Meeting King’s Call, with Song—and More
John Legend C’99 gives MLK Day keynote.
Getting to the Bottom of the Bag
Reusable bags may carry more than groceries.
Turmoil and Transformation: Du Bois House Turns 40
After 40 years, Du Bois House looks back and ahead.
Findings
Are you unusually sensitive to Brussels sprouts and hoppy ales?
Softball Finds a Steely Edge
High hopes for softball and women’s lacrosse.
Scoreboard
From Dec. 1 to Feb. 10
Vigil on a Snowy Evening
Window, Mar|Apr 2013
Working Like Dogs
The new Penn Vet Working Dog Center will breed and train the country’s top detection dogs, but Center founder and director Cindy Otto’s sweeping vision doesn’t stop there.
Home Depot Syndrome, the Purple Squirrel, and America’s Job Hunt Rabbit Hole
As America strives to regain its economic footing, good people can’t find work even while companies struggle to find employees. How can this be happening?
The PATH to GO!
Penn alumni, students, and staff are at the forefront of a national movement to ensure that, if you’re gay and you play sports, you don’t have to be afraid.
The Art of Change
Charles Krause spent most of his career digging for stories. Now he’s finding—and exhibiting—artists whose work impacts the world.
Homecoming 2012
Football & Fun, Arts & Culture, Alumni Awards of Merit
The Netter Center at 20: Triumphs and Challenges
Ira Harkavy on the Netter Center’s first 20 years.
In the Matter of Race, Immigration, Coloniality
Heard on Campus: Junot Diaz
Association of Alumnae Celebrates 100 Years
Association of Alumnae celebrates a century.
Smilow Center for Translational Research
Smilow family gift to name Center for Translational Research.
The Philosopher Queen of UNICEF
Penn philosophers help foster change in developing countries.
A Tale of Two Quarterbacks
Football: Ragone to Holland to Ivy title.
Mulling the Mismeasure of Man
Museum symposium examines skulls—and racial bias.
Scoreboard
From Oct. 8 to Dec. 9, 2013
Drone’s Day Scenarios
An invasion of unmanned aerial vehicles—drones to you—is on its way, but these flying robots are here to help, not enslave the human race. (At least, that’s what they say at Penn’s pioneering GRASP Lab, where some of the most sophisticated ones are being created.)
The Transformer
He turned an abandoned stretch of elevated rail tracks on Manhattan’s lower West Side from an eyesore to a treasured urban amenity, and put playing fields and green space where a garbage dump taller than the Statue of Liberty once sprawled. Now Penn Design alumnus and professor James Corner is creating a modern-day pleasure garden on the site of London’s Summer Olympics.
The Case of S. Weir Mitchell
He’s now remembered, if at all, for a misguided “rest cure” that inspired an iconic piece of early feminist fiction, but in his day alumnus and longtime University trustee S. Weir Mitchell found fame in several fields—as a noted surgeon and physician, a leading medical researcher, and a best-selling author.
From Brand to Role Model
Less than a decade after launching her own label, Tory Burch C’88 is one of the most recognizable names in fashion. Through mentoring and microloans, the Tory Burch Foundation is empowering other women entrepreneurs to follow in her footsteps.