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A Penn Genetics Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Race
Three decades ago, a white couple I know was awaiting the birth of a baby they were adopting. Not long after the delivery, the pediatrician […]
Beyonce’s Dad Has Breast Cancer. So Do Thousands of Other Men in America
This week, Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, revealed he’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. Many people were surprised by the news. That’s […]
Fact-Checking All of the Mysteries Surrounding Donald Trump and Penn
Listen to the audio edition here: It was, it can be said without fear of exaggeration, a day that will live in infamy. When President […]
This Penn Professor Almost Died From a Rare Disease Four Times
David Fajgenbaum was tired all the time. At first, this seemed like a symptom of a lifestyle, not an illness. He was in his first year […]
Of Course Penn Is Complicit in Amy Wax’s Racism. Of Course Penn Should Fire Her.
In 2017, University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax co-wrote a controversial op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer suggesting that America’s social and political problems are […]
Penn Paid Joe Biden $775,000 to Expand Its “Global Outreach” … and Give Some Speeches
When Penn announced in 2017 that former Vice President Joe Biden would be joining its faculty as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor, students were understandably excited. Imagine […]
Q&A: Cancer Gene Therapy Researcher Bruce Levine on the Future of “Cellicon Valley”
Bruce Levine holds many titles. He serves as the Barbara and Edward Netter professor in cancer gene therapy and founding director of the Clinical Cell […]
Penn’s 25,000-Pound, 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Sphinx Has a New Home
The Penn Museum’s 25,000-pound granite Egyptian sphinx has seen many things over the course of 3,000 years — from the reigns of pharaohs to a […]
How to Get Married at Philadelphia Sports Wedding Venues
Are you a Philadelphia sports couple? You know, the couple who hosts watch parties on game day and wears matching jerseys to Phillies games? One of […]
Professors, Students, and Writers Petition to Save Penn Book Center
The owners of University City’s beloved Penn Book Center announced earlier this week that the business would close its doors for good in May. The news […]
This Les Mills Devotee Makes the Most Amazing Home-Cooked Meals
Who I am: Abby Behrends (@abby_behrends), 27 Where I live: Northern Liberties What I do: By day, I’m an events and marketing coordinator for the […]
Meet New Penn Health System CEO Kevin B. Mahoney
The University of Pennsylvania Health System officially has a new leader at its helm. The leading local health network announced on Wednesday that Kevin B. Mahoney will […]
Can the New Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics Unlock the Science of Beauty?
Late last year in New York, Christie’s auctioned off Edmond de Belamy, an artwork generated by a computer that had been fed 15,000 portraits painted […]
Overachiever Alert: Penn Student Wins Oscar While Still Enrolled In School
When you think of Penn alumni, chances are you envision a current of fresh-faced, suit-clad grads running straight to the offices of some of the […]
Media-Shy Amy Gutmann Helped Produce Report Calling for Media Transparency
Penn president Amy Gutmann is a political scientist by trade. Like most political scientists, she believes that a free press is critical to the health […]