Moral Code
Q&A on how, and why, to make algorithms ethical.
Sniffing Out an Invader
Penn Vet is training dogs to sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs.
Holding Court
Fond Farewell: Peggy Kowalski.
Longtime Penn Relays Director Retires
Fond farewell: Dave Johnson.
The Museum Prescription
Doctors are worn down by paperwork and long hours, forced to focus on computer screens instead of their patients, plagued by feelings of eroding autonomy, traumatized by a pandemic—and trained to endure suffering with stoicism. What ails physicians bodes ill for their patients. Can the visual arts help revive their well-being? A year-long initiative from Penn Medicine and Philadelphia’s flagship art museums aims to test the theory at internet scale.
The Mother of Coronaviruses
When SARS-CoV-2 struck, Susan Weiss was ready. The decades of work that she and a small cohort of fellow researchers have devoted to coronaviruses, despite limited funding and little respect, have been invaluable in speeding the search for treatments and vaccines. It’s been a rare stroke of good fortune in the current crisis—and a lesson in the importance of supporting basic science in anticipation of future ones.
Lapping Up a Final Act of Love
When the time came to say goodbye to our dog, Brad Bates V’10 arrived at our doorstep. A palliative care veterinarian specializing in in-home euthanasia, he meets strangers every day at their saddest moments—and it somehow gives him strength.
A Reset for Cities?
The novel coronavirus has been especially tough on America’s cities—stripping away cultural and social amenities and spotlighting stark realities of income inequality, inadequate healthcare, and punitive policing. Alumni and faculty experts weigh in on whether and how they can be reimagined for a post-pandemic world.
Science Superheroes
Post-doctoral researcher Khoa Tran is translating concepts into comics and turning scientists into superheroes.
Back to (Virtual) School
What the fall semester will be like.
Common Ground
Chaz Howard C’00 heads new office on equity and community.
Quad Statue to Be Removed
Whitefield statue to go, broader look at campus to come.
Collective Memory
Project will preserve community experiences of COVID-19.
New Administrative Appointments
New roles, new faces in Provost’s office.
Preserving a Pioneer
Penn Libraries “reintroduces” Marian Anderson Hon’58.
Furda Says Farewell
Eric Furda C’87 stepping down as Admissions dean.
Press Forward
Big changes at the Penn Press.
Waiting Game
Coaches without seasons, a senior QB’s hope for one more.
Baseball Stadium Upgrades Planned
Dodger blue meets baseball.
Connecting the Data
Penn’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is pioneering a systemic, data-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Its executive director, John Hollway, started with the idea that the law should function more like science—less argument, more truth seeking.
The Future Is Coming—Fast!
In a new book, Wharton professor and “globalization guy” Mauro Guillén breaks down the key factors that will combine to radically transform the world over the next decade (and SARS-CoV-2 is only speeding things up).
Rocking Around the Decades with Rob and Eric
The pandemic has hit pause on 20+20—the planned 40th anniversary tour for their iconic 1980s band the Hooters—but Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian insist the show will go on (20+20+1), while keeping musically busy in the meantime.
Introducing ‘Q-INE’
Two students recently launched an LGBTQ-interest publication by and for the Penn community
Seizing the Moment
Men's basketball guard Jelani Williams is on the frontlines of a movement of "love and respect."