Fake Simple
Amanda Shulman C’15 has earned national acclaim with Her Place Supper Club, where she’s also bending stubborn industry standards around life balance and labor compensation. It all began with a jolt to Penn’s off-campus social scene.
“A Place I Could Be Myself”
The Penn Women’s Center celebrates five decades of providing advocacy, advising, refuge, counseling, company, and tea. From its origins in the struggle against campus sexual violence, the center has evolved to tackle a range of concerns, from wellness to combating racism. The latest debate: Is its name, meant to be welcoming, too restrictive or exclusionary at a time when gender itself is contested?
Another Realm
New photographs by Arthur Drooker C’76 explore the elusive moments before dusk when “vivid colors paint the sky with magic and mystery.”
Nobel Cause
mRNA researchers Kariko and Weissman win Nobel Prize.
A ‘Call Together’ in Gratitude
New venue, timeless message for Class of 2027 launch.
The “Nora Prize” at 20
“Nora-ites” assemble for 20th anniversary of mentorship prize.
Carl June Wins Breakthrough Prize
Carl June awarded 2024 Breakthrough Prize for CAR T cell therapy.
New Nukes
Nuclear fears and hopes at Perry World House.
John Bence Named University Archivist
John Bence named University Archivist.
Character Over Cognition
Q&A with Adam Grant on his latest, Hidden Potential.
New Normal, New Team
Men’s basketball looks to bounce back from star losses.
Time Stretcher
From swinging standards to avant garde nonconformism, Penn music professor, jazz drummer, and shapeshifting composer Tyshawn Sorey has won acclaim for “awesomely confounding” music whose “vulnerable virtuosity” can “open different portals in your depth of feeling and imagination.”
The PZ Project
From picture books to The Poet X, Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
American Science’s Promoter-in-Chief
The great-grandson of a famous founder (of the nation and this University) and “boyhood’s friend” of the president of the Confederacy, educational reformer and onetime Penn professor Alexander Dallas Bache made his own reputation by championing the professionalization of American science in the mid-1800s.
Under Construction
What was going up and getting fixed this summer.
$10 Million Each for International Students and Healthcare Entrepreneurship
$20 million for international students and healthcare entrepreneurship.
New Dean at Annenberg
Annenberg professor Sarah Banet-Weiser named Annenberg dean.
New Majors and Concentrations at Wharton
Wharton programs meet growing interest in DEI and ESGB.
Insulin by the Leaf
Latest advance toward growing insulin in lettuce plants.
Admissions in Flux
Penn statement on the Supreme Court’s decision.
Food Meets Photography
High schoolers mix food culture and photography.
Uncharted Waters
Swimmer Matt Fallon EAS’25 W’25 medals at World Championships.
A Blanket and a Bond
Belated recognition in a gift from one swimmer to another.
USA Champ, Times Two
USA Champs Nia Akins Nu’20 GNu’20 and Sam Mattis W’16.