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Designed to Promote Socialization Among Students, Hill House Gets a Stunning Refresh
Hill College House opened in 1960 as the new “women’s residence” on Penn’s campus at 33rd and Walnut streets.
The Palestra at 90
90 years after its construction, the Palestra is still beloved and renowned for its classic look and feel.
A model for remaking public spaces, researched by PennPraxis
Civic infrastructure is made up of both hard and soft components. Everybody loves the hard features, such as swanky new parks, pools, schools, recreational centers, and libraries. The soft elements, like the financing, maintenance, and management required to maintain these structures and green spaces, are less charismatic and routinely overlooked.
Presidential Term Profs increase faculty diversity and eminence
A key feature of Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence are the Presidential Term Professorships, which were established in 2011 and supporte
For the Record: ‘A Pennsylvania Album’
“A Pennsylvania Album: Undergraduate Essays on the 250th Anniversary” is a book published in 1990 as part of Penn’s 250th Anniversary Celebration. Edited by history professor
Revisiting ‘Killing the Black Body,’ 20 years later
Twenty years ago, Dorothy Roberts, the George A.
Q&A with Daniel Q. Gillion
Q&A with Daniel Q. Gillion
Masses of African-American men from around the country converged on Washington, D.C., in October of 1995 for the Million Man March. Speakers included Jesse Jackson, Rosa Parks, Dick Gregory, and Maya Angelou. Unable to afford the trip to the nation’s capital, 15-year-old Daniel Q. Gillion attended a protest event in Miami that coincided with the March, and was organized by local churches and chapters of the NAACP. Hundreds of similar demonstrations were held across the nation.
Film society preps Penn seniors for careers in entertainment
The alluring bright lights of Hollywood shine all the way across the country, illuminating the gritty streets of Philadelphia and twinkling creative minds at Penn.