Alumni Happenings
Career Steps Along A Bumpy Road Ahead
During these unstable economic times, your alma mater is available to give
counsel on career moves and connect you to fellow alumni mentors.
Bring it Home
Join fellow alumni at Homecoming,
October
31-November 1:
...and more!
You Come Highly Recommended
Honor exemplary alumni volunteers and recognize candidates who can shape the future as we seek nominations of leaders for award recipients and trustee positions.
Check Your Pulse
Access PENN Medicine's newly designed website to connect with alumni, view a calendar of events, and contribute your time, talents, and resources.
Campus Insider
What's In A Name?
The newly named College of Liberal and Professional Studies is redefining and expanding its mission and vision in response to changing trends in higher education.
A Centennial Celebration of Social Work and Change
The School of Social Policy & Practice will commemorate 100 years of advocacy through special symposia, lectures, events, books, and a scholarship.
Penn Law and Wharton Join Forces
The country's first fully integrated three-year J.D./M.B.A. program will address financial, legal, political, and cultural issues like never before.
Arts
Something to Treasure
Discover the Penn Museum's exposition and sale of decorative objects, textiles,
and wearable art from world cultures.
Penn Press Talks Smack
Professor Schneider writes a comprehensive study on how heroin entered American cities,
its spread among young people, and the necessary next steps in the war on drugs.
Great Expectations for The Big Canvas
As part of GSE's Project for Civic Engagement, a series of public forums on arts and culture
asks citizens to strategize on making the region's assets even stronger.
Sports + Recreation
Nothing But Net
Men's Basketball tips off this season at The Palestra on November 22, with home game rivalries against Penn State, Navy, Villanova, Temple, Saint Joseph's and Princeton.
A Winning Record Continues On The Field
Celebrate our 800th Penn football game and more than 500 wins at Franklin Field since 1895 when the Quakers open their 2008 Ivy schedule against Dartmouth on Saturday.
Research
Wall Street Reckons With Main Street
How did we get into this economic mess, and what can investors, shareholders, and consumers around the world expect next?
Sleepless Gene Discovered
The study of resting patterns with fruit flies may one day help reveal why 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders.
Physicist Receives National Medal of Science
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove was awarded the highest honor for a lifetime of research impacting nuclear medicine, carbon dating and energy fusion.
