End of an Athletic Era
Q&A with Steve Bilsky W’71 on his retirement after 20 years as AD.
Breaking Ground at Hill Field
Construction starting on New College House on Hill Field.
Women’s Center Turns 40
Penn Women’s Center marks 40 years.
Innovation and its Impediments in India
Wharton (East and West) hosts conference on innovation in India.
Road Race, Zombie Style
Wharton junior organizes, sells zombie apocalypse.
The Bionic Bicep
“Titan Arm” lifts four Penn student engineers to major prizes.
Saved Before Birth
CHOP and Penn doctors receive prestigious John Scott Award.
Detroit and the Seven Dwarfs
Debating Detroit: More like Liverpool or Seattle?
Hearty and Humorous Welcome for the Class 2017
Freshman Convocation: Only Engage.
The Once And Future Syria
Heard on Campus: Syria’s new old normal.
Sheldon Hackney, 1933-2013
Death of President Emeritus Sheldon Hackney Hon’93.
Tackling Tobacco From Another Angle
$20 million for new center to counter misinformation on tobacco.
A Pop-Up Favela on Hill Field
Take 1,300 plywood stakes, cardboard, white gaffer’s tape…
The Kurdish Wild Card
Brendan O’Leary on Syria’s civil war and the region’s future.
Stamp of Approval
Canada claims Franklin, too (on commemorative postage stamp).
Professor—and Museum Curator—Tukufu Zuberi
Man-of-many-media Tukufu Zuberi curates a pair of museum exhibits.
Innovation for Blockheads
LEGO’s lessons for innovators.
The Perks and Perils of a Quick Twitter Finger
Anthea Butler’s battles in the blogosphere and twitterverse.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
New book aims to “pressure-test” social entrepreneurs’ good intentions.
National Medal of Arts for Laurie Olin
National Medal of Arts for Laurie Olin.
Biden to Class of 2013: Time to “Bend History”
Biden calls on Class of 2013 to “show us what you can do.”
Honorary Degrees
2013 Honorands
Tom Friedman Predicts the Future(s) of Higher Education
Friedman on MOOCs: What happened to media will happen to education.
Democracy in the Age of Big Data
Annenberg conference examines data-mining in politics.