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Through new eyes: Tours reacquaint alumni with campus
History of Art Professor David Brownlee with tour group atop concrete roof History of Art Professor David Brownlee, center, leads a tour group atop the Fresh Grocer parking garage at 40th and Walnut streets. (Photo courtesy: Penn Office of Development)

Through new eyes: Tours reacquaint alumni with campus

Campus tours hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations give visiting former students a chance to see the campus in a new light during Alumni Weekend, which takes place May 17-20.
A financial literacy class with a twist
Cope in front of students in class

A financial literacy class with a twist

NFL player and alumnus Brandon Copeland co-taught a course at Penn this semester alongside longtime University lecturer Brian Peterson.

Lauren Hertzler

Full circle
Jennifer Toth

Full circle

Jennifer Toth was treated for hepatoblastoma as a young child at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she returned to work as an oncology nurse following her graduation from Penn Nursing in 2015.

Penn Today Staff

Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building
Roy and Diana Vagelos

Roy and Diana Vagelos

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Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building

Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $50 million to Penn Arts & Sciences for a new science center focused on energy science. The gift creating the new energy science and technology building In support of the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences Campaign is the largest in the School’s history.
The Power of Penn at the Met
view of Amy Gutmann on stage from the audience at the Power of Penn event with a large video screen behind her showing a video

The Power of Penn at the Met

One year into the Power of Penn campaign, President Amy Gutmann hosted a panel discussion with three professors to usher in another year of inclusion, innovation, and impact on a local and global scale.
‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’

‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’

Wharton alum and New York Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland was profiled for the financial literacy class he’s co-teaching with Brian Peterson of the School of Arts and Sciences. “I don’t care if you’re an engineering student, a nursing student, if you’re going to build rockets when you grow up or if you’re going to sweep floors. You’re going to have to use something in this class,” said Copeland.

‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’

‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’

 Brandon Copeland, the New York Jets linebacker heading to free agency next month, and a Wharton graduate, returns to his alma mater to teach Inequity and Empowerment, Urban Financial Literacy along with Brian Peterson, the director of Makku, Penn's Black Cultural Center, calling the course Life 101.

Why 76ers co-owner is pouring $10 million into Wharton School, and banking vet is giving $5M to Bryn Mawr

Why 76ers co-owner is pouring $10 million into Wharton School, and banking vet is giving $5M to Bryn Mawr

Alum and 76ers co-owner Josh Harris and his wife, Marjorie Harris, have donated $10 million to the Wharton School to establish the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program, which aims to teach students about investing in assets beyond stocks, bonds, and real estate. “As an alternative-investments trailblazer, Josh is a role model for our students and an incredible friend to the Wharton School,” said Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett.