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High Price, Low Price, Your Price, My Price

22 Oct 2026
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Consumer advocate Lindsay Owens C’06 is leading the charge to protect Americans from the depredations of “surveillance pricing.” Wharton marketing professor Z. John Zhang thinks a ban would hurt the very people it means to help. Fresh off testifying at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the issue, the alumna and professor go toe-to-toe debating what Congress should do next.
Within Our Bodies: A Third Waterway

22 Oct 2026
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The discovery of a circulatory system called the interstitium that operates “in between” the lymphatic and cardiovascular systems has profound implications for the diagnosis and treatment of many conditions—and may forge new links between Western, Eastern, and other traditional medicines.
Present at the Creation

22 Oct 2026
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Creation Entertainment cofounder and CEO Gary Berman W’77 went where no one had gone before in the expanding universe of pop culture fan conventions.
Don’t Only Connect—Get Situated and Practice Agency

25 Aug 2026
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In new books, Penn psychologists offer their prescriptions for friendship and achievement and trace the impact of a can-do mindset on human history.
A Haven at Hillel

25 Aug 2026
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For more than 100 years, Penn Hillel has served varying functions with a wide range of offerings—but has always been a spiritual home for the University’s Jewish students. At no point in its history has its mission been more vital.
Play Maker

25 Aug 2026
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The cofounder of New York Stage & Film—which has helped launch Hamilton, Hadestown, and hundreds of other projects since 1985—is tackling another medium right now: TV. With her new MGM+ show enjoying glowing reviews, yet still on the bubble for a second season, Leslie Urdang C’76 reflects on the high points of her 40-year career as a theatre and film producer—and the challenges of making stuff in 2026.
City Limits

19 Jun 2026
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JJ Tiziou has been walking around the city of Philadelphia for a decade. Now he wants everybody else to join him.
LDI and American Healthcare

19 Jun 2026
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The interdisciplinary experts at Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics have seen a lot since LDI was created after the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, but nothing quite like the challenges roiling the US healthcare system now.