The Unlikely Legend
After a staggering 50 years guiding Penn’s oft-overlooked sprint football team, Bill Wagner decides to step down—but not before leaving more than 1,500 alumni with unique athletic memories, life lessons, and a stockpile of indelible “Wagisms.”
The Story of Liang and Lin
Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin came to Penn at the height of Philadelphia’s Beaux-Arts building boom. They returned to revolutionary China with ideas that made a lasting mark on the development of architecture in the People’s Republic.
London Summer and Shadows
Penn students abroad—and their teacher—work toward telling the stories they need to.
The Stories Nurses Tell
Through a story slam, podcast and other concerted efforts, Penn Nursing is striving to turn nurses into storytellers.
“Very Little Fazes Her”
One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, Penn’s Sarah Parks W’19 jumps into a new gig.
A Century Later, The Sphinx Moves Again
New digs for the sphinx.
Natural Learners
Why do kids learn language so much better than adults?
Eye of the Beholder
Neuroaesthetics Center looks at how we feel about what we see.
Wharton Dean to Leave for USC
Dean Geoffrey Garrett to leave Wharton for USC in 2020.
Resolved: Argue with Us
Taking sides with the Penn Debate Society.
Professional Grind
Major League dreams and dreamers.
Penn Legend Removed from Hall of Fame
Honor revoked for Jerome Allen W’09
125 Seasons of Franklin Field Football
A look at one memorable game from every decade.
Healthcare’s Hard Choices (and How to Stop Avoiding Them)
Penn President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno on their new book, which traces the history of bioethics and tackles some key issues in healthcare—from thorny moral questions to the frontiers of science and the most bitter divisions in American politics.
Unleashing Hope
Drawing on groundbreaking immunotherapy techniques pioneered at Penn, the Vet School’s Nicola Mason is working toward a cure for bone cancer in dogs and children and to spark broader advances in the field of comparative medicine.
Heisman’s Game
It’s not just about the trophy. As a player and coach, John Heisman was one of football’s fiercest (and trickiest!) competitors and a great innovator, who championed multiple changes that made the sport safer and more exciting.
A Man and His Environment
A half-century after the publication of his pathbreaking manifesto, Design With Nature, Ian McHarg’s work is more urgent, timely—and influential—than ever.
Harold Prince C’48 Hon’71, 1928–2019
In honor of Harold Prince's death on July 31, 2019, we offer these stories written over the years by Gazette staff about the legendary Prince of Broadway.
Change the World
“Hopelessness is the enemy of justice.”
Professor Cope
NFL’s Brandon Copeland W’13 tackles financial literacy.
Entrepreneurship Building Rising on 40th Street
Preview of entrepreneurial center Tangen Hall.
Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Future of Israel
Bret Stephens and Peter Beinart on Israel’s future.
Pulling Up Roots
Morris Arboretum’s Paul Meyer steps down.
Energy Policy Center Obtains $30 Million
$30 million to Kleinman Center for sustainable energy transition.