Two LGBT students are featured in the Daily Pennsylvanian article, “Students discuss the process of coming out”
October 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, “Standing up for equal rights: Three Penn students marched in D.C. this weekend, but more are needed”
October 2009
Alumnus, Rich Ross C’93, has been named the new chairman of Walt Disney Studios. Read about it in the New York Times
October 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian reported, “Students share coming-out stories with the camera”
October 2009
Penn Professor Tobias Wolff discussed the Defense of Marriage Act on the “Lou Dobbs Tonight” (VIDEO)
August 2009
Penn Professor Amy Wax commented on legislation that seeks to overthrow Proposition 8, California’s same-sex-marriage ban, in the New York Times article, "Ted Olson’s Supreme Court Adventure"
August 2009
Penn Professor Tobias Wolff discussed the legalities surrounding sports betting in the USA Today article, "Judge's Ruling Moves Delaware Closer to Legal Sports Betting"
August 2009
Penn Professor Kermit Roosevelt authored an op-ed on CBSnews.com entitled, "Why Judicial `Activism' Explains Little"
July 2009
Penn Professor Kermit Roosevelt authored an op-ed on a high-profile anti-discrimination court decision in the Christian Science Monitior entitled, "The Ricci Riddle and the Law's Limits"
June 2009
Harvard University endowed a visiting professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies, a position that is the first endowed, named chair in the subject at an American college as reported by the New York Times in, "Harvard to Endow Chair in Gay Studies"
June 2009
Penn Professor Tobias Wolff discusses President Obama and same-sex marriage on BBC News (VIDEO)
May 2009
Penn Professor Kermit Roosevelt discusses Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on NPR's "All Things Considered" (AUDIO)
May 2009
Penn Professor Tobias Wolff debates same-sex marriage on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight” (VIDEO)
May 2009
Penn alumnus, Dennis Drabelle, G'66, L'69 authored "Group Portrait With Lions: On the etiquette of traveling in a pack" in The Gazette May/June 2009 edition.
May 2009
Penn Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, comments on the Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination on the KYW-TV evening news broadcast and in the Philadelphia Daily News
May 2009
Penn Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, authors an op-ed entitled, "Military Commissions: Still a Bad Idea" for CBSNews.com
May 2009
Penn Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, comments on Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s judicial career on Legal Talk Network. Listen to podcast
May 2009
Penn Law Professor, Tobias Wolff, comments on the Obama administration’s gay-rights initiatives in the New York Times article, "As Gay Issues Arise, Obama Is Pressed to Engage"
May 2009
Penn Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, discusses Supreme Court Justice David Souter's legacy, voting record, and resignation in several newspaper articles
May 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian reported "Dental students create LGBT group"
April 2009
Pat Rose G'75, Director of the Career Services at Penn, was featured in the Staff Q&A in the Penn Current
April 2009
Alec Webley C'11 was newly elected as Undergraduate Assembly Chair as reported by the Daily Pennsylvanian
April 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "Allies have day of silence to promote LGBT awareness"
April 2009
Wharton Alliance's outreach to admitted students via Facebook is highlighted in the Daily Pennsylvanian article, "Minorities reach out to 2013 admits"
April 2009
Penn alumna, Maureen Rush G’01 is featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Relays to put Penn's top cop through her paces" in The Gazette Jan/Feb 2009 edition.
April 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "First gay Mass. senator speaks out on LGBT equality"
April 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured QPenn week in the article, "Wharton Alliance hosts ScrewBall as part of QPenn"
March 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "UA steps up minority support" and "For underrepresented groups on U. Council, progress continues 13 years later"
March 2009
Penn Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, discusses Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s tenure in the New York Times
March 2009
Penn Law Professor, Tobias Wolff, is quoted in the Associated Press article, "Calif. high court could create 2 categories of gay couples, or get out of marriage business"
March 2009
Penn's conference, Rethinking Sex, is highlighted in The Daily Pennsylvanian
March 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "Admissions Office reaches out to LGBT recruits"
March 2009
LGBT Center Director, Bob Schoenberg, is quoted in The Daily Pennsylvanian article, "Lack of OAA director met with skepticism"
February 2009
Student organization, Queer People of Color (QPOC), is featured in The Daily Pennsylvanian article, "'Who's Sexy?' QPOC wants to know"
February 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "LGBT group protests military policy"
February 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian featured, "The end of 'Don't
Ask, Don't Tell'? LGBT community says ROTC will remain in violation of Penn's nondiscrimination policies unless Obama reverses military policy"
February 2009
Read the Daily Pennsylvanian's opinion article, "Not a quick, superficial fix: Although a sensitive and sympathetic issue, the University shouldn't be responsible for paying for sexual-reassignment surgery"
February 2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Opinion Board wrote, "Expanding horizons: OFSA, the IFC and the LGBT Center's collaborative efforts are a positive step"
February 2009
Law Professor, Kermit Roosevelt, discusses the proposed closing
of the Guantanamo Bay detention center on KYW Radio
January 2009
Penn professor, Mary Frances Berry, authored "Gay
but Equal?" in The New York Times
January 2009
Penn Law professor, Kermit Roosevelt, is quoted in the Philadelphia
Inquirer article, "Activists
Sue to Keep God Out of Inauguration"
January 2009
Penn alumnus, Dennis Drabelle, G'66, L'69 authored "In
Dreams Begin Discoveries" in The Gazette Jan/Feb 2009 edition.
January 2009
Hear from Lambda
Alliance's re-elected chair in The Daily Pennsylvanian
December 2008
Penn students joined thousands who gathered to oppose
Proposition 8 outside City Hall
November 2008
Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt authors an op-ed entitled, "California's
Same-sex Marriage Case Affects All of Us" in The Christian Science Monitor
November 2008
Learn about fellow alumnus, Charlie Herschel's C'01, quest in "Survivor:
From Obsession to Reality" in The Gazette Nov/Dec 2008 edition
November 2008
Read about the LGBT faculty experience in The Daily
Pennsylvanian article, "Gay
profs see subtle and blatant prejudice, but mostly progress."
November 2008
Read The Gazette Sept/Oct 2008 article, "The
Problem with Marriage Straight and Gay," by Nancy Polikoff C'72
September 2008
Read about new LGBT student groups, QUEST and PUSH, in The
Daily Pennsylvanian
September 2008
Read Op-ed, "Thinking
before we speak," by David Kanter in The Daily Pennsylvanian
September 2008
Read The Gazette Sept/Oct 2008 article, "The
Problem with Marriage Straight and Gay," by Nancy Polikoff C'72
September 2008
Tobias Barrington Wolff of the Law School authors an op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times entitled, "Gay
Rights Needs a Galvanizing Moment"
August 2008
Read about fellow alumnus, Josh David's, C'84, work on the High Line restoration project in the article, "Two
Friends, and the Dream of a Lofty Park Realized," in the New
York Times
July 2008
Read an article about celebrating 25 years of pride at Penn
March 2008
