By withholding the university’s imprimatur from BDS and its boycotts, President Gutmann reflects the Penn community’s strong and long-established ties with Israel.

Facetime or not, I still have a strong desire to keep learning. I want to continue the intellectual conversations that have started in the classroom.

This morning, the Philadelphia municipal court closed the cases related College junior Moshe Bitterman and College sophomore Emma Johnson’s arrests at Occupy Philadelphia on Nov. 30.

The New Hampshire Republican primary unfolded as expected on Tuesday night, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney coming in first, garnering 39.3 percent of the vote.

Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar will be moving into the vacant spot previously held by Marathon Grill and MarBar, which closed last May. The new restaurant, set to open in June, will feature an upscale-casual environment with a wine bar on the second level.

When stepping onto the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library today, one might feel as if it were the lobby of a modern hotel, rather than the home of more than 350,000 rare books. Near the end of 2011, construction crews completed the first phase of renovations for the Rare Book and Manuscript Library on the sixth floor of Van Pelt.

Even before its arrival on campus, the national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference — to be held at Penn in February — is generating heated debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Penn ultimately suffered a 68-57 Big Five loss to La Salle last night.

Although the Quakers cut their opponent’s lead down to five after some clutch offensive rebounds late in the second half, it was too little and too late for the Red and Blue. Penn ultimately suffered a 68-57 Big 5 loss to La Salle.

Penn’s cancer research institute is suing their former scientific director for $1 billion on charges of stealing intellectual property.

Admissions officers in the Ivy League watched as many universities, including Penn, saw some slowing in their previously nosediving early admission rates, as both Harvard and Princeton universities reinstated early action programs for the first time since 2006.

Crime log for the week of Dec. 30 – Jan. 5

Last Friday, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that 45 elementary schools and four high schools in the region will close for the 2012-13 school year.

A student-created website that is increasingly rivaling Blackboard in the classroom has received a $5 million investment for its future operations.

Maintenance crews have been working since Wednesday night to contain flooding in Harrison College House. STUDENT-SUBMITTED VIDEO: Flooding at Harrison College House

Penn lost to No. 7 Duke, 85-55, on New Year’s Day in a game that they were never really in.

After beating UNC-Greesnboro on Thursday, Penn falls to San Diego State and loses Jess Knapp to injury.