‘Coding Is Something Everyone Can Do’
FemmeHacks, Penn’s all-women hackathon, opens new doors in a welcoming environment.
Peter Whinnery Is Packing Up Shop
After 36 years, tech advisor Peter Whinnery is bowing out.
Amazing Scientific Finding! (Wanna Bet?)
Taking bets on research replicability pays off.
To Infinity and Beyond
Digital Media Design program turns 20.
Engineered Spinal Discs
Penn team implants engineered spinal discs in goats.
Resiliency by Design
New PennDesign program launches with roundtable on resilience.
Rhodes Scholars
Rhodes scholars Anea Moore and Adamseged Abebe.
Five Yard Solution
Kickoff rule change cut concussions.
New Libraries Director Constantia Constantinou
Constantia Constantinou is Penn’s new libraries director.
Taking Care
Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé GM’01.
Olde Pharma
Antique labels offer insights into “Olde Pharma.”
Penn Launches Biotech Fund
$50 million fund will jumpstart local biotech-companies.
“We’re the Stewards of This Wonderful Collection”
Mark Kocent C’82 GCP’91 GFA’91 named University architect.
$25 Million for Entrepreneurship Center
$25 million for entrepreneurship center Tangen Hall.
Expecting the Unexpected (a How-To Guide)
Kunreuther and Useem on coping with disruption.
Scoreboard
From Oct. 4 to Dec. 5
Penn and Slavery
New studies detail how Penn benefited from slavery.
Online Undergraduates
LPS online bachelor’s degree is first in the Ivy League.
No Politics Is Local
Dan Hopkins on The Increasingly United States.
Beyond Labor: A Missing Piece in the Immigration Debate
Wharton study: immigrants boost investment and entrepreneurship.
Competing Visions of the Global Order
“Competing Visions of the Global Order” at Perry World House.
Making Destiny Together
Class of 2022 is one in a thousand.
School of Social Policy and Practice Names New Dean
New SP2 dean: Sara “Sally” Bachman.
The Electoral Road to Autocracy
“Democracies don’t die like they used to.”