Lauren Hertzler

He was brave and intelligent, loyal and true, affectionate and proud. He devoted his sole and only treasure and inheritance to the University of Pennsylvania—his whole life.”These are the words read aloud at the close of Albert Monroe Wilson’s funeral in 1904. Wilson, a native of Philadelphia, worked at the College of the University of Pennsylvania for 50 years.

It was 1957 when the late Albert “Mickey” Stunkard, a curious M.D. with a passion for studying weight and eating disorders, joined the Perelman School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.

“Stunning.” “Stupendous.” “Spectacular.”

Can you imagine seeing the beauty of a frozen waterfall, let alone climbing one?

Since the Pennovation Center’s opening, Comcast Corp. has vowed its support.

Gideon Nave’s educational background is in two sub-fields of electrical engineering: signal processing and machine learning. Both use statistical tools to make inferences and extract signals from noise, such as developing algorithms that recognize speech in a loud, lively cocktail party.

The Christian Association (CA) at Penn offers a community of hospitality, service and advocacy, and faith exploration for students, faculty, and staff. Located at 118 S. 37th St., the CA House is beautiful and welcoming, and serves as a home away from home for many. The space is open to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, orientation, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, or gender. The CA is celebrating its 125th anniversary this academic year.

The soon-to-be completed FMC Tower is like no other high-rise in Philadelphia, Jeff Weinstein says, dubbing it the city’s first “vertical neighborhood.”“You can live in it and work in it, and so much more,” he says.