Just in time for Parents’ Weekend, the Office of Career Services released preliminary data from its Career Plans survey of the Class of 2011. INTERACTIVE: Preliminary career plans survey results

Ghana Penn Alliance aims to “see what Ghanaian children in Tamatoku can achieve if provided comparable resources to children in more developed countries by sustained commitment between Penn and the people of Tamatoku.”

Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP, and Mike Tannenbaum, general manager and co-executive vice president of the New York Jets, spoke at the Wharton Leadership Lecture series Thursday.

Biotech company Genentech is suing Penn for patent fraud on a cancer treatment that both entities believe to be theirs.

Despite University City’s thriving cosmopolitan image, three restaurant vacancies continue to haunt Penn’s campus — Marathon Grill, La Terrasse and Philly Diner.

Graduates and undergraduates packed a Huntsman Hall classroom Thursday night to soak in the advice of two former Penn students, Joseph Cohen and David Tisch.

Every year, around 300 students at Penn are identified with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Student Disabilities Services. But Disability Services Director Susan Shapiro suspects many more students suffer from the mental disorder.

Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis addressed nursing students, faculty and administrators on Thursday afternoon.

Upon returning from Thanksgiving break, students will find construction on Locust Walk complete.

Thirty-six students in grades one through six from Comegys Elementary School were at ZBT’s chapter house for an hour of Halloween-themed activities.

Penn Hillel, along with other student organizations, raised nearly $2,000 for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The funds were raised through an event hosting comedian and television personality Evan Wecksell.

Right on the heels of Occupy Philadelphia protesters rallying at Huntsman Hall, a conference on critical theory is coming to Penn.

Starting Friday, students were no longer charged the $5 hourly fee to play recreational tennis at Penn Park’s outdoor Hamlin Tennis Courts. Following complaints from students, the Undergraduate Assembly worked with Penn Athletics and the Office of the President to remove the charges.

Wednesday, Assistant Sociology professor David Gibson spoke about tapes of John Kennedy in the first of three installments of the Lightbulb Café held at the Penn Museum. The series allows the community to ask questions of experts in an informal setting.

A Penn laboratory has successfully programmed the PR2 robot to scoop poop. “We wanted to do something difficult but utterly pedestrian, something that people could relate to,” third year Computer Science doctoral student Anthony Cowley said.

Flood waters that have been rising in Bangkok, Thailand, since July have displaced family members of Penn students. The Thai student association PennThai has been fundraising to aid those affected.

Consul General of the Republic of Korea in New York Young-mok Kim paid a visit to Penn yesterday for an event hosted by the newly endowed James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies.