Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2025
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2025
Moving Penn Forward
From College Hall | Positioning Penn to lead for the future.
Sep|Oct 2025
Vol. 124, No. 1
Helping Hands
Penn First Plus aims to level the college and early-career playing field for first-generation, low-income students and alumni at the University.
The Prudent Patriot
There’s a lot more to Founding Father John Dickinson than not signing the Declaration of Independence.
Letters
Letters | Waste takeaways, despair and hope, Title IX settlement.
Counting Days
“Oom Sha La La will take on a meaning of its own.”
Student Driver
Behind the wheel on Philly’s mean—and educational—streets.
Diminuendo for a Dream
Fauré’s Requiem, Geneva, 1992.
New Appointments Announced
New appointments announced for multiple leadership roles.
Lurie Autism Institute Launched
$50 million for joint Penn Medicine–CHOP Lurie Autism Institute.
Why We Choose What We Choose
Q&A with Annenberg’s Emily Falk on What We Value.
Arts Calendar
Sep|Oct 2025
Move Mixer
&Juliet choreographer Jennifer Weber C’00.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2025
The Organ Protector
Ray Biswanger C’75 watches over the Wanamaker Organ.
Power and Parties
Vinoda Basnayake L’08 wrote the “least boring” admissions essay.
Figure Skating It Out
Ami Parekh C’12 is a championship skater turned physician and teacher.
Alumni Notes
Sep|Oct 2025
Obituaries
Sep|Oct 2025
Jul|Aug 2025
Vol. 123, No. 6
Data & Dumps
From the Editor | Repurposed drugs, where waste goes, a producer’s path.
Chasing Every Cure
When David Fajgenbaum M’13 WG’15 unlocked his own treatment after being diagnosed with a rare disease, he saved his life. Now he has his sights on a higher purpose that’s bringing hope to millions.



















