Despite glitches in course listings which led the student-run website — which lists professor and course ratings — to be suspended last week, Penn Course Review was up and running on Tuesday.

While protesters continued the efforts of the Occupy Philadelphia movement at City Hall, a panel of four addressed approximately 60 students Thursday night in the ARCH building to discuss one of the leading sources of national debate — urban poverty.

While Pennsylvania State University is more than 150 miles away from Philadelphia, its Board of Trustees’ decision to fire football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier has resonated here at Penn.

Penn received 4,510 early-decision applications this fall, a 1.3-percent decrease from last year’s total of 4,571 applications. INTERACTIVE: Early applications to Penn 2006-2012

The re-election of Philadelphia Mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter means another four years of positive relationships between Penn the city, administrators and students agree.

From last fall to this spring, the Nursing School collaborated with local Sayre High School and Bernett Johnson Sayre Health Center to implement a dancing program — Dance for Health — for children ages 4 to 12.

Last week, some students were unexpectedly unable to vote in Hillel elections as a result of a change in voting eligibility.

Occupy Philadelphia is intent on staying put in front of City Hall through the winter — meaning that the protest movement is going to have to find a way to combat the falling temperatures.

Provost Vince Price is currently in the process of making a final decision on adopting an academic calendar proposal that would require the 2013-14 school year to begin earlier than it has in decades.

On Thursday, United States District Judge Ronald Buckwalter resentenced former Pennsylvania State Sen. Vince Fumo to 61 months in prison — an increase of six months from his previous sentence, well below what prosecutors were hoping for. TIMELINE: Fumo case

Anthropology professor Janet Monge spoke to a crowd of 150 Wednesday night at the Penn Museum. Monge discussed Samuel Morton’s large collection of skulls.

Falling Whistles, an advocacy group, spoke about conflict in the Congo in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Wednesday night. Group member Yves Muya escaped the conflict with his family at a young age

1984 Wharton MBA recipient and former state senator Vince Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in prison in 2009. Thursday, he faces a possible quadrupling of his sentence. INTERACTIVE: The Fumo case

A study from Ohio State and Michigan-Dearborn universities has found that college freshmen do not gain 15 pounds. On average, women gain 3.1 pounds and men 3.5 pounds their first year of college.

Ezekiel Emanuel, brother Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, is a Penn Integrated Knowledge professor at Penn. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Emanuel to discuss his time so far at Penn.

College sophomore Dan Shipper wants to create as many apps as he can this year. So far, he has released 12 apps with varying levels of success.

Attempts to trademark catchphrases from the Occupy movement have sparked unlikely controversy between protesters and those attempting to profit from their cause. TOPICS: Occupy movement