Extreme Makeover: Debate Edition
No argument: Presidential debates need fixing.
Fast Companies
NSF Innovation Corps attracts student entrepreneurs.
Want to Quit Smoking? Care to Make It Interesting?
Is gambling on quitting smoking a smart bet?
Crimes of Punishment
Q&A: Marie Gottschalk on America’s sky-high incarceration rate.
Politics and Poetry in Kashmir
English Professor Suvir Kaul on Kashmir’s rich poetry and tragic politics.
Ultimate Champions
Out of the Void, a “life-changing” championship.
Graduation, Westeros Style
Powers to Class of 2015: “[T]o save the world, start by acting ‘as if’”
Honorary Degrees
Honorands, Commencement 2015.
An MBA With Life in the Balance
Student speaker at Wharton Commencement is fighting for his life.
Entrepreneurship for Ex-Cons
PREP aims to help ex-inmates become entrepreneurs.
Doubling ICA’s Reach
ICA gets $10 million gift for curatorial program.
Heart Palpitations? Beware of Dr. Google
Risk factor: health-related websites track and share search data.
Young Quakers
In Young Quakers program, Penn athletes mentor middle-schoolers.
From Septimus Smith to September 11
Heard on Campus: “Are we living inside a pre-traumatic syndrome?”
Power Speaker
Samantha Power selected to deliver the University’s 259th Commencement Address.
Mental Health Task Force: Reset the Campus Culture
Mental-health task force report released.
A New Home For Trauma Care
Trauma Center moves into $144 million Pavilion for Advanced Care.
Neuroscience for Poets (or Lawyers, or Nurses…)
SCAN certificate program serves non-specialists in neuroscience.
Penn Opens For Business in Beijing
Penn Wharton China Center now open in Beijing.
Bridges to Health
Penn-based Puentes de Salud treats uninsured immigrants.
Flagship Design for Pennovation Works
Architects selected for Pennovation Center at former South Bank site.
Tuition and Aid for 2015-16
Tuition and fees up 3.9 percent; financial aid up 5.1 percent.
Penn Engineering’s New Dean
Vijay Kumar picked as next dean of EAS.
Something Really Big—and Good—in the World
Inaugural President’s Engagement Prize-winners announced.