The Squirrel Welcome Wagon
Squirrels and the City.
From a Shirt to a Stent
Vagelos Scholar Chris Kampmeyer is helping design a safer stent.
Characters in Search of Writers
Victor Mair on forgetting how to write in Chinese.
Pedaling Bamboo
Bamboo bikes, bags, baskets, and more.
A Hidden Treasure, with Layers of History
New master plan in the works for historic Woodlands.
Men’s Lacrosse Eyes Two Prizes
Big goals for men’s lacrosse; Big 5 Hall of Famer Michael Jordan C’00.
Scoreboard
From Dec. 9 to Feb. 2
Doomsday in the District
Here are the stories of Penn alumni trying to carry out the increasingly embattled mission of public education in Philadelphia.
Walking with Mandela
English professor Rita Barnard’s new collection of essays on Nelson Mandela examines the man behind the mythology. In an interview and an excerpt, she discusses Mandela, South Africa, and the challenges of a scholarly approach to a legend.
John Jackson, Ethnography, and the Hebrew Israelites
In 1967, 400 African Americans followed a metal worker named Ben Carter from the South Side of Chicago to Israel. Anthropologist and PIK Professor John L. Jackson has spent the last decade documenting that group.
Lea’s Legacy
His library—preserved on Van Pelt’s sixth floor—is one of the great campus spaces, but there’s a lot more than that to know about historian and civic reformer Henry Charles Lea.
‘A Dream Come True’
How a Penn soccer player got the unique opportunity to play Division I college basketball at the Palestra.
A Big Aca-nnouncement
Penn's pop/jazz a cappella group, Counterparts, has earned a spot in the ICCA Mid-Atlantic semifinals.
A Gamble That Paid Off
Remembering the life of beloved former Penn football coach Harry Gamble.
Putting It Together
Eric Johnson C'94 is creating a "virtual library" that will reunite pieces and pages of medieval manuscripts from around the world.
Passing Down Traditions
Taking my 3-month-old son to his first Penn-Princeton game at the Palestra.
Expanding the Student Athlete Network
TCPW hosts first-ever Penn Women Athletes Career Networking Panel.
Showdown At The Palestra
Could this be the year the Penn women’s basketball team finally beats Princeton?
End of an Athletic Era
Q&A with Steve Bilsky W’71 on his retirement after 20 years as AD.
Breaking Ground at Hill Field
Construction starting on New College House on Hill Field.
Women’s Center Turns 40
Penn Women’s Center marks 40 years.
Innovation and its Impediments in India
Wharton (East and West) hosts conference on innovation in India.
Step Forward, Step Back
Men’s soccer Ivy champs, football stumbles.
Road Race, Zombie Style
Wharton junior organizes, sells zombie apocalypse.