What Happens to the Mail
“A reader of other people’s mail wants a challenge”
The House That Joe Built
The new National Constitution Center is billed as a museum of ideas rather than artifacts—but it might have remained just an idea if not for alumnus Joe Torsella.
The University as Discourse Community
In this essay from the book, Public Discourse in America, Penn’s president lays out a vision of universities as “exemplars of a new kind of thoughtful civic engagement and robust public discourse.”
A Passion for Putting Things Together
Design alumni Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, the architects for the new Melvin J. and Claire Levine Hall on Penn's campus, are on a mission to "refabricate" their profession.
The Kindness of Strangers
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, alumna Ruthie Spector faced long odds but was saved by an experimental drug treatment that made a bone marrow transplant possible. The donor drive organized in her behalf will save many more lives in the years to come.
Acting Out: The Road to Kung Fu
Anthony Jun Hung Ng W’99
Look Out, Thief: Somebody’s Watching You
Penn secures campus-safety award
“Extreme” Advice to Freshmen: Be an Action-Learner
Taking education to the extreme
“To Live Like They Don’t Live at Other Universities”
High-rise facelift
Take Me to the River
Expanding Univers(ity)
Measuring Up
Penn #5 in U.S. News; WSJ ranks Wharton #1 MBA program
Wanted: Advice
Presidential search committee seeks advice
A Quick Parting
Short stay for EVP Stanley
Students’ Views on Middle East Preserved in Archives
Middle East-class essays archived
Secret to Scholarship Success: Applying Themselves
Fulbright full-house
Where the Gnomes Are
Find the gnomes to know Penn
French Lesson: Eat Less, Enjoy More
Petite portions keep French more fit
“Genius Grant” Nurses Excellence
Nursing School's Sarah Kagan wins MacArthur grant
Football’s Postseason Envy
Pining for a postseason
The Cult of DMD
The view from inside Penn’s digital-media-design major: “We are an annoying, fidgety, break-things-and-fix-it cult—who make horrible noises.” Others might say that the program attracts some of Penn’s brightest, most dedicated, and most creative students.
Nurturing Enterprise
In its first five years—which, as it happens, is longer than most small-business startups survive—the Wharton Business Plan Competition has given hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs the chance to “test their ideas against the reality of the market.”
The Most Amazing Cell
The greenish glow in the petri dish—a marker for the presence of germ cells—showed that veterinary-school researchers had succeeded in a decade-long quest to get male-mouse stem cells to develop into eggs.
Full Speed Ahead
Leaders aim for smooth transition in College Hall.
Supreme Court Ruling Ensures a Class That’s Excellent and Diverse
Affirmative Action decision applauded.