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How to donate 80,000 comic books—and get a marvelous tax break

Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 collection of more than 75,000 comic books and graphic novels to Penn Libraries, featuring remarks from Sean Quimby of the Kislak Center.

Jing-Jing Piriyalertsak standing outside a building with trees

Penn alum named 2024 Yenching Scholar

Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, a 2023 graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Yenching Scholar, with full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

alumni hold Penn '99 signs and umbrella for Alumni Parade

Reconnecting on Penn’s campus

This year’s Alumni Weekend included panels, parades, parties, and so much more.

Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2024 U.S. Student Program grants

Thirteen Penn students and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2024-25 academic year. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in a dozen nations.

Image of a carillon, with knobs and buttons. The screen notes that the machine is playing the Star Wars theme

What’s That? The Sweeten Alumni House carillon

The Sweeten Alumni House carillon is a computerized music system that chimes and plays songs for passersby along Locust Walk.

A collector donated 75,000 comic books to Penn Libraries, valued at more than $500,000

Penn Athletics coaches and administrators cut the ribbon for the Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin Field.

Penn Athletics unveils Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin Field

The renovations have added top-of-the-line locker rooms, meeting rooms, and connected spaces worthy of the championship traditions of Penn football.

She graduated from Penn in 2023. Now, she’s the Quakers’ director of football operations

Jordyn Hall is Penn’s director of football operations, a role she’s had since last spring when she was a fourth-year student.

How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?

Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.

Matt Valenti, left, and Roger Reina sit on a blue bleacher bench inside the Palestra.

Valenti tapped to succeed Reina as wrestling coach in 2025

On April 1, 2025, Penn Athletics Hall of Famer and two-time NCAA wrestling champion Matt Valenti will succeed Roger Reina as head coach of the Quakers.

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