The Pennsylvania Gazette

07/09/2025

For 150 years, the Penn baseball team has produced titles, pro ballplayers, and a supportive alumni base.
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Read more in "A Century and a Half on the Diamond" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/a-century-and-a-half-on-the-diamond/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Courtesy Penn Archives | 🏷️:

Baseball marks 150 years.

07/09/2025

Anna Brandt W’25 was named the Midfielder of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA), marking the first time in program history a player earned that honor.
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Read more in "Anna the All-American" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/anna-the-all-american/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Penn Athletics | 🏷️:

Women’s lacrosse standout Anna Brandt.

07/08/2025

At Commencement, actress, filmmaker, and Penn alumna Elizabeth Banks C'96 tells the Class of 2025 to “pursue anything and everything that scares you with absolute vigor.” ❤️ 💙
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Read more in "May the Odds Be Ever in Their Favor" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/may-the-odds-be-ever-in-their-favor/
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📸: Tommy Leonardi C'89 | 🏷️:

Elizabeth Banks C’96 on choices, failure, and safety nets.

07/08/2025

Thank you for joining us at Alumni Weekend 2025! Relive the event with our annual photo gallery. ❤️ 💙
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Read more in "Alumni Weekend 2025" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/alumni-weekend-2025/
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📸: Tommy Leonardi C'89 | 🏷️: Penn Alumni

Our annual photo gallery.

07/07/2025

Before the recent real-life election of a new pope, Michael Jackman C’85 helped bring a film version—"Conclave"—to movie screens and the awards circuit. It was a career highlight for a veteran film producer who often labored far from the Hollywood that lives in our collective imagination.
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Read more in "The Producer as Problem Solver" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/the-producer-as-problem-solver/
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📝: Susan Karlin | 📸: Nathan Bajar | 🏷️:

Before the recent real-life election of a new pope, Michael Jackman C’85 helped bring a film version—Conclave—to movie screens and the awards circuit. It was a career highlight for a veteran film producer who often labored far from the Hollywood that lives in our collective imagination.

07/07/2025

07/07/2025

Journalist Alexander Clapp C’13 set out to follow our trash to the end of the trail. Two years and five continents later, his debut book illuminates the surreal second life of the things we throw away. Plus: an excerpt from "Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash."
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Read more in "Travels in Trashland" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/travels-in-trashland/
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📝: Trey Popp | 🎨: John Tomac | 🏷️:

Journalist Alexander Clapp C’13 set out to follow our trash to the end of the trail. Two years and five continents later, his debut book illuminates the surreal second life of the things we throw away. Plus: an excerpt from Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash.

07/03/2025

When David Fajgenbaum M’13 WG’15 unlocked his own treatment after being diagnosed with a rare disease, he saved his life. Now he has his sights on a higher purpose that’s bringing hope to millions.
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Read more in "Chasing Every Cure" in our Jul|Aug issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/chasing-every-cure/
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📝: JoAnn Greco | 🎨: Chris Gash | 🏷️: Every Cure

When David Fajgenbaum M’13 WG’15 unlocked his own treatment after being diagnosed with a rare disease, he saved his life. Now he has his sights on a higher purpose that’s bringing hope to millions.

07/02/2025

Our Jul|Aug 2025 cover stories include:

✔️ Dr. David Fajgenbaum M’13 WG’15's nonprofit matches rare diseases with existing drugs
✔️ Journalist Alexander Clapp C’13 follows our trash to the end of the trail
✔️ Film producer Michael Jackman C’85 is in the spotlight for "Conclave"
✔️ Our annual Alumni Weekend photo gallery

Read the issue on our website 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/julaug-2025/

06/17/2025

On August 12, Penn alumni are invited to meet Cynthia McVay, author of "A Field of My Own: A Memoir of Place," in conversation with Karen Karp WG'87, discussing Cynthia's new book. In this love story and tribute to the Hudson Valley, Cynthia chronicles her intimate, two-decade relationship with a flagging orchard, building a pond and pollinator gardens, learning to forage for food and run a tractor, and relocating an enormous 180-year-old hand-hewn Amish barn to the property.

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Join us for a fireside chat with author Cynthia McVay, a lifelong creative and environmentalist, as she chronicles her intimate, two-decade relationship with a flagging orchard in the Hudson Valley.

05/16/2025

A new exhibit at Penn Libraries examines Penn’s changing identity during the fractious political era of the American Revolution.
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Read more in "Revolution at Penn?" in our May|Jun issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/revolution-at-penn/
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📝: Nicole Perry | 📸: Courtesy Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | 🏷️:

Present at the Revolution.