Pieces of the Old Palestra
Your piece of the Palestra?
“Academic Activist,” Emeritus
Celebrating sociologist Frank Furstenberg
Endowment Loses Less; On Target to Make History
Latest on Penn and the economy
Penn Team Nabs Celebrity Cancer Grant
Penn-led team awarded $18 million by Stand Up to Cancer
Truth in Advertising
Wharton study reveals the truth about advertising
Field of Dreams—and Challenges—for Children
Field Center marks fifth year of child-welfare work
Prostate Therapy Problems at the Philadelphia VA
Prostate therapy program at VA under fire
I Hold This Truth To Be Absolutely Inscrutable
After 205 years, Penn professor’s cipher is solved
Mapping Quaker Nation
Where the newest Quakers—and the rest of us—hail from
Ready to Reclaim Some Gridiron Swagger?
Football looks to get its “swagger” back
Send a Posse
Penn to partner with Posse Foundation in admissions
Two New PIK Profs
Latest PIKs
Tree Hugging
Out on a Limb at Morris Arboretum
How Their Gardens Grow
Netter Center for Community Partnerships opens a new garden at West Philadelphia High School.
Four Years End Not With a Bang, But a Twitter
Commencement: “THE BIG DAY IS HERE!”
Honorary Degrees
Honorands
Penn Names New Provost
Vincent Price named provost
A Year of Challenges and Opportunities in Admissions
Admissions Dean Eric Furda C’87 on his freshman year
Reader, Have You No Spine?
How books are different from the Web
Givology
Recent grads launch charity website Givology
New Leader Brings a “Unique Set of Skills” to University City District
New UCD Director Matthew Bergheiser WG’96
The “Dark Matter” of Social Interaction
“Surprising disconnect” between pay and work quality
Taking the Skeleton out of Jewish History’s Closet
Examining “Jews, commerce, and culture”
The Vet School’s VMD/PhD Program at 40
VMD/PhD program turns 40