A ‘Call Together’ in Gratitude
New venue, timeless message for Class of 2027 launch.
The “Nora Prize” at 20
“Nora-ites” assemble for 20th anniversary of mentorship prize.
Carl June Wins Breakthrough Prize
Carl June awarded 2024 Breakthrough Prize for CAR T cell therapy.
New Nukes
Nuclear fears and hopes at Perry World House.
John Bence Named University Archivist
John Bence named University Archivist.
Character Over Cognition
Q&A with Adam Grant on his latest, Hidden Potential.
New Normal, New Team
Men’s basketball looks to bounce back from star losses.
Time Stretcher
From swinging standards to avant garde nonconformism, Penn music professor, jazz drummer, and shapeshifting composer Tyshawn Sorey has won acclaim for “awesomely confounding” music whose “vulnerable virtuosity” can “open different portals in your depth of feeling and imagination.”
The PZ Project
From picture books to The Poet X, Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
American Science’s Promoter-in-Chief
The great-grandson of a famous founder (of the nation and this University) and “boyhood’s friend” of the president of the Confederacy, educational reformer and onetime Penn professor Alexander Dallas Bache made his own reputation by championing the professionalization of American science in the mid-1800s.
Under Construction
What was going up and getting fixed this summer.
$10 Million Each for International Students and Healthcare Entrepreneurship
$20 million for international students and healthcare entrepreneurship.
New Dean at Annenberg
Annenberg professor Sarah Banet-Weiser named Annenberg dean.
New Majors and Concentrations at Wharton
Wharton programs meet growing interest in DEI and ESGB.
Insulin by the Leaf
Latest advance toward growing insulin in lettuce plants.
Admissions in Flux
Penn statement on the Supreme Court’s decision.
Food Meets Photography
High schoolers mix food culture and photography.
Uncharted Waters
Swimmer Matt Fallon EAS’25 W’25 medals at World Championships.
A Blanket and a Bond
Belated recognition in a gift from one swimmer to another.
USA Champ, Times Two
USA Champs Nia Akins Nu’20 GNu’20 and Sam Mattis W’16.
Mann in the Middle
Michael E. Mann has been a central figure in the battle for the environment since the “hockey stick” graph made him a target for climate change deniers 25 years ago. Now on Penn’s faculty and heading the Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, he’s fending off a new generation of “inactivists” comprised of climate change deflectors on the right and doomists on the left to get out the message that it’s still within our power to save the planet.
Ode to Ira
To mark the Netter Center’s 30th anniversary, founding director Ira Harkavy C’70 Gr’79 trumpets the past and the future of Penn’s strategies to revitalize West Philadelphia—and alumni return to campus to tout Harkavy as an inspiration in the field of university–community engagement.
Birthday Blooms
A springtime celebration of the 90th year—and recent name tweak—of Penn’s Morris Arboretum and Gardens.
Alumni Weekend 2023
Our annual photo essay.