Building a Better Pipeline—and a Bigger Buzz
Learning about Penn “shouldn’t be an accident”
Penn Pays to Settle Civil Suit in Gelsinger Case
Penn and government settle 1999 gene-therapy case
New Policy To Make Students Feel At Home
New guidelines allow gender-neutral housing
In Dogged Pursuit of Ocular Health
Therapy that restores dog’s sight could help children
Cultivating the Arts and Sciences
Q&A with SAS Dean Rebecca Bushnell
Centers for Collaborating and Healing
Three new biomedical institutes at Penn Medicine
Marshall-ing Its Resources for Academic Honors
Two students win Marshall scholarships
Keeping an Extra Eye on the ICU
Penn E-lert improves ICU oversight
Talking About Sexuality and Social Justice
MLK Symposium examines social justice and sexuality
Student Faces Murder Charges
Wharton student charged in murder
Comeback!
Basketball: Comeback Kids
Barefoot Ballet
The Pennguinettes have been kicking up their heels since 1946.
Now Playing on the Big Screen
Cinema studies is a new major program at Penn, but the University’s involvement with the form goes back to Eadweard Muybridge and the earliest days of moving pictures.
The Biggest Sister
Big Brothers Big Sisters President Judy Vredenburgh CW’70 is taking the basic formula behind the organization and expanding it to reach a million troubled children across the country.
Making a Legend
John Legend C’99 has come a long way since his days with the Penn a cappella group Counterparts (when he was John Stephens). As his first solo album hits the stores, lots of people are betting he can go much farther.
Best-Case Scenario
Five years ago, David Borgenicht C’90 and Joshua Piven C’93 came out with a little humor book titled The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. Since then, things have gone from worst to, well, pretty incredible.
Remember the Reunion
The 70 members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity who went to fight in World War II wrote hundreds of letters for The Delta Pen, a newsletter created by Henry A. Pope W’43. A new book collects some of them.
Counting the Complaints, Not Just the Votes
With MyVote1, Fels Institute analyzes voter problems
English Home Renamed
New name—Fisher-Bennett Hall—honors gift
DAR VP and SAS Dean Named
Leadership positions filled at DAR and SAS
A Departure from Vet School
Vet School Dean Kelly departs
Bad Medicine
Wrongful research
Rights vs. Capabilities
Capabilities approach offered as better social measure
Nanotechnology at Penn Gets a $11.4 Million Boost
NSF grants $11.4 million for nanotechnology