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Features

  • And the Band Played On

    19 Dec 2022
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    For 125 years, the Penn Band has been an omnipresent and energetic presence at sporting events, campus ceremonies, and whenever “Penn is out and about in the community.”
  • The Outsider’s Insider

    19 Dec 2022
    1
    If there is a crisis (and there have been a few lately), Andy Slavitt C’88 W’88 knows which expert to bring “in the bubble.” When he’s not taping his award-winning podcast, the former insurance executive and federal administrator has a day job:funding innovation in healthcare for those who need help the most. “I have one thing I care about,” he says. “Making this country better for the people who have been ignored for too long.”
  • Homecoming 2022

    19 Dec 2022
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    Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
  • Drawing Down the Lightning, Making the Moment

    07 Nov 2022
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    On her inauguration day as the University’s ninth president, Liz Magill shared a vision of even greater impact and influence for Penn’s next chapter, picnicked on Shoemaker Green with members of the Penn community and some favorite musicians, and hosted a wide-ranging conversation with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan at a critical time for the institution.
  • Obstacle Course

    07 Nov 2022
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    The Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy aims to turn varsity athletes into lifelong masters of team dynamics. Among the obstacles? Snowplow parenting, youth sports, self-reinforcing gender stereotypes, and the culture of leader-worship itself. Oh, and possibly a rattlesnake or a freak mudslide.
  • House of Resiliency

    07 Nov 2022
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    Opened in 1972 as a safe haven and a hub for Black students, Du Bois College House has overcome turmoil and undergone evolution over the last half century. Now, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, what will the next 50 years look like for the small dormitory with big ambitions?
  • Liz Magill Is Listening (in a Good Way)

    25 Aug 2022
    1
    Penn’s new president says growing up in Fargo, North Dakota, is the most memorable thing about her, but former colleagues and University leaders would rather talk about her warmth, attention to others and their ideas, and ability to bring groups together for a common goal (though the Midwestern thing is interesting, too, and perhaps related).
  • Getting it Right(er)

    25 Aug 2022
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    PIK Professors Philip Tetlock and Barbara Mellers have figured out a better way to predict the future. Open minds welcome. Experts, not so much.

Gazetteer

  • Franklin’s World

    19 Dec 2022
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    Zeke Emanuel finds more to say on Benjamin Franklin in online course.
  • 25 Years of 10 Lives

    19 Dec 2022
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    Feline kidney transplant program marks 25 years.
  • Homecoming Football, On Delay

    19 Dec 2022
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    Fossil Free Penn interrupts Homecoming football game at halftime.
  • “No Place for Unruly Women”

    19 Dec 2022
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    Drew Faust Gr’75 on the Penn women who “led the charge and led the change.”
  • Donate or Unsubscribe?

    19 Dec 2022
    0
    Get money out of politics! (Small dollar edition.)
  • Remembering Rainey

    19 Dec 2022
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    “Fro” Rainey and the “military-industrial-academic complex.”
  • Night Fever

    07 Nov 2022
    0
    DJ “Michael the Lion” (also a researcher and lecturer in the Weitzman School of Design) is a big believer in the nighttime economy.
  • Annenberg Addition

    07 Nov 2022
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    New Weitzman Theatre will adjoin Annenberg Center.
  • Protests and Disagreements

    07 Nov 2022
    0
    With a pause for protests, Magill welcomes the Class of 2026.
  • Extreme Avoidance

    07 Nov 2022
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    A future of abundant, affordable, sustainable energy is achievable—if politics doesn’t stand in the way.
  • Combatting Abortion Stigma

    04 Nov 2022
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    A call to remove abortion “stigma” in post-Roe America.
  • James Husson to Head Development and Alumni Relations

    04 Nov 2022
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    New leadership in DAR, public safety, and treasurer’s office.

Alumni News

  • Global Quakers

    19 Dec 2022
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    Michael L. Barrett EAS’89 is the new Penn Alumni president.
  • A More Welcoming Penn

    19 Dec 2022
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    Ann Reese CW’74, former president, was celebrated for her tenure.
  • Working Overtime

    19 Dec 2022
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    Zachary Weiner C’14 cofounded the sports media company Overtime.
  • A Golden Discovery

    19 Dec 2022
    0
    Charles Golden Gr’02 is focused on the “everyday world” of the Maya.
  • Events

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  • Alumni Notes

    19 Dec 2022
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Arts & Culture

  • At the Crossroads

    19 Dec 2022
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    The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery casts the cradle of Abrahamic religions and alphabetic innovation as a cosmopolitan sphere—not just a conflict-ridden one.
  • Safe Harbor, Fitful Prospects

    19 Dec 2022
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    How Philadelphia has repelled, attracted, and been reinvigorated by refugees.
  • The Lambs of War

    19 Dec 2022
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    Buzz Bissinger explores World War II through a group of football players pushed into the ultimate sacrifice. Daniel Akst probes the legacy of pacifist resisters.
  • Arts Calendar

    19 Dec 2022
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  • Briefly Noted

    19 Dec 2022
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  • Night Fever

    07 Nov 2022
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    DJ “Michael the Lion” (also a researcher and lecturer in the Weitzman School of Design) is a big believer in the nighttime economy.

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