Steve Dolan Named Penn Relays Director
Steve Dolan named new director of Penn Relays.
Mattis’s Mettle
Sam Mattis W'16 enjoyed a memorable Olympics.
The Cleveland Comeback
Inspired by his Penn football mentors and his father—a former Quakers’ basketball player—Kevin Stefanski C’04 rocketed through the NFL to become one of the league’s youngest head coaches. Now, after leading the Cleveland Browns to their first playoff win in 26 years, the reigning NFL Coach of the Year hopes to turn the long-tortured franchise into a perennial contender.
Back on His Throne
Football’s Prince Emili is ready to play.
Quakers in Tokyo
How Penn Olympians fared.
On Top of the World
Art Muir C’68 WG’72 is the oldest American to scale Mount Everest.
The “Big Greek”
World’s strongest Quaker.
Century Club
As the University celebrates 100 years of women’s sports, a handful of prominent former student-athletes recall their athletic triumphs and hurdles—and the paths they both followed and paved.
A Mentoring Program, With Teeth
Penn’s Student-Athlete Mentor Program
Shanahan Tapped as New Athletic Director
New AD Alanna Shanahan C’96 GEd’99 GrEd’15
Dirt Destroyers
Lipman Family Prize goes to EarthEnable.
Fighting Poverty With Cash
Several decades since the last big income experiment was conducted in the US, School of Social Policy & Practice assistant professor Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board to see if guaranteed income can lift their residents out of poverty. Will it work? And will policymakers listen?
On the Horizon
In-person Commencement, fall reopening, views to remember.
Unlocking Futures
PEGOT John Legend C’99.
Once Again, Play Ball!
Local games allowed.
Penn Athletic Director Departs for Brown
AD Grace Calhoun headed to Brown.
Crisis Navigators
Larry Kahn C’69 GEd’71’s Help Now! assists the “invisible.”
A Place for Pluralism
Rabbi Mike Uram on leaving Hillel after 15 years.
Harvard, Hair, and Harter’s Hunt for Perfection
Almost perfect—and neatly groomed.
Breaking Barriers
Trailblazing QB Marty Vaughn W’75 WG’81.
Inching Back to Normalcy
Housing open (with precautions), classrooms still closed for spring.
A Winter Without Basketball
Cancellations continue.
Wellness Warriors
In response to a rash of suicides in recent years, Penn students have fought to take charge of their own mental health, creating new peer-to-peer counseling groups and collaborating more closely with the administration on wellness initiatives. Is it enough to combat the pandemic stresses, burnout, and social isolation that afflict “the loneliest generation”?
Let Them March
When Penn Band women first marched onto Franklin Field.