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.
Nursing Student By Day, Micro-Philanthropist By Night
Sink or Swim founder—and new Nursing grad—Marion Leary GNu’13.
HUP Pulmonologist Goes Down the Blowhole
HUP pulmonologist saves the day for a dolphin.
Ancient Books Get a “Modern Temple”
Van Pelt’s new Special Collections Center looks, well, pretty special.
Challenging the Consensus on Dietary Salt
Q&A on dietary salt: too little can be bad, but you still eat too much.
Fat, Hungry, and Out of Control: Fixing Food Systems for Humanity’s Urban Future
IUR hosts path-breaking “Feeding Cities” Conference.
Tuition Up, Admit Rate Down
Admit rate lowest ever; costs up 3.9 percent for 2013-14.
Dawkins on Proof
Inviting Controversy: Richard Dawkins at the Penn Museum.
Escape From the Lecture Hall
Lectures by the slice, second, and more.
Fluharty Named Next SAS Dean
Q&A with new Arts & Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty.
Class of 2013 Gets Joe Biden
Joe Biden to speak at Commencement.
Not Blowing Smoke
New Health System policy: No smokers need apply.
The Revolution Has Not Been Personalized: Genomic Medicine at the Ten-Year Mark
Q&A | After 10 years, genetic medicine mostly a “desert.”
Breaking the Silence
Take Back the Night’s emotional kaleidoscope.
New Home for Economics and Political Science
$25 million for Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.
Pimp My Robot
New entrepreneurial twist: Y-Prize focuses on commercial applications.