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Greg Johnson
Managing Editor
Managing Editor
Greg Johnson covers Penn Athletics and Recreation, which includes sports teams, intramural sports, and the Penn Relays. He manages the annual Research at Penn publication, which highlights notable research from all 12 schools at Penn.
Teaching computers how to learn
The goal of machine learning is to make a computer learn just like a baby—it should get better at tasks with experience. In fact, computers best humans at tasks like chess and numerical calculations.
Penn football makes NCAA history with 1,300 games
Photo credit: University Archives The 1882 University football team, which had a record of 2-4 that year.
Battling painful side effects from breast cancer treatment
A protein on the surface of breast cancer tumors called the estrogen receptor allows the tumors to use estrogen to grow.
Student Spotlight: Katie Reynolds
Photo credit: Mark Stehle TRAINING CAMP: Before she even began classes at Penn, Katie Reynolds served as a manager for the football team.
Staff Q&A/Doug Berger
Photo credit: Mark Stehle Doug Berger, executive director of the Business Services Division, is a man of
History (in pictures) of the Holy Land
In the top image, Jews carry wheat in the Emek (Jezreel Valley) of British Mandate Palestine in 1936. The bottom photo shows the 1868 restoration of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Foreclosures take an emotional toll
Millions of Americans have lost their homes, and neighborhoods and communities have suffered since the U.S. housing bubble began to burst in 2006.