Penn honors seven alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, composer Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Higdon J Penn honors seven alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, composer Jennifer Higdon The University of Pennsylvania will honor seven distinguished alumni at the 2019 Alumni Award of Merit Gala on Friday, Nov. 8., including Higdon and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.
Rarefied air Rarefied air One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, Penn’s Sarah Parks has jumped into her new gig.
Penn Athletics launches the Track & Field and Cross Country Campaign for Excellence Aerial view from the north of the planned Jane and David Ott Center for Track & Field. (Image: Ewing Cole) Penn Athletics launches the Track & Field and Cross Country Campaign for Excellence The centerpiece of the new Campaign is a planned indoor track & field facility, named for Jane and David Ott, Wharton alumni and former track athletes.
‘Power of design’ A bronze bust of Stuart Weitzman is unveiled by Dean Fritz Steiner (left) and President Amy Gutmann, while Weitzman (right) looks on during the Stuart Weitzman School of Design naming celebration. ‘Power of design’ In a ceremony Thursday afternoon, President Amy Gutmann celebrated the naming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and Stuart Weitzman Plaza. Weitzman, the designer and footwear industry icon, graduated from the Wharton School in 1963.
‘Very little fazes her’ Penn In the News The Pennsylvania Gazette ‘Very little fazes her’ One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, May alumna Sarah Parks jumps into a new gig as Director of Operations. Lauder College House named Lauder College House named The new name was revealed at a ceremony celebrating the house’s first cohort of fourth-year residents, along with incoming Class of 2023 and second- and third-year residents. Philly ‘Host Home’ program aims to slash LGBTQ youth homelessness, shelter costs Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Philly ‘Host Home’ program aims to slash LGBTQ youth homelessness, shelter costs Recent alum and President’s Engagement Prize winner Brendan Taliaferro was highlighted for his Host Home program, which connects young LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness with volunteer households and social workers. Views from the top of the world Views from the top of the world Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Taylor Jenkins has been hired to lead the Grizzlies, who finished 33-49 this season and currently have the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. Penn’s 263rd Commencement Penn’s 263rd Commencement The Class of 2019 took to Franklin Field on Monday, May 20, for Penn’s 263rd Commencement ceremony, where President Amy Gutmann urged graduates to “weave together a world better, freer, and more inclusive.” Load More
Lauder College House named Lauder College House named The new name was revealed at a ceremony celebrating the house’s first cohort of fourth-year residents, along with incoming Class of 2023 and second- and third-year residents.
Philly ‘Host Home’ program aims to slash LGBTQ youth homelessness, shelter costs Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Philly ‘Host Home’ program aims to slash LGBTQ youth homelessness, shelter costs Recent alum and President’s Engagement Prize winner Brendan Taliaferro was highlighted for his Host Home program, which connects young LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness with volunteer households and social workers. Views from the top of the world Views from the top of the world Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Taylor Jenkins has been hired to lead the Grizzlies, who finished 33-49 this season and currently have the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. Penn’s 263rd Commencement Penn’s 263rd Commencement The Class of 2019 took to Franklin Field on Monday, May 20, for Penn’s 263rd Commencement ceremony, where President Amy Gutmann urged graduates to “weave together a world better, freer, and more inclusive.”
Views from the top of the world Views from the top of the world Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Taylor Jenkins has been hired to lead the Grizzlies, who finished 33-49 this season and currently have the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Penn’s 263rd Commencement Penn’s 263rd Commencement The Class of 2019 took to Franklin Field on Monday, May 20, for Penn’s 263rd Commencement ceremony, where President Amy Gutmann urged graduates to “weave together a world better, freer, and more inclusive.”