The Pennsylvania Gazette

01/08/2026

Law professor Jennifer Rothman is an expert in “the ways intellectual property law is employed to turn people into a form of property.” As we enter an era of deepfake videos, voice clones, and digital replicas of human beings, she worries that the United States Congress is on the cusp of a horrible mistake.
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Read more in "Who Will Own Your Digital Twin?" in our Jan|Feb issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/who-will-own-your-digital-twin/
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📝: Trey Popp | 🎨: Jonathan Bartlett | 🏷️:

01/07/2026

Whether probing the concept of common sense, mulling the role of expertise in a democracy, or examining how choice intersects with freedom, Sophia Rosenfeld is carving out new realms of cultural and intellectual history.
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Read more in "Historian of the ‘Taken-for-Granted’" in our Jan|Feb issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/a-historian-of-the-taken-for-granted/
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📝: Julia M. Klein | 🎨: Gérard DuBois | 🏷️:

01/07/2026

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

01/07/2026

Our Jan|Feb 2026 cover stories include:

✔️ Fran McCaffery W’82 comes home
✔️ Our annual photo gallery of Homecoming Weekend
✔️ Professor Sophia Rosenfeld is “a historian of the taken-for-granted”
✔️ Professor Jennifer Rothman tracks intellectual property rights in an era of deepfakes

Read the issue on our website 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/janfeb-2026/

01/05/2026

Over five decades and across five states, Fran McCaffery W’82 has been a winning college basketball coach. Now back at his alma mater, does the 66-year-old once known as “White Magic” have enough magic left to overcome significant NCAA obstacles and restore Penn to its former great heights?
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As Penn opens Ivy League play tonight against rival Princeton, read more in "Full Circle" in our Jan|Feb issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/full-circle-3/
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📝: Dave Zeitlin C'03 | 📸: Tommy Leonardi C'89 | 🏷️: Penn Athletics

11/10/2025

This year marks the 100th anniversary of a bouncy earworm of a song called “Collegiate,” written by Penn alumni Moe Jaffe W1923 L1926 and Nat Bonx L1925 while they were still students.
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The spirit of the song is best expressed by the energetically nonsensical refrain: “Collegiate, Collegiate. Yes! we are Collegiate. … We’re collegiate, Rah! Rah! Rah!”
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Read more in "Commemorating “Collegiate”," in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/commemorating-collegiate/
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📝: John Prendergast C'80 | 🏷️:

“Collegiate” is 100. “Rah! Rah! Rah!”

11/10/2025

Anita Hossain Choudhry WG’15 is combating loneliness as CEO and cofounder of The Grand, a group coaching platform.
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The premise is simple: that the executive coaching typically reserved for Fortune 500 leaders should be accessible to everyone, delivered in group settings where participants realize they’re not alone in their struggles.
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Read more in "Grand Ideas for Building Community," in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/grand-ideas-for-building-community/
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📝: Tasmiha Khan | 🎨: Laura Liedo| 🏷️:

Anita Hossain Choudhry WG’15 is combating loneliness with The Grand.

11/07/2025

Marilyn Fu C’99 wrote the screenplay for a new film, "Rosemead," inspired by true events. It hits theaters in New York on December 5, and in Los Angeles on December 12.

11/07/2025

Karen Fang C’94 shares what was lost when Chinese Camp, California, burned.
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“Those buildings were some of the last physical remnants of the early history of Chinese in America,” she writes. “Now that history had all gone up in smoke.”
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Read more in "Without a Trace," in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/without-a-trace/
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📝: Karen Fang C’94 | 📸: Karen Fang C’94 | 🏷️:

What was lost when Chinese Camp burned.

11/07/2025

Susanna Jaramillo EAS’19 juggles full-time careers in science and theater.
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Read more in "Bright Lights, Lab Nights," in our Nov|Dec issue. 👉 https://thepenngazette.com/bright-lights-lab-nights/
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📝: Molly Petrilla C’06 | 📸: Courtesy Susanna Jaramillo EAS’19 | 🏷️:

Susanna Jaramillo EAS’19 juggles full-time careers in science and theater.