Change the World
“Hopelessness is the enemy of justice.”
Professor Cope
NFL’s Brandon Copeland W’13 tackles financial literacy.
Entrepreneurship Building Rising on 40th Street
Preview of entrepreneurial center Tangen Hall.
Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Future of Israel
Bret Stephens and Peter Beinart on Israel’s future.
Pulling Up Roots
Morris Arboretum’s Paul Meyer steps down.
Energy Policy Center Obtains $30 Million
$30 million to Kleinman Center for sustainable energy transition.
President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes
2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners.
Opioid Emergency
Silfen Forum focuses on opioid crisis.
Analytics at Wharton Launches
$15 million for Analytics at Wharton to coordinate big data initiatives.
Lacrosse Legacies
Lacrosse’s historic season; crew’s surprise championship.
Scoreboard
From April 6 to June 6
Penn Relays at 125
The country’s oldest and largest track meet continues to draw world-class athletes, big crowds, an army of loyal volunteers, and a whole lot of Jamaicans.
Running the Show
Nkechi Okoro Carroll C’98 worked as an economist for 14 years before making her mark as a writer in Hollywood. Now she has the top job on the CW network’s All American. One of the very few women of color to hold the title showrunner, she’s determined to broaden opportunities for others and to diversify the medium’s characters and messages—while building her own TV empire along the way.
Native Pride
For 25 years, Penn’s small Native American community has tried to grow its presence on campus, through lively powwows, Ivy League conferences, and student and faculty outreach. But trying to shed the “feeling of being invisible” has been a perennial struggle.
College Admissions in Crisis
Admissions Dean Eric Furda on the Varsity Blues scandal, civil litigation, and rising disgruntlement over the way elite universities select their students.
Alumni Weekend 2019
Photos from the festivities.
National Caliber
Women’s track and field pair raises the bar at NCAA Championships.
Covering the Trumps
Penn alum discusses her unique path to writing about the president’s family.
Off-Off-Off-Broadway
How Jonathan Rand became “the most successful living American playwright that nobody’s ever heard of.”
Jean Chatzky’s Money Story
The personal-finance guru learned from her mother’s example “that women can be active and extremely competent managers of money.” Now she’s sharing that lesson—and more gained over her 25 years as a business journalist and experience as a small-business owner—in a new book.
Good By Design
Despite all evidence to the contrary, “the world is getting better,” argues physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis. It’s in our genes.
And the Oscar Goes to …
Oscar-winning producer—and student—Claire Sliney C’21.
“Hopeful About Israel’s Future”
Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer W’93 on hopes for peace.
Record Donation for School of Arts and Sciences
$50 million from Vageloses for energy sciences center sets SAS record.