Nostalgia, Wit Onions
A once-lively cheesesteak haven shuts off its grill for good.
A Wise Move
First Commencement on campus.
Ice Woman
Food safety pioneer Mary Engle Pennington Gr1895.
Safe at the College
After the Armistice.
Penn v. UPenn
The evolution of the University’s colloquial shorthand term.
Strange Brotherhood
The hidden chapter of wartime human experimentation in the DKE house.
Century of the Sphinx
A big book on the Penn Museum’s “Colossal Sphinx.”
A Principled Man
Nathan Mossell M1882 overcame great odds to become the first African-American graduate of Penn’s School of Medicine. He went on to found Philadelphia’s first black hospital—an achievement he never really wanted.
A Hidden Treasure, with Layers of History
New master plan in the works for historic Woodlands.
Flawed Founder
James Wilson signed the Declaration of Independence and was a key architect of the US Constitution, helped found Penn Law School, and served as one of the first justices of the Supreme Court. He was also a reckless land-speculator—jailed more than once for debt—who died a fugitive.
Looking Back to Move Forward
Class connects current students to black history at Penn.
Tracing the Class of 1811
The Class of 1811 in profile.
Who’s Who?
Thomas Eakins’ The Agnew Clinic
Martin Meyerson Dies
President Emeritus Martin Meyerson Hon’70 dies.
Mr. Meyerson Comes to Town
Martin Meyerson Hon’70’s low-key first day as president of the University.
Bringing Penn’s Treasures Back Home
Display highlights Penn treasures—and collector who found them.