The upcoming renovations to DuBois College House mark yet another step in Penn's college house makeover. In the past 10 years, about $325 million have been devoted to improving on-campus residences. Throughout the renovations, all college houses have received new security, sprinklers and fire alarms and laundry-facility upgrades, among other things, according to Business Services Executive Director Douglas Berger.

The Dean's Advisory Board believes Penn students can change the world, and is creating a new International Development minor to help. Last spring, the DAB conducted a survey on Locust Walk asking students about their academic experiences. Feedback showed significant interest in international development.

The first student diagnosed with meningococcal infection last Thursday was discharged from the hospital today, and the other two students are both doing well, according to Student Health Services officials. The second student has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit to another room in the hospital, and the third is expected to leave the ICU as soon as a bed in another ward becomes available, SHS director Evelyn Wiener said.

Do women and computers mix? Why are geeks usually seen as male? Last night, History and Sociology of Science professor Nathan Ensmenger posed these questions in a talk about women and computers at the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall. The problem: a lack of women pursuing computer science degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

When 2-year-old Zion saw Penn students encouraging a little girl to let them check her eyes with a large camera, he removed his thumb from his mouth and cried, "I want a turn." Zion and 20 students from his day care class at the West Philadelphia Community Center, located at 36th Street and Haverford Avenue, participated in vision screenings last Thursday morning as part of Focus First, a Penn community service initiative.

A Lambda Law protest of the national "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy last Thursday raised recurring questions of the presence of military recruiters and the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus. The protest was held to voice dissent against the policy and to show support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community while the Judge Advocate General Corps' military recruiters conducted interviews on campus.

Despite cold weather and dying 127 years ago, Charles Darwin was in a festive mood yesterday at the University Museum. Darwin's appearance was part of an "Evolutionary Teach-in" at the museum Sunday afternoon to celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday and his legacy of scientific thought and inquiry.

The three students who were hospitalized for meningococcal infections last week are now recovering, and the condition of two other students hospitalized with flu-like symptoms is not serious, University officials said yesterday. Student Health Services sent a Universitywide e-mail yesterday afternoon saying the two students were not critically ill and SHS could not confirm whether they have meningococcal infection.

In Houston Hall, a girl on a cell phone paced while consulting her mom about getting the preventative treatment for meningitis. This was a common sight Saturday morning, as over 3,000 students received the antibiotic supplied by University and City public health officials over the weekend, according to University spokeswoman Phyllis Holtzman.

A fraternity and sorority event was interrupted last weekend, when students at a meeting of Greek chapter presidents in the Philadelphia suburbs received citations for charges relating to underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses. The meeting was held at the Fellowship Farm camp in New Hanover, a small township in Montgomery County about an hour outside of the city.

Nicole Korczykowski, '01 Wharton and College alumna, is listed among those killed in the Continental Flight 3407 crash near Buffalo, N.Y., this past Thursday. The commuter airplane was carrying 49 people en route from Newark, N.J., to Buffalo. The plane crashed into a home in Clarence Center, N.

Legal Studies and Business Ethics professor Kevin Werbach has recently returned from his position as the co-leader of the Federal Communications Commission review in President Barack Obama's transition team. He sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss his role on the transition team.

The Penn Democrats and the Penn College Republicans broke bread and ate traditional Shabbat food together at the Lubavitch House last Friday evening. The gathering was part of the Lubavitch House's fifth-annual Unity Dinner and was co-sponsored by the Penn Democrats, the College Republicans and Penn Israel Coalition.

If you want to be that slick hipster who knows about the latest, the greatest and the coolest, then Thrillist may be for you. The men's lifestyle e-mail newsletter is set to launch its Philadelphia edition this month, aiming to give readers information about the best bars, restaurants, stores, gadgets and more in the area.

Feb. 16, 1:38 p.m. The three students hospitalized last week with meningococcal infection are continuing to show signs of improvement. According to a Student Health Services update this afternoon, all three students are listed as being in fair or good condition.

For Leandra Kern, a staff member at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Valentine's Day last year meant a ski trip to Vermont with her boyfriend. But the state of the economy this year has forced them to take their celebration down a notch. "We are doing dinner and a few presents this year, nothing big," said Kern.

To kick off this Valentine's Day weekend, Penn women - and a few men - sipped cocktails and nibbled pastries in support of breast cancer research. As part of Women's Week, the Chesed Committee of the Orthodox Community at Penn hosted an event called "Pink Dessert.