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Sylvester Broxton
Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO HE IS: Parking attendant/groundskeeper at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine YEARS AT PENN: 16
Staff Q&A: Randall Couch
Revered in her home country of Chile, poet, human rights activist and feminist figure Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945. But Mistral’s life and work remains largely unknown to many North Americans and she has suffered (more than most) from what Randall Couch calls “simple-minded biographical criticism.”
Philadelphia Antiques Show
WHAT: The Philadelphia Antiques Show is widely considered to be the country’s premier antiques and decorative arts show, with a loan exhibit and more than 50 dealers and galleries on hand to sell furniture,
Staff Q&A: Lorri Schieri
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Running the administrative arm of an institute that encompasses 400 faculty, students, staff and post-docs, from nine schools
Paul Severin
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo WHO HE IS: Special Events Producer, WXPN TIME AT PENN: 2 1/2 years
Staff Q&A: Bryan Isola
Photo credit: Mark Stehle Philadelphia boasts five city ice rinks and one beside the Delaware, all created specifically for public skating.
Penn Dental opens new perio clinic
Students in the School of Dental Medicine’s periodontal clinic used to work in a space first built in the 1940’s, sitting on chairs nearly a quarter-century old.
Vietnam Cafe
WHAT: This latest addition to the West Philly restaurant scene is an offshoot of the Lai family’s renowned Chinatown eatery, Vietnam.
The Insider
Kalpen Modi—better-known as the TV and film actor Kal Penn—is on campus this semester to teach the class, “Asian Americans in the Media.” Modi, pictured here in Zellerbach Theatre, is using critical readings, trade publications, several iconic films and p
President Clinton coming to Penn
Forty years ago, the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders issued a report that revealed a deep racial divide in America.