The Geeks Shall Inherit the Bars
Penn alumni are at the forefront of a growing movement to make socializing safe for the world’s nerds.
Halal Lemonade for Hometown Muslims
How my year in Morocco highlighted the richness of Islam, Philadelphia-style.
Penn Glee Club’s Fall Show
Highlights, 2011.
Darkest Before Dawn
“The circle breaks. We leave the parking lot and begin the morning’s run.”
Off the Rails
Discovering the lives my grandfather didn’t live.
Getting Engaged
The Civic Scholars program, which fuses civic engagement with academic courses and projects, is shaping some remarkable, passionate students who are already having an impact on the communities they serve.
¡Bienvenidos a Buenos Aires!
Now, put your hands up.
Hollywood Ending
Denzel to Class of 2011: “Fall forward.”
Gamer U.
Penn Reading Project choice Reality is Broken launches Year of Games.
“Dorm Room Diplomat” Named Truman Scholar
Truman Scholar Corey Metzman.
Penn Theatre: A Work in Three Acts
Theatre has a long, rich—and somewhat obscure—history at the University. A new initiative aims to help Penn’s professional, academic, and student performing arts entities do more to work together and raise their collective visibility on campus and beyond.
Girls Gone Wild
A misadventure in the Peruvian Andes reveals the perils of innocence.
Class of 2011 Gets Denzel
Denzel Washington takes role as Penn’s 255th Commencement speaker.
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.
The Frosting of War
Ultimate Collegiate Cupcake Decorating Competition
Art With Punch
Worth 1,000 words.
Joe’s Café Opens
Menu for sustainability at Joe’s Cafe.
Two Seniors Win Marshall Scholarships
Marshall scholars Kristin Hall and G.J. Melendez-Torres.
Superblock Gets a Sitcom
Students produce “Classless” comedy.
Students Show Appetite for Food Writing
Good reading about eating: Penn Appetit
All The Live Long Night
Four in the morning is the new midnight.
My Ivy-Strangled Valentine
“It was in the CUPID line that I noticed Steve K.”
Bodybuilding for the Brainy
Bodybuilding competition combines hard bodies, sharp brains.