[ssba] UME is proud to unveil our third installment of Penn Undergrads You Should Know About with a special twist for the summer. This edition features students doing internships in some of the top companies in entertainment. Alumni, don’t hesitate to reach out if any of these students spark your interest (LinkedIn profiles are included)! […]
While we never saw it in “Everybody Loves Raymond”, it was only a matter of time until TV writer Lew Schneider (C’83, Mask and Wig, Friars) got some Penn references into another show he’s been working on. If you watched his show “The Goldbergs” last week (episode 117 “Lame Gretzky”), you would have seen that […]
If you’ve been watching HBO’s “Masters of Sex”, you may have caught a quick scene where Dr. Lillian DePaul (the new recruit of the Obstetrics Department) explains to Bill Masters her educational past… Check it out: More Penn mentions on TV here Read a review of this “Masters of Sex” episode by Penn alum Alan […]
Today was the 257th Commencement and honorary speaker Vice President Joe Biden had lots of advice for the new graduates. Some more fun highlights from his speech: apparently Joe’s son Beau went to Penn (C’91, Lightweight Football) and his granddaughter Naomi is a student there now. On a more comical note, in his speech, Vice […]
Another story in this week’s DT Halloween series for you… Matt Blackstone (C’03) is not only a 10th grade English teacher, but he is the author of a new young adult novel, A SCARY SCENE IN A SCARY MOVIE (FSG/Macmillan), which released this summer and Seventeen magazine put it on it’s Summer Beach Read list! […]
I’ve been covering Penn alum and “Flavor of Love” reality star Schatar “Hottie” Sapphira (Arts House Resident, Inspiration, Penn Black Arts League, Penn Gospel Choir, Penn basketball manager) over the past couple of years and I get exciting updates from her from time to time (remember the Star Magazine and Jerry Springer stories?!). I love how she goes balls-to-the-wall and […]