event for the second annual Green Week. Green Week will run until April 5 as different students groups seek to raise awareness of sustainability within the Penn community.

The Inn at Penn hosted the Dzine2Show annual spring fashion show as the sixth anniversary of Penn Fashion Week came to a glamorous close last Friday. The event showcased student and professional designs. GALLERY: Dzine2Show Fashion Show

The Penn Course Review site, which has been in beta testing since advanced registration last semester, has been positively received by students searching for classes during the advanced registration period.

On Sunday morning, foodies and writers spilled out from the crowded House’s Arts Café for the Penn Food Summit, the first ever formal gathering of college food magazines and gastronomy club leaders across the east coast.

The Leaders in Education Advocacy and Reform Network held an all-day conference Saturday at the Penn Law School. The conference, “Bridging Sectors to Rebuild Education,” brought together professionals from different aspects of education and cities across the nation to discuss improving American education.

From soccer-playing robots to a space-detecting system, faculty and students alike are increasingly using their skills for the creation of machines that look to innovate the world of transportation.

Natives at Penn — a group that aims to celebrate Native American heritage and to increase visibility and awareness of native cultures on campus — hosted their third annual powwow at Wynn Commons Saturday afternoon. VIDEO: Natives at Penn PowwowGALLERY: Natives at Penn Powwow

Bernick, along with Abe Sutton, the new UA Vice President, were elected Friday night. Overall voter turnout this election cycle was 41 percent this year, a 3 percent decrease from last year. INTERACTIVE: UA and Class Board Election Results

The Undergraduate Assembly will not vote on a resolution supporting changes to Penn’s alcohol policy on Sunday, UA President and Engineering and Wharton senior Tyler Ernst announced Friday.

Philadelphia resident Khalid Moffitt, 37, rose from being a prisoner and gunshot victim to an author, poet and activist. The Philadelphia NAACP branch board member spoke at Thursday night’s candlelight vigil for Trayvon Martin in Center City.

The Ivy League saw mixed results in this year’s application cycle. INTERACTIVE: Ivy League Application Stats INTERACTIVE: Penn Admission Rates Over Time VIDEO: Your Admissions Memories LAST YEAR: Penn admissions drops to 12.3 percent