Alumni Weekend 2003
Slideshow | The picnic location was changed to Hill Field, and the weather was changeable, but nearly 9,000 alumni—about 25 percent more than last year—found their way back to campus for this year’s celebration
The Immeasurable Curiosity of Edward Peters
A colleague calls Peters, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, “one of the great medievalists of his generation.” His own assessment: “I’m like cheap paint—I cover a lot, but not very well.”
An Unexpected Unity
Cret Professor of Architecture Daniel Libeskind’s winning design for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is an act of remembrance and restoration.
New Space, Ancient Worlds
The curators for the University Museum’s new exhibit, “Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks, Romans,” pick some of their favorite artifacts.
Sheldon Hackney’s “Spring-From-Hell”
Penn’s former president recalls the “water buffalo incident” and its role in his stormy confirmation as chair of the NEH.
Make It Plain!
Michael Eric Dyson—professor, preacher, and “paid pest”—brings a critical eye and rhetorical flair to his analyses of hip-hop culture and his call for social justice.
Laugh It Up
For three young alumni trying to make it in New York, comedy is serious business.
The Good Citizen
When asked why he gave, the late Walter Annenberg—Penn’s largest benefactor, who for years headed the list of Most Generous Americans—always said, “Because it’s the right thing to do.”
The Constant Reader
In his acclaimed 2002 documentary, Stone Reader, Mark Moskowitz used his search for the writer of a novel he admired to create a “Huck Finn story for guys who love books.” Now the lost author is back at work, the film is out on DVD, and Moskowitz is leading the fight to revive other forgotten works.
Second Time Around
A program offered through the College of General Studies allows retirees—Penn alumni and others—to audit courses in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Learning to See Lancaster Avenue
When a suburban commuter finally got out of his car, he found himself viewing an old street—and its people—through new eyes.
Homecoming 2002
Slideshow | Game photos and more from Homecoming’s 50th anniversary.
Alumni Voices: The Deluxe Edition
Alumni—writers, artists, and others—recall their days at Penn, from the Class of 1930 to the Class of 2001.
Safe Places
Alumni talk about the struggles to establish resources for African Americans, women, and sexual minorities on campus.
Here, Now
Some of what students are doing on and around campus, Fall 2002.
2006: A Penn Odyssey
Some of the 2,451 members of the freshman class talk about the diverse paths that brought them to Penn.
Ad It Up!
From flour bags to four-wheel drives, one hundred years of advertising in the Gazette reflects a changing world and a changing University alumni relationship.
Building Penn’s Brand
How the architecture of the campus—and the coverage it received in the Gazette—has reflected the University's changing image of itself.
Brand Extensions
From fresh food to well-preserved artifacts: What’s building now.
Unbuilt Penn
From the ICA’s geodesic dome to Furness's Alumni Hall to the skyscraper on Locust Walk, Penn has had some fascinating unbuilt visions.
Yesterday’s News
Timeline | In the decades leading up to the new millennium, the University finds itself embroiled in the culture wars, celebrates its 250th anniversary, elects its first woman president, and rises in the rankings.
When the Search Is Over
The World Trade Center attacks prompted an intense search-and-rescue effort. How have the 9/11 dogs and their human handlers been faring? Two Penn professors, Dr. Cindy Otto and Dr. Melissa Hunt, are trying to find out.
Coming to Terms
During the High Holidays, a beloved rabbi nearing retirement and an author chronicling the search for his replacement mourn and remember their fathers.
Leaving and Coming Back
For a century the Gazette has been reporting on the annual rite of spring —Alumni Weekend and Commencement —in which alumni renew their ties with Penn and each other and the latest set of graduates says goodbye to their student days.