The conference started with a lesson on banking basics where high-school students learned the difference between savings accounts and checking accounts, how cash back works and the dangers of fraud.

Wharton and College senior Corey Metzman and 2009 College graduate Michael Poll were two of around 40 students who won the scholarship, which pays for two years of graduate studies in the United Kingdom. INTERACTIVE: Penn scholarship recipients over the years

Changes to the University’s alcohol policy were not presented at Sunday’s Undergraduate Assembly meeting as originally planned. A new policy will be presented to the UA on Dec. 4.

The Netter Center’s Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative — in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Bartram’s Garden and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation — is helping transform 3.5 acres of land into a farm and community garden.

Morris Hamburg died Nov. 14 of multiple strokes at age 89. He taught at Wharton for 46 years.

“We’re extremely disappointed. Penn put forward several stellar candidates,” Aaron Olson, assistant director for communications at the Center of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, wrote in an email.

PennVention is an annual competition, where students teams develop an entrepreneurial idea for a product or a service. The Idea Generation Workshop was created to allow students to network and learn about the innovation process in an interactive environment.

The Annual Pa’lante Thanksgiving Dinner, hosted yesterday in Bodek Lounge by the Delta chapter of La Unidad Latina — also known as Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity — celebrated its 22-year tradition. GALLERY: Pa’lante Thanksgiving 2011

While Penn made The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Top U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students” list this year for the first time since 2008, it lagged behind 16 other universities.

2006 Wharton and College graduate Fredrik Maroe has launched Evisors to foster conversation via phone and email between advice givers and advice seekers over a range of topics, including job opportunities.

The Diversity Action Plan — released in June — will devote $100 million over the next five years to hiring and retaining more diverse faculty members across 12 undergraduate and graduate schools.

The Penn Pakistan Society collaborated with power yoga instructor Kelly Seng in an event called “Yoga for Hope” to raise awareness about Pakistan’s second consecutive year of flooding. GALLERY: ‘Yoga for Hope’

Two recent Perelman School of Medicine studies look at how social media — particularly Twitter — can be used to help save lives and disseminate information relating to cardiac arrest.

Jewish Heritage Programs interns provided 1,400 students with free Shabbat dinner Friday — short of its goal of 2,000 — with the aim of sharing Jewish culture.

150 spectators entered a raffle to win dates with the contestants of their choice. The event was organized for a Wharton Management project, and the proceeds went to the Face to Face organization.

Nursing and Wharton senior Jeffrey Lee died of an apparent heart attack shortly after collapsing at the race’s finish line Sunday morning.

Penn Police have identified a suspect who entered 1920 Commons Tuesday night and — with the help of a gun — made off with cash, the Division of Public Safety confirmed. INTERACTIVE: History of the UPennAlert system