A Matter of Trust
Dr. Ira Harkavy saw long ago that the futures of Penn and West Philadelphia are connected. As director of the Center for Community Partnerships, he's led a persuasive campaign to link teaching and research to service and problem solving.
Author Earns City Honor
Lorene Cary honored with The Philadelphia Award for her work “to advance the best and largest interest of the community.”
Praxis Makes Perfect at Penn’s Landing
Crafting a plan for Penn’s Landing
Taking the Initiative
Penn and Citizens Bank launch $28 million neighborhood initiative
Celebrating Cities
Nathaniel Popkin C’91 GCP’95
Fugitive Convicted for Ex-Girlfriend’s Murder
Ira Einhorn C’61
Evangelically Speaking
The public and private sides of Brother Stephen.
Smoke on the Water
Ed Grusheski G’74
Self Help: Charity on 52nd Street
Regular game. Nothing free.
William and I
Teaching and learning in West Philadelphia.
Street Picks Rodin to Head New Economy Board
Rodin to head Philadelphia New Economy board
Breaking Ground in Education
Ground broken for Penn-assisted public school.
“No Other Life”
The Mourning of Mario Lanza, Chubby Checker's twisting rise and fall, a race riot in North Philadelphia and the Phillies' 1964 "nervous breakdown." Memories of a boyhood in the city.
Hack on Planning
GSFA Dean Gary Hack on chairing the city planning commission.
Mapping Human Geography
Computer maps create powerful tool for data-gathering
Double Play
David Jordan L’59 and Dr. John Rossi Gr’65
Lily Yeh’s Art of Transformation
Dissatisfied with her work as a painter, Lily Yeh was searching for "a luminous place, a place where I could locate the sacred in the mundane"—and found it in blighted North Philadelphia.
Cheesesteaks, Tastykakes and … Information Technology?
Paul Morin W’91 WG’98
Economic Impact Study Shows Penn’s Muscle
The University's impact on the region
Rebirth on the River
When the Fairmount Water Works was born in the 19th century, its cutting-edge technology and pleasing gardens drew hordes of tourists. Penn alumni working on a $26 million restoration and environmental-education project at the site hope to create a new life for this half-forgotten landmark that helped a city grow.
High Noon in the ‘hood
Penn sociologist Elijah Anderson writes about life at "ground zero," in the inner city's most blighted areas. In this excerpt from his new book, a reformed drug-dealer turned small-businessman attempts to take back a neighborhood corner from his successor in the drug trade.
Justice in the Bones
When a 15-year-old Philadelphia boy was wrongly accused of rape in a case of mistaken identity, public defender Glenn Gilman C’69 and two Penn anthropologists, Dr. Alan Mann and Dr. Janet Monge Gr’80, combined their expertise to ensure that justice was served.
Squeeze Play
Can the Philadelphia Phillies build a winning team the old-fashioned way? David Montgomery is betting the franchise on it.
Of Things Evil
A century ago, the brutal killing of Law School favorite Roy Wilson White in Powelton Village horrified Philadelphia. But what happened after his death was even crueler.