Credit: ChristophrHiestr As you know, there’s always lots of construction going on at Penn. Here’s a real gem for you. You’ve walked on it a million times and most probably even tripped on one of its crooked bricks, but did you know what Locust Walk was built on top of? Recently, Locust Walk has been torn apart […]
Here’s another one for our “Who Knew” series, as well as our “Pennalicious Profiles” series… Not only had Penn alum Schatar Sapphira (Arts House Resident, Inspiration, Penn Black Arts League, Penn Gospel Choir, Penn basketball manager) made it to the final six of Penn alum Mark Cronin’s (ENG’86) “Flavor of Love” and soonafter appeared on […]
This summer you’ve heard Ke$ha’s “Your Love Is My Drug” just as many times as you’ve heard Katy Perry’s “California Gurls“. And while they both annoy the crap out of me (yet I will find myself listening to these songs regardless), there is one difference. One of these song’s music videos features a Penn alum. […]
Last week, DT covered a story about an alum who invented a fantastic national favorite snack food. Today, I want to let you know about another Penn alum who runs my absolute favorite dessert company in the world. More Penn news-filled deliciousness after the jump! Yes, I went old school with the box. “Will Kussell […]
Last week Kiera Reilly (C’93) sent me an obituary of a very notable Wharton alum who passed away a few weeks ago. The obituary revealed that this alum was the inventor of a food so delicious, you just can’t eat one… Find out more about this alum and the food he invented after the jump! […]
Last week, I showed a video of Dr. Zach Lutsky (C’97) teaching Dr. Oz and us how to save a life. After I did that post Kiera Reilly (C’93) emailed me to let me know that Dr. Oz is also a Penn alum. Who knew! The very ambitious Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz actually graduated from […]