New Hall of Fame Class Inducted
The latest Penn Hall of Famers.
New Office Centralizes Anti-Discrimination Efforts
Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion established.
The Unexpected Entrepreneurs
For 10 years, the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes have equipped a select few graduating Penn seniors with a large cash award and faculty mentorship for post-graduation projects designed to make a “positive, lasting difference in the world.” The prizes, unlike anything else in higher education, have catapulted new social entrepreneurs into the world—and created a “community of changemakers” who are leaning on each other (and other alumni) to take their organizations to the next level.
The Instrument Is Yourself
Harvey Finkle SW’61 and the photography of social justice.
Life Hacks
How to beat burnout, get your way, and become a “Perennial.”
(Re)introducing In Principle and Practice
What In Principle and Practice means for Penn.
Detecting Media Bias
An AI-powered measure of media bias.
Doom or Boom?
Weighing the costs and benefits of a work-from-home world.
Penn in Paris
Penn athletes fall short at the Paris Olympics (but got there!).
From Chemistry to Canton
Harvey Greene C’75 is a sports public relations football Hall of Famer.
An Archive for a Visionary
Walter O’Malley C1926’s Dodgers archives are at baseball’s Hall of Fame.
The Newcomer Dividend
Wharton’s Zeke Hernandez hopes to bend the immigration debate toward a question rooted in his own research on capital investment and business formation: What do natives stand to gain?
Alumni Weekend 2024
Our annual photo essay.
Making Things Happen
Over the decade since it was launched as a “one-stop shop” for Penn faculty and programs seeking to translate research into products—and with a big help from two blockbuster discoveries—the Penn Center for Innovation has achieved record revenues and made the University a leader in forging partnerships “to move ideas from the inside to the outside.”
Our Policies, Our Health
For more than 40 years—from Bill Clinton’s failed healthcare initiative to Barack Obama’s successful (if long contested) one and on into today’s most pressing issues around equity and best practices—Ruth Katz CW’74 has been instrumental in developing public healthcare policies.
Overcoming Fear, Finding Love
In a “hard year,” praise for a class “forged in the crucible of change.”
Renaissance Man Recaptured
“Red and Blue” composer William J. Goeckel C1895 L1896 honored.
Encampment on College Green
A pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green lasted 16 days.
Open or Closed Expression
Roundtable weighs threats to academic freedom and open expression.
President’s Prizes Announced
2024 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes.
Supporting Supportive Housing
Writer Jennifer Egan C’85 and SP2’s Dennis Culhane on homelessness.
Guidance and Goals
Antisemitism task force and presidential commission findings.
New Rules for Events and Demonstrations, Pending Open Expression Review
Temporary rules for events and demonstrations announced.
Wyatt’s World
The Ivy League’s all-time home run king powered Penn back to the NCAA baseball tournament.





















