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The Penn Museum is giving virtual visitors a closer view with its new Visual Experience Platform. “This new platform pre...
11/01/2025

The Penn Museum is giving virtual visitors a closer view with its new Visual Experience Platform. “This new platform presents a great opportunity to bring in new features and methods of engagement,” says Jennifer Brehm, the Merle-Smith Director of Learning and Public Engagement.
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Read more in "From All Angles" in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/from-all-angles/
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📝: JoAnn Greco | 📸: Penn Museum | 🏷️:

The Penn Museum is giving virtual visitors a closer view.

A recent Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics seminar looked at lessons from the pandemic.*Read more in " Pandemi...
10/31/2025

A recent Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics seminar looked at lessons from the pandemic.
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Read more in " Pandemic Lessons" in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/pandemic-lessons/
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📝: John Prendergast C'80 | 🎨: John Tomac | 🏷️:

LDI panel looks for lessons from the pandemic.

With higher education “facing significant headwinds,” Penn’s Class of 2029 is called upon to unite.*Read more in "Collab...
10/31/2025

With higher education “facing significant headwinds,” Penn’s Class of 2029 is called upon to unite.
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Read more in "Collaboration and Community" in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/collaboration-and-community/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Eric Sucar, University Communications | 🏷️:

“Collaboration … is our superpower.”

Well over a century since it was first identified and following decades of intensive research, Alzheimer’s disease conti...
10/30/2025

Well over a century since it was first identified and following decades of intensive research, Alzheimer’s disease continues to withhold its essential secrets and a cure remains elusive. But recent drug treatments, improvements in diagnostic techniques, and other developments constitute what one Penn Medicine leader calls the “dawn of a new era” in confronting its impacts on patients and caregivers.
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Read more in "Alzheimer’s Now" in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/alzheimers-now/
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📝: Mary Ann Meyers Gr'76| 🎨: Chris Gash | 🏷️:

Well over a century since it was first identified and following decades of intensive research, Alzheimer’s disease continues to withhold its essential secrets and a cure remains elusive. But recent drug treatments, improvements in diagnostic techniques, and other developments constitute what one P...

For most of her life, conservation journalist Artis Henderson C’02 W’02’s late father had been kept a dark secret. Then ...
10/30/2025

For most of her life, conservation journalist Artis Henderson C’02 W’02’s late father had been kept a dark secret. Then she went on an expedition to learn about his adventurous existence as a dad, husband, pilot, remote island owner, and international drug smuggler—as well as “the accident” 40 years ago that killed him (and nearly her).
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Read more in "A Daughter’s Reckoning" in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/a-daughters-reckoning/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Artis Henderson C'02 | 🏷️:

For most of her life, conservation journalist Artis Henderson C’02 W’02’s late father had been kept a dark secret. Then she went on an expedition to learn about his adventurous existence as a dad, husband, pilot, remote island owner, and international drug smuggler—as well as “the accident...

Weitzman School alumni and faculty are prominent in a movement to make US playgrounds more challenging, stimulating, edu...
10/28/2025

Weitzman School alumni and faculty are prominent in a movement to make US playgrounds more challenging, stimulating, educational—and fun!—for users of all ages.
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Read more in "Tossing Out the Playbook" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/tossing-out-the-playbook/
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📝: JoAnn Greco | 📸: Greg Benson | 🏷️:

Weitzman School alumni and faculty are prominent in a movement to make US playgrounds more challenging, stimulating, educational—and fun!—for users of all ages.

Our Nov|Dec 2025 cover stories include:✔️ Weitzman School alumni and faculty make playgrounds more fun✔️ Artis Henderson...
10/27/2025

Our Nov|Dec 2025 cover stories include:

✔️ Weitzman School alumni and faculty make playgrounds more fun
✔️ Artis Henderson C’02 W’02's new book shines a light on her father's dark secret
✔️ Penn Medicine is at the forefront of Alzheimer's research
✔️ Penn SAS celebrates the 238th anniversary of the US Constitution

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

Thanks to Ke-An Chiang GFA’25, the Greenfield Intercultural Center now outranks College Hall as the oldest building owne...
09/19/2025

Thanks to Ke-An Chiang GFA’25, the Greenfield Intercultural Center now outranks College Hall as the oldest building owned by Penn.
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The three-story, white stucco building with green trim at 3708–12 Chestnut Street is a recent addition to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, after being nominated by Chiang while she was a student in the Weitzman School of Design.
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Read more in "A Villa in the City" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/a-villa-in-the-city/
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📝: Nicole Perry | 📸: Courtesy Philadelphia Historical Commisssion | 🏷️: Greenfield Intercultural Center University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design

A new oldest Penn building.

Ami Parekh C’12 is a championship skater turned physician and teacher.*Read more in "Figure Skating It Out" in our Sep|O...
09/18/2025

Ami Parekh C’12 is a championship skater turned physician and teacher.
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Read more in "Figure Skating It Out" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/figure-skating-it-out/
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📝: Tasmiha Khan | 📸: Victor Fraile | 🏷️:

Ami Parekh C’12 is a championship skater turned physician and teacher.

What the days (and nights) are like for an international lobbyist and nightlife entrepreneur Vinoda Basnayake L’08.*Read...
09/18/2025

What the days (and nights) are like for an international lobbyist and nightlife entrepreneur Vinoda Basnayake L’08.
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Read more in "Power and Parties" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/power-and-parties/
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📝: Alyson Krueger C’07 | 🎨: George Kevin Jordan | 🏷️:

Vinoda Basnayake L’08 wrote the “least boring” admissions essay.

As executive director of of Friends of the Wanamaker Organ, Ray Biswanger C’75 is instrumental in preserving the world’s...
09/17/2025

As executive director of of Friends of the Wanamaker Organ, Ray Biswanger C’75 is instrumental in preserving the world’s largest functioning pipe organ.
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Read more in "The Organ Protector" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/the-organ-protector/
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📝: Samantha Drake CGS’06 | 📸: Michael Branscom | 🏷️:

Ray Biswanger C’75 watches over the Wanamaker Organ.

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