Overcoming Fear, Finding Love
In a “hard year,” praise for a class “forged in the crucible of change.”
Renaissance Man Recaptured
“Red and Blue” composer William J. Goeckel C1895 L1896 honored.
Encampment on College Green
A pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green lasted 16 days.
Open or Closed Expression
Roundtable weighs threats to academic freedom and open expression.
President’s Prizes Announced
2024 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes.
Supporting Supportive Housing
Writer Jennifer Egan C’85 and SP2’s Dennis Culhane on homelessness.
Guidance and Goals
Antisemitism task force and presidential commission findings.
New Rules for Events and Demonstrations, Pending Open Expression Review
Temporary rules for events and demonstrations announced.
Wyatt’s World
The Ivy League’s all-time home run king powered Penn back to the NCAA baseball tournament.
A Blazing Career on the Track
Track’s Whittaker caps a special career at Penn.
Alvin and the Gold Medals
Penn’s Paris Olympics triumph (in 1900).
Good Grief
Five years after his two teenage children were killed by a drunk driver, Colin Campbell C’91 is finding new ways to grieve—while helping others deal with bereavement through his new book, support groups, and a one-man show he calls the “feel-bad story of the year.”
Creating Civil Citizens
Penn’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program aims to foster dialogue, civic engagement, community service, and wellness—and both students and faculty are enthusiastically signing on. But the program’s contours can be murky, and its role in bridging campus divisions remains a work in progress.
The Making of Things
Over a decade-long photographic journey, Christopher Payne GAr’96 has explored the world of American manufacturing, from pianos to jet engines, pencils to 3D-printed rockets.
Slow Burn
Q&A on SP2 economist R. Jisung Park’s Slow Burn.
Waiting, on a Cloudy Day
Eclipse day on College Green: Big Crowd, Cloudy Skies.
A Home on Campus
Greenfield Intercultural Center celebrates 40 years.
Tuition and Aid for 2024–25 Academic Year
2024–25 tuition and fees up 3.9 percent; financial aid up 4.5.
Penn and Philly
Penn stories “in, of, and for Philadelphia” online.
Oncologist and Author Siddhartha Mukherjee to Speak
Physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee will speak at Penn’s 268th Commencement ceremony.
On Jews and the University
Katz Center examines “Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom.”
Penn Engineering Launches AI Major
Penn Engineering launches first undergraduate major in AI.
Whirling Wonder
Anya Stewart C’27’s “amazing talent.”
Championship Lane
Men’s squash national champions with first-ever Potter Cup win.