New Deans at GSE and Penn Carey Law
New deans at GSE, Carey Law, and—temporarily—Annenberg.
Barrier Broken
Women take the stage at Mask and Wig spring show.
Hindsight 2020
Will the “guardrails” that held in 2020 work in 2024?
“People Saw Me as Dangerous”
Brent Staples on what launched his writing career.
Tuition and Aid for 2023–24 Academic Year
Tuition and fees up 4 percent, financial aid up 12.
Jackson Named Provost
Annenberg Dean John Jackson named Penn’s 31st provost.
Kozuma Named Vice Provost
Hikaru “Karu” Kozuma GrEd’15 is the new VPUL.
Menzel, Brunson to Speak
Idina Menzel and Quinta Brunson to speak.
Remembering the True Legacy of MLK
Candlelight vigil and other observances.
Anger and Joy
MLK Lecture features 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Battling a Binging Brain
In pilot study, deep brain stimulation curbed binge eating.
Pottruck Center Turns 20
Pottruck Center celebrates 20 years of fitness with cake and more.
Orchestral Maneuvers
Philadelphia Orchestra archives coming to Penn Libraries.
GSE Grant Sets Record
$16.25 million to GSE for new leadership center and McGraw Prize.
Return to Sender
Law and medical schools withdraw from U.S. News rankings.
Pine Alpha
The Penn Museum’s piece of a 4,000-year-old conifer.
Franklin’s World
Zeke Emanuel finds more to say on Benjamin Franklin in online course.
25 Years of 10 Lives
Feline kidney transplant program marks 25 years.
Homecoming Football, On Delay
Fossil Free Penn interrupts Homecoming football game at halftime.
“No Place for Unruly Women”
Drew Faust Gr’75 on the Penn women who “led the charge and led the change.”
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Remembering Rainey
“Fro” Rainey and the “military-industrial-academic complex.”
Night Fever
DJ “Michael the Lion” (also a researcher and lecturer in the Weitzman School of Design) is a big believer in the nighttime economy.
Annenberg Addition
New Weitzman Theatre will adjoin Annenberg Center.