On Wednesday, the Office of Nursing Research hosted a research colloquium on intellectual property with about 20 staff members and faculty. Jennifer Langenberger, director of Intellectual Property at the Center for Technology Transfer, discussed the importance of intellectual property and its pertinence to researchers in the Penn community.

Occupy Wall Street’s nationwide student loan refusal pledge proposes that debtors stop paying off loans when the petition reaches one million signatures. Some administrators oppose the plan, arguing students have a legal obligation to repay loans.

Even though Occupy Philadelphia’s physical protest has been disassembled, its participants say the movement is considering creating a national conference at Penn.

1965 Wharton graduate Ronald Lauder — son of Estée Lauder and heir to her multi-billion dollar cosmetic company — utilized a number of federal tax code loopholes to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes, according to a Nov. 26 article by David Kocieniewski.

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vince Price announced in a statement Tuesday that The Pew Charitable Trusts gave the University $2 million to support its Presidential Term Professorships program.

Fall classes in 2013 will begin Aug. 28, the earliest start date since 1974. New Student Orientation will begin Aug. 23. CALENDAR: Final changes to the 2013-2014 school year

This month, students involved with Greek life at Penn will have the opportunity to advocate for their fraternities and sororities in Washington, D.C.

Missy Stein, a volunteer for Komen, discussed the organization’s non-profit marketing and shared her personal survival story in a room filled with pink donuts and breast cancer pamphlets.

Recent complaints raised by a group of Master of Social Work students about their non-profit fieldwork placement have prompted debate among students and administrators in the School of Social Policy & Practice.

Preliminary hearings were held yesterday for the five members of the Penn community who were arrested in the Occupy Philadelphia protests on Nov. 30.

History professor Barbara Savage was presented the 2012 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion last week for ideas set forth in her book, Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion.

Stirring up controversy comes easily to Joe Nocera. The New York Times business columnist came to the Kelly Writers House last night to speak on his writing style, hardships and voice.

Six groups of students eagerly awaited an email on Friday to let them know if their ideas for a new residential program at Penn would come to fruition. WORD ON THE WALK: Residential programs

In March 2011, Wharton and College juniors Jonathon Youshaei and Mimoun Cadosch Delmar started Crowdquest — a Groupon-style service designed for the Penn community.

Last week, the Latino Coalition elected its new officials for the 2012 board. Wharton and College junior Angel Contrera will begin his second term as chair of the coalition, the umbrella organization that contains 25 Latino groups on campus.

As finals draw closer, the Undergraduate Assembly had academics on its mind at its last general body meeting of the semester Sunday night.

Penn President Amy Gutmann is among a growing number of university presidents whose salaries are greater than $1 million.