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Get an early glimpse of Penn’s new expansion (video!)

Over the years, we all know there always is lots of construction on Penn’s campus. (they were working on College Hall for all 4 of my undergrad years!) In 2008, DT started to cover the beginning of Penn’s eastern campus expansion here. After the jump, watch the new video Penn just released covering the progress they’ve […]

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Penn alum Whitney Cummings gets BOTH of her TV pilots picked up (watch preview!)

Posted on by in 1993, 1997, 2003, TV

Back in February, a bunch of Penn alumni got their TV pilots ordered up by several TV networks. After the jump find about BOTH shows from Whitney Cummings (C’03) that got the green light …and watch a preview!This fall, be on the lookout for Whitney’s new show, “Whitney” on NBC’s Thursday night lineup.  The show will be […]

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Denzel Washington to Penn grads: “Fall Forward”

Photo Credit: University Communications Earlier today, I posted Dr. Gutmann’s Hollywood-movie themed 2011 commencement speech and mentioned that every year, I make it a point of listening to Penn’s commencement speech as a good dose of inspiration. After the jump, now listen to 2011 commencement speaker (and Penn parent) Denzel Washington talk about his career, […]

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Dr. Amy Gutmann to Penn grads: “Nerds can get girls”

Photo credit: University Communications Every year, I make it a point of listening to Penn’s commencement speech as a good dose of inspiration. After the jump, listen to Dr. Gutmann’s very creative, Hollywood movie-themed commencement speech she gave at the 2011 ceremonies yesterday …and be sure to listen for some very special sound effects added […]

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No President Trump afterall

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While we watched him hint at running for President, this morning, the Donald (W’68) announced that he won’t be running for President afterall (source). Instead he will be returning to his popular “Apprentice” franchise next season. Was this all one big publicity stunt? What do you think? Comment below! Share   Tweet

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From the land of Oscars to the land of orphans

If you recall, last year I wrote a post about how Hollywood exec Norman Golightly (C’94, Mask and Wig) refocused his producing talents in the direction of an African orphanage. Norman lived at the rural Kenyan orphanage for a month last year, helping to raise funds for the development of the home which houses 50 kids who lost […]

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