Wharton Venture Award Winners Mint $145 Million
$10,000 ventured, millions gained.
Giving Back
Report puts Penn economic impact at $14 billion statewide.
Joe’s Café Opens
Menu for sustainability at Joe’s Cafe.
Wharton Overhauls MBA Curriculum
New Wharton MBA curriculum announced.
Two Seniors Win Marshall Scholarships
Marshall scholars Kristin Hall and G.J. Melendez-Torres.
Tlingit Claim on Museum Objects Triggers Federal Scrutiny
Tlingit tribe and Penn Museum argue over artifacts.
Making Scents of the Past: The History of Cleanliness
History professor Kathleen Brown on what it means to be clean.
Should States Be Able to Declare Bankruptcy?
The case for letting states declare bankruptcy
Superblock Gets a Sitcom
Students produce “Classless” comedy.
Students Show Appetite for Food Writing
Good reading about eating: Penn Appetit
Overtime Blues for the Comeback Quakers
Men’s basketball: better, but still rebuilding.
NFL news roundup, Penn edition
A lockout that could shorten—or even cancel—next year’s NFL season, and carry a multi-billion dollar price tag.
The NFL’s designated Decider: Stephen Burbank
This time of year, NFL fans are pretty much focused on one thing only: the Superbowl.
( ) This Education
What happens when you unleash an entrepreneurship evangelist on an education school? Meet Doug Lynch, the vice dean bent on making Penn GSE a hub for social entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and next-generation educational reform.
When West Went East
Victor Mair first encountered the Bronze Age mummies of China’s Tarim Basin 23 years ago. He—and others—have been trying to figure out what those people were doing there ever since.
A Shelf Full of Resolutions
Five Penn authors offer challenges and inspiration to readers seeking better self-control, wiser conversations, age-appropriate outfits, meaningful reading, and wholesome eating.
PENN 2.0
The University is now active on all manner of social networks—and students, faculty, and staff members are even inventing new ones of their own.
Homecoming 2010
Photos from Penn’s fall celebration of arts & culture, football, and fun.
Bodybuilding for the Brainy
Bodybuilding competition combines hard bodies, sharp brains.
$15 Million Gift to Expand Retailing Center
$15 million gift will endow Baker Retailing Center
Campus Cultural Centers Turn 10
Cultural centers La Casa Latina, PAACH, and Makuu mark 10 years.
Linguists of the World, Unite?
Chomsky and Labov anchor linguistics conference.
Give That Leftist a Latte
Brewing ideology.
Habitat For (Aging) Humanity
PennDesign conference explores architecture of old age.