Greg Johnson | Penn Today

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.

Articles from Greg Johnson

Calvary Rogers races around the track during an indoor meet.

Running into the history books

On Sunday at the Ivy Heps, Calvary Rogers became the first sprinter in conference history to win the indoor 200m dash three years in a row.

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The ignorance of blackface

Historian Mia Bay discusses the history of blackface, its intent, and why it is still occurring in the 21st century.

Reeham Sedky poses with her squash racket on the squash court.

Sedky takes home College Squash Association’s top honor

The senior has been conferred the 2019 Betty Richey Award.

Members of the women's track and field team pose with the Heps indoor championship banner.

Back to back

The women’s track and field team has won the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heptagonal Championships for the second straight season.

W.E.B. Du Bois sits at his desk in his office.

The times and life of W.E.B. Du Bois at Penn

In 1896, Du Bois was appointed an assistant instructor at Penn and began his investigation of the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia—research that he would turn into his groundbreaking work, “The Philadelphia Negro.”