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  • Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years

    The 1973 Penn vs. Brown football game at Franklin Field was the first in Ivy League history to feature two African American starting quarterbacks.
    An article about the 1973 Penn vs. Brown game on the front page of the sports section in the Sunday, Oct. 7, 1973, edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer
    An article about the 1973 Penn versus Brown game on the front page of the sports section in the Sunday, Oct. 7, 1973, edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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  • A world shaped by water and access
    Three people test water below a sand dam.

    Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.

    (Image: Courtesy of Griffin Pitt)

    A world shaped by water and access

    Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.

    Oct 8, 2025