Findings
Beyond Bitterness and The Altai-America Express
Passing the Baton
Track-and-field enters post-Powell era; lacrosse teams seek titles
Glee at 150
After a century and a half, Penn’s oldest performing arts group is still going strong.
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Bars
Penn alumni are at the forefront of a growing movement to make socializing safe for the world’s nerds.
Penn Perspectives on the 99 Percent
Penn faculty talk about what lies behind the Occupy phenomenon, what may lie ahead, and what the recent spate of protests across the political spectrum portends for the republic.
Homecoming 2011
Homecoming 2011: Photos from the festivities.
At 40, Africana Studies Looks Back and Ahead
Center for Africana Studies turns 40
TCPW Honors Gutmann with Beacon Award
Gutmann receives TCPW’s Beacon Award
Penn Team Pulls Off Double Hand Transplant
Penn team performs double hand-transplant at HUP
Climate Change, Dark Ages, and Armchair Disaster Prediction
Looking to the past for lessons on climate change
Findings
By the Skin of the Heart...And By the Tail of the Skin, plus Low Birth Weight, High Autism Risk
Remembering Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare
A tribute to Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare C’75
Threepeat Falls Short
Football falters, hoops hopeful
Penn Connected
With the opening of Penn Park in September, the University’s eastward expansion is now a reality. A brief history of what it took to transform this long-sought dead zone into an oasis.
Pointing the Way to the Pole
He didn’t find the Open Polar Sea he was looking for—and probably overestimated how far North he actually managed to get—but the Arctic discoveries of Isaac Israel Hayes M1853 helped set the course for later explorers. And that was just the first of his several careers.
The Spirit of Caring
They don’t diagnose illnesses, prescribe drugs, perform medical procedures, or suggest treatment options, but chaplains and other pastoral care staff are a key part of the medical team at Penn’s hospitals.
Some Words for Nixon
In an excerpt from his new memoir, Speechwright, William Gavin ASC’62 looks back at his time as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon, the first of several high-profile political figures he served.
Reprogrammed Immune Cells Vanquish Cancer in Promising Breakthrough
T-cell “serial killers” offer new hope for cancer treatment
$3.5 Billion Goal Met, But Still A Ways to Go
Making History campaign passes $3.5 billion mark
Brinster Awarded National Medal of Science
Vet school’s Ralph Brinster V’60 Gr’64 wins top US science award
Navigational Advice for the Class of 2015
Convocation 2011: Soggy start to a transforming journey
Center of the Graduate Universe
Grad Student Center marks 10 years of “creating graduate community”
New Wharton Center and Prize
$12 million to Wharton to support quantitative financial research
@Penn Engineering: #Majoring in Twitter
Tweet this: new engineering major focuses on networked systems