Journalism’s Digital Doyenne
Weber Symposium features digital journalist Kara Swisher.
Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
$15 million to establish the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Suiting Up
Over the years, Penn has contributed an impressive number of alumni who have left their mark on the many-sided business of sports. And they all have stories to tell.
Homecoming 2016
Our annual photo gallery, plus two arts & culture anniversaries, and the Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
What Kids Want (to Watch)
Twenty-five years after she helped launch the original Nicktoons, Linda Simensky is still deciding what millions of kids watch on TV—and teaching Penn students who grew up loving the shows she developed.
Remembering ‘The Cool Ghoul’
John Zacherle C’40, who died in October at age 98, was a famous TV horror host in the 1950s and '60s.
Now Playing: Quirk Books
David Borgenicht C’90's independent publishing house, Quirk Books, keeps sparking pop culture crazes—and now, movies.
Events
Nov|Dec 2016
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2016
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2016
Sparking an Entrepreneurial Pulse in … North Korea
Geoffrey See W’08 is spreading entrepreneurship in North Korea.
Potent Potables
Jennie Ripps C’03 plays with beverages at Owl’s Brew/Brew Lab Tea.
Breakthroughs in Superconductivity: An Accelerated Journey
Anna Grassellino Gr’10’s breakthrough improved superconductivity.
Fish Stories
“Singular” artist Jon Sarkin C’75 tries a new medium.
When Twenty Meets Forty
A Penn story (but not hers) by Allison Winn Scotch C’95.
Pop of Reality for OTB
Off the Beat’s star turn in Sing It On.
The Fine Line Between Yea and Nay
Yeasayer aims to be “unsettling, nostalgic, and novel.”
The Glastonbury Fix
“If the sacred Chalice Well could offer even a hint of healing, I had to get to it.”
Against Radical Disruption
Public schools need innovation—just not the kind reformers keep pushing.
Leadership Program’s New Name, and the Complications of Compromise
$10 million gift for McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton.
The Optimistic Realist
“Realist optimist” Brandon Copeland W’13’s NFL run.
Legal Zoom-In
Law professor and alumna Regina Austin loves star-attorney Perry Mason, but the students in her year-long Visual Legal Advocacy seminar are learning to make their cases from behind the camera.
Unconventional
Photographer Arthur Drooker C’76 has trained his lens on American Ruins and Lost Worlds. His new collection, Conventional Wisdom, covers his strangest territory yet.
Hands On History
For the past three decades, the Raab family has been buying and selling rare documents. It’s a uniquely personal way of learning—and sharing—history.