Life Behind the ‘Wicked’ Stage
Jonah Platt C'08, now starring in 'Wicked,' pulls back the Broadway curtain.
‘Heck Of A Ride’
Ray Priore completes magical first year as Penn's head football coach with improbable Ivy League championship.
Your Handy Homecoming Athletics Guide
Previewing a busy Homecoming sports slate at Penn, including a field hockey title game, a football showdown and a soccer doubleheader.
Peeling Back the Vines
An exhibit at the Penn Library is painting a fuller picture of 'Madeline' author Ludwig Bemelmans.
Shooting Star Over Flushing
Brief fame, tragic fate: Penn baseball legend Grover Powell W’66.
Sexual Misconduct on Campus
Campus sexual-misconduct survey “confirms our deepest concerns.”
Exotic Pet Medicine
At Penn Vet, pet care goes way beyond cats and dogs.
Strangers Upon a New Shore
Convocation advice: “Embrace confusion.”
The Lost Art of Letterhead
The golden age of letterhead at the Penn Museum.
Beyond ‘Distrust and Verify’
Heard on Campus: Panel weighs in on Iran “After the Deal.”
China Center Celebration
At China Center dedication, Ben on the Bench, Silfen Forum, and more.
Century of the Sphinx
A big book on the Penn Museum’s “Colossal Sphinx.”
Sleeper Squad
Men’s basketball Coach Steve Donahue; Franklin Field renovations.
Scoreboard
From Aug. 30 to Oct. 4
Pulling Weeds
David Casarett used to just say No when his hospice and palliative-care patients asked about using medical marijuana as a treatment or to relieve their symptoms. After researching and writing his new book, Stoned, his answer is “a lot more nuanced.”
Passion Projects
Paul Downs EAS’85 and Jacob Lief C’99 have each had just one job since graduating from Penn—the former as the owner of Paul Downs Cabinetmakers and the latter heading up the nonprofit Ubuntu Education Fund. While their ventures are very different, these two alumni share an extraordinary degree of persistence and a rare candor.
The Roundabout Way
Todd Haimes has the career he dreamed about and sits at the top of his field. When can he stop worrying?
The Gift
When a Penn-CHOP team performed the world’s first double hand transplant on a child last summer, the landmark operation generated headlines around the world and young Zion Harvey became a YouTube star. But there’s a lot more to the story.
Building Blocks
A talk with the authors of Becoming Penn, which traces the University’s development over the tumultuous half-century from the Cold War to the Millennium.
‘Special Player’ Enjoying Record-Breaking Season
Sophomore phenom Alexa Hoover has the Penn field hockey team flying high.
Arts and Culture: Homecoming Edition
Previewing some of the arts and culture events coming up this year.
Streak Busters
First-year head coach Ray Priore guides the Penn football team to the program's first win over Villanova in 104 years -- and then dances in the locker room.
“Naked Knotted Neurons”: Penn Theatre Arts at the Edinburgh Fringe
A group of theatre arts students and their professor brought two shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last month.
A Penn Quaker For Life
The Penn men's soccer team has a new secret weapon for the upcoming season — a 7-year-old named Tanner Falato.