Down By Law
Alice Goffman was a Penn undergraduate when she began doing the fieldwork for the project that became On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City. It’s an important, unsettling exploration of a serious issue. Just try not to focus on her.
Penn’s Ebola Fighters
They tend to be uncomfortable with terms like “fighter” and “hero,” but it’s hard to know what else to call these alumni and staff volunteers who’ve traveled to the heart of the epidemic to do whatever they can to help its victims.
Football In His Blood
Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli explains why he came out of retirement after just three months to take over Columbia's program.
‘A Couple of Ghosts Were Cheering For Us’
Ten years after Penn's incredible comeback win over Princeton, five former players look back at that magical Palestra night.
200 Years of African-American Art
Penn professor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw discusses her new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
End of an Era
After bringing a winning culture and 15 years of much-needed stability to Penn women's soccer, head coach Darren Ambrose leaves for Vanderbilt.
Arts Videos for a Snow Day (or Not)
Whether you're home on a snow day or not, these Penn-related arts videos from around the web are worth watching.
‘No better gym than a sold-out Palestra’
After giving No. 5 Villanova a scare at a rocking Palestra, Jerome Allen vows to bring Penn back to Big 5 prominence.
More Quaker Magic
Ten months after winning one historic title, the high-flying Penn women's basketball team captured another one.
The Top Ten Games of 2014
Counting down the most memorable, dramatic and historic games in the last year of Penn sports.
Tracing the Digital Revolution at Penn’s New Home for Innovation
Silfen Forum: Isaacson on The Innovators.
One Percent From the One Percent
Charity that works.
Champion of the Bureaucrats
DiIulio’s recipe for good government: Bring Back the Bureaucrats.
Making Mummies—and Museumgoers
Penn Museum program will let seventh-graders “unpack the past.”
Failure Is Your Friend
Megan McArdle C’94 on how you can win for losing.
A Decade of Hands-On Help
Weingarten Learning Resource Center turns 10, celebrates with cupcakes.
The Staid Dissertation Gets a Motion-Picture Makeover
Coming attraction: first film to be submitted as Penn dissertation.
Scoreboard
From Oct. 6 to Dec. 7
A Forgettable Finish for a Celebrated Coach
Disappointing season, but Bagnoli goes out a winner.
Rewriting the Final Sentence
Deborah Denno GrW’82 L’89 is one of the country’s leading scholars in the highly charged realm of the death penalty.
Cue the Middlemen
Whether you’re in the market for exotic pickles or looking to invest in the next up-and-coming urban neighborhood, these alumni-owned online businesses have you covered.
Homecoming 2014
Our annual photo essay. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
The Man Who Knew Talent
That would be Alan Livingston, who invented Bozo the Clown, saved Frank Sinatra’s singing career, and (maybe) launched the Beatles in America.
Rookie Revolution
Heading into a big game at Vanderbilt, the Penn men's basketball team has won three straight and the freshmen are winning awards week after week.