The 30-Year Squat
Three decades ago a “ragtag army of squatter-minded poets” took possession of a modest cottage at 38th & Locust Walk and conjured by candlelight a vision of a “house for writers.” Today Kelly Writers House is a University institution that hosts a dizzying variety of classes, readings, and other events and sits at the center of a constellation of affiliated programs whose impact stretches around the globe. But in a lot of ways it hasn’t changed at all. Plus: ModPo’s story in The Classroom and the Crowd.
100 Years of Powerful Pipes
Irvine Auditorium’s Curtis Organ is 100 years old.
From Prank to Proud Honor
The man who made the spoons for the “Spoon men.”
Semiquincentennial Sampler
To mark the impending 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence: a package of articles looking back to the Revolutionary War era on campus, examining the printing of the Declaration and highlighting Bicentennial dissent, and profiling the alumnus planning Philadelphia’s celebrations this year.
Century-Spanning Addition
With a space-doubling addition, the Morgan Building is now Weitzman Hall.
Bicentennial Flashback
The Gazette covers the Bicentennial.
Forever the First
Women’s basketball’s first Ivy championship.
Rui Rui
Sculpture | Monumental, mirage-like Rui Rui installed in Harrison Garden.
Education on Display
The University’s contribution to the sesquicentennial.
Commemorating “Collegiate”
“Collegiate” is 100. “Rah! Rah! Rah!”
A Villa in the City
A new oldest Penn building.
“A Peaceful Place”
Back to the garden.
Revolution at Penn?
Present at the Revolution.
Meeting Danger with Courage and Grace
Medical mobilization, March 2020.
Gutmann. Vagelos. Ott.
Introducing Gutmann Hall, VLEST, and the Ott Center.
A Leader Among Women
Remembering the first woman to win an Alumni Award of Merit.
Quaker Spirit, Then and Now
Birth of the Quaker?
From Treasured to Traitor
Rev. Jacob Duché C1757 G1760’s unwelcome advice.
Renaissance Man Recaptured
“Red and Blue” composer William J. Goeckel C1895 L1896 honored.
Encampment on College Green
A pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green lasted 16 days.
Guidance and Goals
Antisemitism task force and presidential commission findings.
New Rules for Events and Demonstrations, Pending Open Expression Review
Temporary rules for events and demonstrations announced.
Alvin and the Gold Medals
Penn’s Paris Olympics triumph (in 1900).
Waiting, on a Cloudy Day
Eclipse day on College Green: Big Crowd, Cloudy Skies.