Hope for Katherine Belle
How one family’s journey through the realm of rare disease led them to the newest frontier of precision genetic medicine.
Homecoming 2017
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
Of Beneficent Buildings and Bedside Manners
Thomas S. Kirkbride M1832 wrote the book—literally—on the housing and treatment of the mentally ill in the 19th century.
Rifkin’s Next Revolution
Jeremy Rifkin W’67 launched his career as an activist by protesting the Vietnam War. Now he’s making perhaps his biggest impact yet advocating for a “third industrial revolution” to save the world from stagnating productivity and the ravages of climate change.
On Top of the Baseball World
Derek Vigoa C'12, a member of the Houston Astros front office, reflects on a thrilling ride to a World Series championship.
The Worlds Between
An exhibit at Van Pelt Library proves how long humans have been interested in unseen forces and the many ways they’ve tried to harness them.
Sandra Zhao C’10 Has a New Take on “Ready-to-Wear”
Sandra Zhao C’10's clothing company, Zuri, makes one dress and one dress only. But it's so versatile, any woman can wear it for any occasion.
Meet Penn’s Newest Recruit
Penn basketball brings on 12-year-old Tommy Johnston as honorary team member.
Theatre By Design
Sara Outing C'13 has already built a successful career in theatre set design—and she has the 2017 Barrymore Award nomination to prove it.
Sophomore Sensations
The key to the Penn basketball season may rest in the capable hands of second-year standouts AJ Brodeur, Ryan Betley and Devon Goodman.
Enemy of the State
How should a free press behave? And how shouldn’t it?
Earthworkers
North American moundbuilders at the Penn Museum.
From 10th-Grade English to Trigger Warnings
Two new books by Penn faculty explore how free expression
on campus became so fraught and what to do about it.
PennDesign at Manitoga
Architecture students were artists-in-residence at Manitoga estate.
Nuclear Nightmares
The odds of war with North Korea, and of reducing them.
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Cancer
FDA approval for Penn-developed gene therapy for cancer.
Welcome to Terra Incognita
Convocation message: “We are all discoverers.”
New Hope for Sinus Infections
Blocking sweet-taste receptors could clear stuffy sinuses.
Roster Madness
Promising veterans, big-time recruits, and a depth-chart balancing act for men’s and women’s hoops.
Scoreboard
From Aug. 28 to Oct. 9.
At the Center of It All
Bob Schoenberg has been leading Penn’s LGBT Center since before there even was one, really. As he retires after 35 years of caring counsel and fierce advocacy, the campus home he built is being renamed in his honor.
Tears, Music, Memories
Introducing the Robert Schoenberg Carriage House.
Hill Rises
The Eero Saarinen-designed landmark has reopened after a 15-month, $80 million renovation, with its distinctive mid-century style lovingly restored and a host of new amenities for students.
Everybody Comes to Casablanca
In film scholar Noah Isenberg C’89’s engaging investigation of “Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie,” the lives of the émigré actors who made up most of the cast share the spotlight with the famous love triangle and wartime call to arms. Their stories also echo forward to our own era’s debates over the treatment of refugees and immigration policy.