Hyper Text
Synthetic text extrusion. Virtual teaching assistants. Illusions of mastery. Silicon Socrates. Four years after the debut of ChatGPT, higher education is starting to look different.
No Rough PAACHes
PAACH celebrates 25 years.
Huntsman Senior Named Rhodes Scholar
Huntsman Program senior Florence Onyiuke is a Rhodes Scholar.
Art Stewards
Visual Art | Art Match program turns dorm rooms into (temporary) galleries.
Collaboration and Community
“Collaboration … is our superpower.”
Helping Hands
Penn First Plus aims to level the college and early-career playing field for first-generation, low-income students and alumni at the University.
Counting Days
“Oom Sha La La will take on a meaning of its own.”
A Villa in the City
A new oldest Penn building.
Beyond Salvation
Repeat salvation seeker.
May the Odds Be Ever in their Favor
Elizabeth Banks C’96 on choices, failure, and safety nets.
President’s Prizes Announced
2025 President’s Prize winners announced.
“A Peaceful Place”
Back to the garden.
Close Your Eyes
“Three months, I told myself.”
Course Corrections
On the 65th anniversary of the Penn Course Guide, a deep dive into what contemporary Penn undergraduates actually study—and how their choices have changed over time.
The Surprising Roads to Rhodes
College senior Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar.
Embracing the New
Class of 2028 urged to “embrace what is new to you.”
Where Research Meets Community
PennFERBS wants to help the next generation of scientific leaders.
New Office Centralizes Anti-Discrimination Efforts
Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion established.
The Unexpected Entrepreneurs
For 10 years, the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes have equipped a select few graduating Penn seniors with a large cash award and faculty mentorship for post-graduation projects designed to make a “positive, lasting difference in the world.” The prizes, unlike anything else in higher education, have catapulted new social entrepreneurs into the world—and created a “community of changemakers” who are leaning on each other (and other alumni) to take their organizations to the next level.
My Summer of Nothing
So many things I could have done.
(Re)introducing In Principle and Practice
What In Principle and Practice means for Penn.
Overcoming Fear, Finding Love
In a “hard year,” praise for a class “forged in the crucible of change.”
Encampment on College Green
A pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green lasted 16 days.
Open or Closed Expression
Roundtable weighs threats to academic freedom and open expression.