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My 1996 student film: “Love to Go”
With all of my blogging about undergrad and alumni work, I decided to go back into my own video archive and digitize and re-edit “Love to Go” a 16 mm short film I created for Paul Buck’s Filmmaking class back in 1996 starring Josh Styne (C’99, Mask and Wig, Friars). It amazes me that to […]
This Penn alum directed Jane Lynch and Leonard Nimoy at the Emmys
You may have heard that Alec Baldwin backed out of the opening sequence for the opening of this year’s Emmys last month and Leonard Nimoy stepped in last minute. And Spock isn’t the only one who helped reshape this opening scene days before the big event. After the jump, get to know a Penn alum who […]
15 years later, these Penn alumni return to their Quad dorm rooms to find THIS (video)
Earlier this week, we saw what a 1972 Penn dorm room looked like and how little dorms rooms have evolved since. After the jump, go on a journey with four 1996 alumni who return to Penn for their 15 year reunion and hunt down their freshman dorm rooms, only to learn something significant has changed… […]
Before there was Google and Facebook, Penn invented this
And you thought your Macbook air was heavy. Get a look at this monster of a computer otherwise known as ENIAC: the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer… or the first computer at Penn. We’ve heard about it through the years, but get a great 2 minute video summary of its beginnings at Penn after the […]
She’s Gleeking out! Her “Glee” audition callback
The last time we caught up with Penn alum actress Jess Garvey (C’09), she wiped out on her Nickelodeon surfer audition. That’s the biz.. some days are better than others, but in today’s installment of “Starter Actress”, Jess has had some (more) good news. Today, Jess fills us in about her journey auditioning for “Glee”! […]
Penn alumni of the 90s can’t remember the answer to THIS question (videos)
Here’s another DT “blast from the past” story you’ll all enjoy. Alumni from the 90s and earlier might remember Murphy’s Tavern (aka “Murphs”) on the corner of 44th and Spruce streets. You’ll remember the pitcher of alcohol, the jukebox, the basement and of course the “see you in church” greeting you got from Murph himself […]
