Fluharty Named Next SAS Dean
Q&A with new Arts & Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty.
Class of 2013 Gets Joe Biden
Joe Biden to speak at Commencement.
Not Blowing Smoke
New Health System policy: No smokers need apply.
The Revolution Has Not Been Personalized: Genomic Medicine at the Ten-Year Mark
Q&A | After 10 years, genetic medicine mostly a “desert.”
Breaking the Silence
Take Back the Night’s emotional kaleidoscope.
New Home for Economics and Political Science
$25 million for Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.
Pimp My Robot
New entrepreneurial twist: Y-Prize focuses on commercial applications.
Scrum Dreams
Penn’s underdog club rugby team has big dreams.
Postseason Surprises, Hoops and Sabre Edition
Post-season play for women’s basketball; champion fencer Michael Mills.
Scoreboard
From Feb. 11 to April 7
Throwback Thursday!
Penn Relays.
Big Finish, Fresh Start
Penn’s Making History campaign has exceeded expectations, raising $4.3 billion and “catapulting” the University “from excellence to eminence.”
Constructing a New Kahn
Louis Kahn had more or less completed his designs for Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park when he died in 1974. It finally opened last fall to glowing reviews—but it could easily have been a disaster. Or nothing.
The Nora Network
The Nora Magid Mentorship Prize has been giving former students of the legendary nonfiction-writing teacher an excuse to get together and swap war stories—and helping to launch a new generation of Penn students into careers in journalism.
MOOC U.
Does the rise of the “massive open online course” spell the end of the university as we know it?
Stopping the Clock?
Will the mainstreaming of egg freezing offer women more choice about when to have children—kind of like the Pill in reverse—or delude them with a false sense of security?
A Story-Winning Prize
CPCW award for innovation: start the (hand-cranked) presses!
The Sleep Whisperer
Q&A with David Dinges, who knows why you feel so tired.
Meeting King’s Call, with Song—and More
John Legend C’99 gives MLK Day keynote.
Getting to the Bottom of the Bag
Reusable bags may carry more than groceries.
Turmoil and Transformation: Du Bois House Turns 40
After 40 years, Du Bois House looks back and ahead.
Findings
Are you unusually sensitive to Brussels sprouts and hoppy ales?
Softball Finds a Steely Edge
High hopes for softball and women’s lacrosse.
Scoreboard
From Dec. 1 to Feb. 10