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Penn Prof Unpacks the Zoot Suit in “Thinking With the Past” Lecture

    • Penn Prof Unpacks the Zoot Suit in “Thinking With the Past” Lecture

    The zoot suit is remembered as a “killer-diller” men’s suit of a long bygone era, but it was more than just a fashion statement, as research by Kathy Peiss, a University of Pennsylvania historian, shows. 

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn School of Social Policy & Practice’s Goldring Re-Entry Initiative to Host Resource Fair

    • Penn School of Social Policy & Practice’s Goldring Re-Entry Initiative to Host Resource Fair

    In an effort to break the cycle of recidivism, the Goldring Re-entry Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, will host “Breaking Down Walls: Intersections of Mass Incarceration and Its Implications,” Saturday, March 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the International House, 3701 Chestnut St.  It is free and open to the public.
    Ten Students Appointed to RealArts@Penn Internships

    • Ten Students Appointed to RealArts@Penn Internships

    The 10 RealArts@Penn summer internship positions aren’t jobs for gophers or work experiences that look better on resumes than in real life.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn Campaign Raises $4.3 Billion, Transforming the University

    • Penn Campaign Raises $4.3 Billion, Transforming the University

    After seven years of widespread support and alumni participation, the University of Pennsylvania culminated its Making History Campaign, raising $4.3 billion, strengthening Penn’s position among the world’s foremost universities and making major breakthroughs in addressing society’s most complex challenges, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced today.

    Stephen MacCarthy

    The Penn Science Café and Penn Lightbulb Café Return

    • The Penn Science Café and Penn Lightbulb Café Return

    PHILADELPHIA-- The Penn Science Café and the Penn Lightbulb Café are back, bringing the University of Pennsylvania’s top scholars out on the town to share their re

    Jacquie Posey

    Lod Mosaic tells nearly 2,000-year-old story from ancient Israel

    • Lod Mosaic tells nearly 2,000-year-old story from ancient Israel

    The oldest stone mosaic ever discovered—the Pebble Mosaic from Megaron 2, which dates to 850 B.C.E.—was found by the Penn Museum in the 1950s at the site of Gordion in Turkey, so it is only fitting that the Lod Mosaic, one of the world’s largest and best-preserved mosaics, would make its fifth and final