From Skimmer to Fling
Looking back at the (r)evolution of spring festivals at Penn.
Strange But True
How Mike Finkel’s life became a movie.
An Inspirational Journey
Former basketball star Ugonna Onyekwe reminisces about his time at Penn as he enters Big 5 Hall of Fame.
Pitch Perfect and Penn
What movie do Penn Masala, John Legend, and Elizabeth Banks all have in common?
Using Your Words
Q&A with artist Martha Rich MFA’11.
Native (Hip-Hop) Voices at the Penn Museum
A look at Modern Native Voices: The Medium of Hip-Hop—a panel discussion at the Penn Museum with several prominent artists.
RIP, Concrete Charlie
Legendary football player and war hero Chuck Bednarik, one of the most famous athletes ever to come from Penn, dies at 89.
An Emotional Farewell
Jerome Allen offers heartfelt parting words as he prepares for the "next season" of his life.
Enterprising Artists
In Michael Ketner’s MUSC168 class, students learn to manage the business half of careers as musicians, painters, and more.
The Men Behind the Madness
CBS Sports’ “Madness” men Stephen Karasik C’95 and Tyler Hale C’96.
Rediscovering the Impromptu Man
Jonathan Moreno on “J.L.,” his psychodrama-founding father.
Spring Break, Reimagined
Alternative Spring Break program celebrates 25 years of service.
Food Waste Nation
Conference tackles food waste (all 1.3 billion tons a year).
Ghost Boosters
Who ya gonna call … to study the “sociological truth” of ghosts?
A Deeply Rooted Rhodes Scholar
College senior Rutendo Chigora of Zimbabwe named a Rhodes Scholar.
Archaeology Education Gets an Upgrade
A close look at the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials.
A Twitter Eclipse of the Heart
Language on Twitter can predict heart-disease risk in a community.
Findings
High altitude and lung cancer, Alzheimer's and antidepressants, all work and no sleep.
Walking On, Bowing Out
Matt Hanessian’s unlikely journey to—and from—varsity basketball.
Baseball and Lacrosse On the Cusp
High expectations for baseball and men’s lacrosse.
Scoreboard
From Dec. 8 to Feb. 2
Elementary
Even in the era of Big Science, some of the greatest discoveries start with someone—Penn physics professor and Nobel contender Charles Kane, for instance—just sitting in a room and thinking.
The T-Cell Warriors
Four years after a tentative but tantalizing breakthrough against leukemia, Carl June and Bruce Levine C’84 have gone from the fringes of gene therapy to the center of a revolutionary approach to cancer treatment.
Journey from the East
More than 80 years ago, the paths of two Penn students—one from China, the other from New Jersey—intersected. The resulting friendship changed their lives, and those of their families.