Alumni Happenings
Back Home Again
Experience Penn in a new way at Homecoming Weekend featuring Arts and Culture
November 5-8:
Donor Recognition, Like Never Before
People Supporting Penn is going online this November, bringing Penn donors and their stories together for good. Don’t miss out! Update your contact information in QuakerNet and we’ll email you when the website launches.
A Call For Nominations
Honor exemplary alumni volunteers and recognize candidates who can shape the future as we seek nominations of leaders for award recipients and trustee positions.
Penn Goes to Egypt
Penn Egyptologists Dr. Joseph Wegner, G'89, and Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, C'91, will host an alumni trip to Egypt in January 2010. Register now.
Campus Insider
Nobel Efforts Start at Penn
1955 graduate George E. Smith received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for the technology that allowed humankind to see the surface of Mars and provided us with digital cameras in our cell phones.
Happy Birthday SP2!
On Monday October 5th, the School of Social Policy and Practice will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the unveiling of its new centennial wall.
Engineered to Innovate
The University of Pennsylvania has launched a first-of-its-kind program that will prepare undergraduate students to shape the technologies that underpin Web search, keyword auctions, electronic commerce, and much more.
At the Ready
The Division of Public Safety has launched the Penn Siren Outdoor System (Penn SOS). This thirteen speaker system works in conjunction with the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System, transmitting voice intelligible emergency messages and alert tones to the outdoor campus environment.
Arts
Rediscover Ur's Royal Cemetery
Penn Museum’s world-renowned Mesopotamian collection from Ur is the centerpiece of a new, long-term exhibition exploring Iraq’s ancient cultural heritage
Who Done It?
Crime novelist Leonard Cassuto and American literature professor S.J. Rozan come together to discuss the theory, history, and practice of crime fiction, a genre that is receiving increasing attention from scholars, critics, and readers of all stripes.
Sports + Recreation
Get in The Line!
Penn Men's Basketball is getting set for the 2009-2010 season, and you can purchase your season tickets now to ensure that you will be there for all of the action.
Women's Water Polo Nationally Ranked
Coming off a spotless 12-0 record in the regular season, and 45 consecutive wins over the last four years, Penn water polo entered the national tournament seeded in 5th place, their 2008 finish.
Research
How Computers are Learning from Television
Ben Tasker and his team at the Department of Computer and Information Science are using an unlikely tool, television, to teach computers how to interpret the world we live in.
On the Cutting Edge
Penn received more than $650,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money will fund 30 summer research experiences designed to speed the pace of scientific achievement, encourage, and prepare the next generation of students.
