We Should Be Friends
For the past 20 years, Aaron Karo W’01 and Matt Ritter L’05 have been part of a unique friendship tradition called “Man of the Year” with their childhood buddies. Now, the fellow comedians and writers have launched a podcast of the same name to encourage other men to create, maintain, and grow their own friendships.
Fighting a Pernicious Evil
The head of Penn’s task force on combating antisemitism on progress so far.
Facing Hate with Allyship
Interfaith Commemoration highlights Black–Jewish allyship.
The Niki and Izzy Show
Women’s lacrosse’s senior standouts Niki Miles and Izzy Rohr.
Chasing Justice
As a young federal civil rights prosecutor, Jared Fishman C’99 investigated the police killing of a Black New Orleans resident in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Now, after writing a book on what he calls “one of the most egregious cases of police misconduct in recent American history,” he’s tackling criminal justice reform on a broader scale.
Rules of Engagement
Evaluating the laws of armed conflict in the Israel-Hamas war.
Big 5 Fireworks
A thrilling victory and buzzer-beating defeat for men’s basketball.
Freshman Phenom
Football’s bright spot: freshman running back Malachi Hosley.
Larger Than Life
Track and field coach—and much more—Tony Tenisci remembered.
Gold at the Marathon
Ron Gold C’83 W’83 raced in the New York Marathon in a handcycle.
Palestra Pandemonium
1988 upset: Penn 71–Villanova 70.
Nobel Cause
mRNA researchers Kariko and Weissman win Nobel Prize.
New Normal, New Team
Men’s basketball looks to bounce back from star losses.
$10 Million Each for International Students and Healthcare Entrepreneurship
$20 million for international students and healthcare entrepreneurship.
A Blanket and a Bond
Belated recognition in a gift from one swimmer to another.
USA Champ, Times Two
USA Champs Nia Akins Nu’20 GNu’20 and Sam Mattis W’16.
Small Town Dream
Ken Jaworowski CGS’00 is a first-time novelist at 55.
Ode to Ira
To mark the Netter Center’s 30th anniversary, founding director Ira Harkavy C’70 Gr’79 trumpets the past and the future of Penn’s strategies to revitalize West Philadelphia—and alumni return to campus to tout Harkavy as an inspiration in the field of university–community engagement.
The Quake Show Goes National
Baseball and women’s lacrosse rekindle past glory.
The Greatest Philadelphian Who Never Lived
Monuments | A podcast explores the unlikely triumph of Rocky (the statue).
Basketball In His Blood
Thirty years after starting the basketball juggernaut AND1, Seth Berger C’89 WG’93 continues to live and breathe hoops—as a father of three (plus a guardian to five Nigerian brothers), a venture capitalist affiliated with the Philadelphia 76ers, and the longtime head coach of a suburban Philadelphia boarding school team that his AND1 cofounder calls the “Duke of high school basketball.”
Tiger Food
Men’s and women’s basketball fall to Princeton in Ivy tourney.
In Memoriam: Kevin Neary C’04
“He really did not want his condition to define him.”
Anger and Joy
MLK Lecture features 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones.