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Greg Johnson
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.
All can star at Penn Rec’s slam dunk/3-point contest
Basketball highflyers and sharpshooters can show off their “mad hops” and range at Penn Rec’s Second Annual Slam Dunk Contest and 3-Point Shootout.
Q&A with Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel
“Are you interviewing me?” Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel bellows in his broad Chicago accent from the doorway of his office in College Hall.
Staff Q&A with Rodney Robinson
While a student at Penn in the mid-1980s, Rodney Robinson missed his Hey Day—the nearly century-old tradition that celebrates the junior class moving up to become seniors—because of an Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity engagement.
Get men’s basketball tickets for a special price
Let’s go Qua-kers! Boom, boom, boom-boom-boom! Let’s go Qua-kers! Boom, boom, boom-boom-boom! Penn faculty and staff can purchase tickets at the discounted price of $7 for each of the men’s basketball team’s remaining home games.
Who is in that Quaker suit?
Sporting bright blue shoes on his oversized feet, He’s always on hand for a meet and greet,A hat that says “Penn,” and a red and blue vest,“P” for Pennsylvania sits proudly upon his chest,With an ever-present smile and baby blue eyes,He leads the crowd in roars and cries,
Rehabilitating soldiers after war
By 1916, the U.S. federal government had spent more than $5 billion on Civil War pensions, more than the cost of the entire four-year war.
Q&A with Richard A. Berk
Prison beds are expensive. Housing an inmate in a high-security facility can cost more than a year of tuition at Penn.