Harold Prince C’48 Hon’71, 1928–2019
In honor of Harold Prince's death on July 31, 2019, we offer these stories written over the years by Gazette staff about the legendary Prince of Broadway.
Reinventing Bra Shopping
Jenna Kerner WG'17 and Jane Fisher WG'17 have a better idea for bras.
Facing the Refugee Crisis
Alumni couple’s Power of Faces project highlights refugees’ humanity.
Cleaning Up the Planet
Miranda Wang C’16 has a plan to make plastics recycling pay.
The Woman Behind the Music
Nicole George-Middleton C’97 champions women in music.
Events
July|Aug 2019
Alumni Notes
July|Aug 2019
Obituaries
July|Aug 2019
The New College Try
One of the 41,615.
My Own Private Iowa
Buildings under a big sky.
Plot Weaver
Documentary editor Nancy Novack C’87’s wide-ranging career.
Professor Cope
NFL’s Brandon Copeland W’13 tackles financial literacy.
Indigenous Ethnologist
Gladys Tantaquidgeon CTT’29
Running the Show
Nkechi Okoro Carroll C’98 worked as an economist for 14 years before making her mark as a writer in Hollywood. Now she has the top job on the CW network’s All American. One of the very few women of color to hold the title showrunner, she’s determined to broaden opportunities for others and to diversify the medium’s characters and messages—while building her own TV empire along the way.
From MFA to HGTV
Orlando Soria MFA’07 uses interior design to fix broken hearts on his new show, Unspouse My House.
‘The Karate Kid’ Grows Up
Hollywood screenwriters—and former Penn roommates—Jon Hurwitz W’00 and Josh Heald W’00 are behind the hit YouTube Premium series 'Cobra Kai.'
Covering the Trumps
Penn alum discusses her unique path to writing about the president’s family.
Full Circle
Jennifer Toth Nu’15 GNu’19 is helping kids with cancer—just like her.
Here for the Music
Alan “Bo” Leibowitz C’67 spent 40 years celebrating jazz on the radio.
Building the Case for Architecture
Marc Kushner C’99 believes in the power of architecture.
Life Saver
Robert Dunham C’80 has fought the death penalty for decades.
Finding Fado
Fate and longing in Portugal.
Still Life with Dick Van Dyke
What Dick Van Dyke taught me.
Mounds of History
Penn Museum program links local residents to Gordion site.