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Frequent Gazette contributor Daniel Akst C’78 is accepting contributions of his own with his latest venture as the found...
09/16/2025

Frequent Gazette contributor Daniel Akst C’78 is accepting contributions of his own with his latest venture as the founder and publisher of Tivoli Books.
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Read "Writer to Publisher" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/writer-to-publisher/
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📝: John Prendergast C'80 | 🏷️:

Daniel Akst C’78 and Tivoli Books.

Jennifer Weber C’00’s high-octane, Tony-nominated choreography levitates And Juliet Broadway, a jukebox musical remix of...
09/16/2025

Jennifer Weber C’00’s high-octane, Tony-nominated choreography levitates And Juliet Broadway, a jukebox musical remix of Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet," now in its third year at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York.
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Read "Move Mixer" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/move-mixer/
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📝: Julia M. Klein | 📸: Maria Baranova | 🏷️:

&Juliet choreographer Jennifer Weber C’00.

Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art is presenting more than 60 of Mavis Pusey’s works alongside artist notes, correspon...
09/15/2025

Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art is presenting more than 60 of Mavis Pusey’s works alongside artist notes, correspondence, and other ephemera—the first major museum survey dedicated to this painter and printmaker.
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"Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images" is on view through December 7.
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Read "Mavis Pusey at the ICA" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/mavis-pusey-at-the-ica/
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📝: Trey Popp | 🎨: Mavis Pusey | 🏷️:

Mavis Pusey’s Mobile Images at the ICA.

Gerald Kamens C’56 listens to Gabriel Fauré’s "Requiem," in seven gentle movements.*Read "Diminuendo for a Dream" in our...
09/15/2025

Gerald Kamens C’56 listens to Gabriel Fauré’s "Requiem," in seven gentle movements.
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Read "Diminuendo for a Dream" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/diminuendo-for-a-dream/
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📝: Gerald Kamens C’56 | 🎨: Chris Gash | 🏷️:

Fauré’s Requiem, Geneva, 1992.

David Porter C’82 fell in love with Philly from behind the wheel of a red-and-white United Cab during the summer of 1980...
09/12/2025

David Porter C’82 fell in love with Philly from behind the wheel of a red-and-white United Cab during the summer of 1980.
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Read "Student Driver" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/student-driver/
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📝: David Porter C’82 | 🎨: David Hollenbach | 🏷️:

Behind the wheel on Philly’s mean—and educational—streets.

Norah Rami is a College senior and the editor-in-chief of the Daily Pennsylvanian’s 34th Street Magazine. Norah's essay ...
09/12/2025

Norah Rami is a College senior and the editor-in-chief of the Daily Pennsylvanian’s 34th Street Magazine. Norah's essay won first prize in the Gazette’s 2025 Undergraduate Essay Contest.
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Read "Counting Days" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/counting-days/
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📝: Norah Rami C'26 | 🎨: Juan Bernabeu

“Oom Sha La La will take on a meaning of its own.”

Amid an ever-shifting college sports backdrop, Ivy League teams can now participate in the football playoffs.*Read more ...
09/11/2025

Amid an ever-shifting college sports backdrop, Ivy League teams can now participate in the football playoffs.
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Read more in "A New Chapter for Penn Football" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/a-new-chapter-for-penn-football/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Hunter Martin courtesy Penn Athletics | 🏷️: University of Pennsylvania Football Penn Athletics

Ivy League now eligible for football playoffs; coaching changes.

Baby KJ is the first in the world to be successfully treated with a personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy.*Read more ...
09/10/2025

Baby KJ is the first in the world to be successfully treated with a personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy.
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Read more in "CRISPR’s First Custom Cure" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/crisprs-first-custom-cure/
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📝: Trey Popp | 📸: Courtsey Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | 🏷️:

Lifesaving breakthrough offers hope for treating “N-of-1” disorders.

Annenberg professor Emily Falk’s new book probes the human brain’s value system.*Read more in "Why We Choose What We Cho...
09/10/2025

Annenberg professor Emily Falk’s new book probes the human brain’s value system.
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Read more in "Why We Choose What We Choose" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/why-we-choose-what-we-choose/
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📝: Daniel Akst C’78 | 🎨: Melinda Beck | 🏷️:

Q&A with Annenberg’s Emily Falk on What We Value.

Before departing for Stanford, Penn’s long-serving senior executive vice president looks back at 25 years of transformat...
09/09/2025

Before departing for Stanford, Penn’s long-serving senior executive vice president looks back at 25 years of transformative progress—and ahead to a new era of uncertainty for higher education.
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Read more in "Carnaroli Steps Down" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/carnaroli-steps-down/
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📝: John Prendergast C'80 | 📸: Tommy Leonardi C'89 | 🏷️:

Departing SEVP Craig Carnaroli W’85 on his 25 years at Penn.

There’s a lot more to Founding Father John Dickinson than not signing the Declaration of Independence.*Read more in "The...
09/09/2025

There’s a lot more to Founding Father John Dickinson than not signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Read more in "The Prudent Patriot" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/the-prudent-patriot/
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📝: Dennis Drabelle G’66 L’69 | 🎨: David Hollenbach | 🏷️:

There’s a lot more to Founding Father John Dickinson than not signing the Declaration of Independence.

Penn First Plus aims to level the college and early-career playing field for first-generation, low-income students and a...
09/08/2025

Penn First Plus aims to level the college and early-career playing field for first-generation, low-income students and alumni at the University.
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Read more in "Helping Hands" in our Sep|Oct issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/helping-hands/
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📝: Caren Lissner C’93 | 🎨: Mitch Blunt | 🏷️:

Penn First Plus aims to level the college and early-career playing field for first-generation, low-income students and alumni at the University.

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