Leadership Program’s New Name, and the Complications of Compromise
$10 million gift for McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton.
Rebirthing the Revolution
History prof Michael Zuckerman C’61 on rethinking the Revolution.
Take Ivy, Take Two
33 to 40 offers a “snapshot of Penn at a very specific moment”
Scoreboard
From Aug. 28 to Oct. 9
Elite Expectations for a Championship Squad
Basketball: women look to repeat as Ivy champs, men to contend.
The Optimistic Realist
“Realist optimist” Brandon Copeland W’13’s NFL run.
Perry World House
Penn unveils its ambitious global policy center—which, in the run-up to the US presidential election, has wasted no time hosting a Who’s Who in the realm of world affairs.
Legal Zoom-In
Law professor and alumna Regina Austin loves star-attorney Perry Mason, but the students in her year-long Visual Legal Advocacy seminar are learning to make their cases from behind the camera.
Unconventional
Photographer Arthur Drooker C’76 has trained his lens on American Ruins and Lost Worlds. His new collection, Conventional Wisdom, covers his strangest territory yet.
Hands On History
For the past three decades, the Raab family has been buying and selling rare documents. It’s a uniquely personal way of learning—and sharing—history.
Chasing Miracles
The author wanted to know why the stem-cell treatments that worked so well for her hobbled dog aren’t being used to put the spring back in humans’ steps. Researchers at Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine explained—and shared some of their own, measured, progress toward successful therapies.
The Return of Al Bagnoli
Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli returned to Franklin Field for the first time as a visitor — and was promptly handed a bad loss.
Uncovered Memorabilia
One alum saved and mounted several pieces of torn-down goalpost from Penn football's 1959 championship season, and is gifting his unique memento to the University 57 years later.
This Is Pitch
Dan Fogelman C'97 created two TV series that both debuted the same week in late September: 'This Is Us' (NBC) and 'Pitch' (Fox).
Dedication
Lorene Cary C’78 G’78 on a glorious day in the nation’s capital.
Fashion for Good
Breanna Moore C'15 is bringing Ghanaian fabrics to the US with her new fashion line, LaBré.
New College House
New College House opens.
A $2 Genetic Test for Zika
Penn researchers develop a $2 genetic test for Zika virus.
Fifty Shades of Grit
Q&A with Grit author and psych professor Angela Duckworth Gr’06.
Of Monsters and Ramen
Faculty couple Linda and Frank Chance share their love of Japan.
You Don’t Know Jack (Kerouac)
The long road to finding and translating Kerouac’s French writings.
Sex, Suicide, and Snapchat: Adolescent Health in the Digital Age
Parents wrong again: APPC study shows social media mostly OK for kids.
Greater Expectations
Starting over, in football and field hockey.
Method Inventor
With an innovation portfolio that ranges from medical devices to folding bicycles to social-impact enterprises to junk food, Wharton professor Karl Ulrich has every justification to bask in entrepreneurial mystique. Only that’s exactly what he sets out to demolish in the classroom.