Alumni Happenings

Mark your Calendar!
Join us for Homecoming 2008,
October 31-November 1.

Set Your "Site" on Admissions
A newly redesigned website for the Alumni Council on Admissions offers advice on navigating the process: academic preparation, early vs. regular decision, tips for a campus visit, and more.

Leading the Way
Three new candidates have been nominated for alumni trustee positions to help direct the University’s governance and fiduciary responsibilities.

First September Celebrations
During their first fall not returning to campus, recent grads are welcomed by our global club system to the alumni network in their new hometowns.

Where Will You Go in '09?
From Antarctica to the Galapagos Islands, join Penn Alumni Travel on fascinating educational journeys around the world.

Campus Insider

Penn Integrates Knowledge with Leading Scholars
Robert Ghrist and John Gearhart combine advanced research in mathematics, engineering, and regenerative medicine with exemplary teaching and visionary ideas having global impact.

Change is Good
Celebrate and contemplate growth, variation, evolution, metamorphosis, and more with the Penn Humanities Forum in its tenth anniversary year.

Educating Effective Leaders for Public Service
David Thornburgh, named Executive Director of Fels Institute of Government, will shape public policy and management at the regional, national, and international levels.

Repositioning the Metropolis
Penn Institute for Urban Research will highlight current trends, problems, and areas for federal response related to the nation's cities and suburbs at an upcoming conference.

Innovative Law School Teaching
Professor Frankel's new textbook is the first to include video, showing professional mediators at work, and using an interactive approach with a tech-savvy generation of students.

Arts

Be Festive this Fall
Enjoy a day of scarecrow making, pumpkin painting, bird watching and more with family and friends in the beautiful foliage landscape of Morris Arboretum.

Fulfilling a Prophecy
A new exhibit features private collections of the Lenape people in Pennsylvania in addition to archaeological objects from the collections of the Penn Museum.

Seek and You Shall Find A Job
A new edition of a bestseller authored by Penn's Career Services Directors assists job seekers in academic disciplines in their search for faculty positions.

A Goode Collection
The Arthur Ross Gallery presents a wide variety of printmaking techniques and artists from the early 20th century to the present as the process and product are explored.

Imperial Cultures in Late Antiquity
A new web exhibit launched by the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies challenges scholars of the classical world with the complexities of Roman history.

Sports + Recreation

Row, Row, Row Your Boat in Beijing
Penn is well represented on the 2008 US Olympic Team, currently competing in both the men's and women's rowing competitions.

» More about Penn in the Olympics throughout history.

Quaker Fans, Get Ready
Purchase your football tickets for the exciting season ahead, marked with special anniversary meetings, traditional rivalries, and Al Bagnoli going for his 200th win as a college coach.

Research

Getting Greener and Greener
Clean tech firms are committed to the fight against climate change and hope their investment in the future will pay off with an economic boost as well.

Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, and Cure
Leadership at the Abramson Cancer Center address clinical integration efforts across disciplines to treat breast cancer, melanoma, and lung cancer.