Full Circle
Over five decades and across five states, Fran McCaffery W’82 has been a winning college basketball coach. Now back at his alma mater, does the 66-year-old once known as “White Magic” have enough magic left to overcome significant NCAA obstacles and restore Penn to its former great heights?
Homecoming 2025
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Awards of Merit and citations.
Historian of the “Taken-for-Granted”
Whether probing the concept of common sense, mulling the role of expertise in a democracy, or examining how choice intersects with freedom, Sophia Rosenfeld is carving out new realms of cultural and intellectual history.
Who Will Own Your Digital Twin?
Law professor Jennifer Rothman is an expert in “the ways intellectual property law is employed to turn people into a form of property.” As we enter an era of deepfake videos, voice clones, and digital replicas of human beings, she worries that the United States Congress is on the cusp of a horrible mistake.
Letters
Playgrounds, Alzheimer’s, and a second opinion on a final resting place.
What Is True?
Testing truth at the Wolf Humanities Center.
Back to the Office—but Make It Better
“The case for in-office work has never been stronger.”
Rhythm of the City
Weitzman School class focuses on the sounds of the city.
Andrea Mitchell Receives Beacon Award
Andrea Mitchell CW’67 Hon’18 receives Beacon Award.
Huntsman Senior Named Rhodes Scholar
Huntsman Program senior Florence Onyiuke is a Rhodes Scholar.
Native North America Gallery Opens
Penn Museum opens new Native North America Gallery.
Gridiron Shakeup
Football’s Ray Priore steps down; Rick Santos named new head coach.
Forever Home at Franklin Field
John C’87’s 15 years makes 65 years of Alexanders announcing at Franklin Field.
Tossing Out the Playbook
Weitzman School alumni and faculty are prominent in a movement to make US playgrounds more challenging, stimulating, educational—and fun!—for users of all ages.
A Daughter’s Reckoning
For most of her life, conservation journalist Artis Henderson C’02 W’02’s late father had been kept a dark secret. Then she went on an expedition to learn about his adventurous existence as a dad, husband, pilot, remote island owner, and international drug smuggler—as well as “the accident” 40 years ago that killed him (and nearly her).
Alzheimer’s Now
Well over a century since it was first identified and following decades of intensive research, Alzheimer’s disease continues to withhold its essential secrets and a cure remains elusive. But recent drug treatments, improvements in diagnostic techniques, and other developments constitute what one Penn Medicine leader calls the “dawn of a new era” in confronting its impacts on patients and caregivers.
An Hour for the Constitution
“That’s the wonderful but really difficult part of freedom of speech.”
Pandemic Lessons
LDI panel looks for lessons from the pandemic.
Several New Gifts Announced
Support for Wharton, Jewish Studies, urban research, performing arts.
From All Angles
The Penn Museum is giving virtual visitors a closer view.
Collaboration and Community
“Collaboration … is our superpower.”
Passing of the Torch
Wrestling “torch” passing from Reina to Valenti.
The Fran McCaffery Era Begins
A new course for men's basketball.
The Hackney Files
For 10 budding history majors living through tumultuous times for Penn and US higher education, Jared Farmer’s class on archival research methods doubled as a crash course on how the University navigated the culture-war clashes of another era.