Gutmann Declares ‘Sanctuary’
“Penn is and has always been a ‘sanctuary.’”
Gutmann Gets Three-Year Extension
President Gutmann’s contract extended to 2022.
Venerating Venturi
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture turns 50
Tiny Flying Robots
Mini Piccolissimo: the world’s smallest self-powered flying drone.
Journalism’s Digital Doyenne
Weber Symposium features digital journalist Kara Swisher.
UV versus C. Diff
Finding: UV light can reduce C. diff infections.
Found in Translation
Revitalizing endangered Native American languages.
When Push Comes to Shove
Cultural historian Francesca Ammon deconstructs the bulldozer.
Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
$15 million to establish the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Football Champions, Twice Over
Football repeats as Ivy champs, sprint football takes title too.
Scoreboard
From Oct. 10 to Dec. 4, 2016.
Protecting “Negative Heritage” in Rwanda
In a church where victims were massacred, a team from Penn is helping Rwandan officials develop a plan to conserve the material evidence—bullet-riddled walls, blood-stained clothing—that bears witness to the country’s genocide.
Suiting Up
Over the years, Penn has contributed an impressive number of alumni who have left their mark on the many-sided business of sports. And they all have stories to tell.
Homecoming 2016
Our annual photo gallery, plus two arts & culture anniversaries, and the Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
What Kids Want (to Watch)
Twenty-five years after she helped launch the original Nicktoons, Linda Simensky is still deciding what millions of kids watch on TV—and teaching Penn students who grew up loving the shows she developed.
Remembering ‘The Cool Ghoul’
John Zacherle C’40, who died in October at age 98, was a famous TV horror host in the 1950s and '60s.
Freshman Phenom
AJ Brodeur has burst onto the scene for Penn basketball — and is loving every minute of it.
Now Playing: Quirk Books
David Borgenicht C’90's independent publishing house, Quirk Books, keeps sparking pop culture crazes—and now, movies.
The Perfect Team
Thirty years after its historic undefeated season, the 1986 Penn football team was honored at Franklin Field.
States Worse Than Death
Patient preferences diverge from standard measures of care quality.
E Pluribus, Polarization?
Political polarization less pronounced than partisans predict.
Flagship for Penn’s Other Campus
Pennovation Center opening: fabricating the future.
Convocation: “An Audition For Your Future Self”
Convocation: “Find your comfort zone, and then go beyond it.”
Eighteen Wheel Blues
Sociology’s Steve Viscelli on life as a long-haul trucker.