Doing What’s Right—and Being Smart About It
G. Richard Shell’s The Conscience Code.
President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes
Winners announced for President’s prizes.
Glee for All
Glee Club and Penn Sirens join forces.
Vaccines Required for Fall
Students, faculty, and staff must be fully vaccinated for fall.
Voice Control
Joseph Turow on what your voice tells marketers.
Provost Takes Leave of Absence
Provost on leave of absence for health issues.
X-RHex, Movie Star
Penn Engineering’s X-RHex is ready for its close-up.
Two Apologies, and a Reckoning Over Human Remains
Apologies issued over treatment of human remains.
A Mentoring Program, With Teeth
Penn’s Student-Athlete Mentor Program
By the Numbers
Jul|Aug 2021
Shanahan Tapped as New Athletic Director
New AD Alanna Shanahan C’96 GEd’99 GrEd’15
Dirt Destroyers
Lipman Family Prize goes to EarthEnable.
Students’ Spring Shows Go Virtual
In a year unlike any other, student performance groups have figured out how to take their spring shows virtual—in the process opening them up to broader audiences.
Fighting Poverty With Cash
Several decades since the last big income experiment was conducted in the US, School of Social Policy & Practice assistant professor Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board to see if guaranteed income can lift their residents out of poverty. Will it work? And will policymakers listen?
The Vaccine Trenches
Key breakthroughs leading to the powerful mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 were forged at Penn. That triumph was almost 50 years in the making, longer on obstacles than celebration, and the COVID-19 vaccines may only be the beginning of its impact on 21st-century medicine.
Webside Manner
Virtual healthcare by smartphone or computer helps physicians consult with and diagnose patients much more quickly, while offering them convenience and flexibility. The potential to save lives and improve efficiencies is tremendous. But can uncertain regulations and reimbursements, equity and access disparities, and shaky internet connections be surmounted?
Writing Lives
Middle school memories. Meditations on motherhood. A prismatic accounting of the self. A long life well and furiously lived: on new memoirs by Jordan Sonnenblick C’91, Courtney Zoffness C’00, Beth Kephart C’82, and Nick Lyons W’53.
On the Horizon
In-person Commencement, fall reopening, views to remember.
Extra Credit
Student-run credit union provides pandemic help and more.
Tuition and Aid for 2021–22 Academic Year
Tuition and financial aid for 2021–22 announced.
Whitney Soule Tapped as New Admissions Dean
Bowdoin’s Whitney Soule to head admissions.
Unlocking Futures
PEGOT John Legend C’99.
New Set of Wheels
Penn Vet takes care on the road with mobile unit.
New Era Dawning
Orphan Disease Center looks to a new era of advances.