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The secret life of this 10th grade Penn alum English teacher
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! […]
Talent + Penn Networking Lands This Penn Author a TV Pilot with Fox (MUST READ STORY)
Recently, author Jasmin Rosemberg (C’02) got her book optioned by Hollywood big wig director/producer Brett Ratner to develop into a TV show for Fox. But there’s a bigger story here. Not only is Jasmin another example of an alum who made a bold career change and followed her creative passion, but she used some good Penn networking to […]
Penn alum flies high on ABC’s “Pan Am”
One of my favorite new shows this TV season is ABC’s “Pan Am”. The show does a great job romanticizing the 1960s while skillfully unfolding the backstories of the show’s characters. (and yes ladies, now’s the time to start thinking about a “sexy” Pan Am halloween costume) When I was watching the 2nd episode this week, […]
“Yo You Want To” Organize an event with a group of people you (sorta) know?
Hey undergrads, let’s say you want to play a game of soccer on Franklin field, go into Center City to grab lunch or see a show or even plan a study group with people from your mega-econ lecture but your friends are not available or not interested …but you still really want to do this […]
You MUST watch this: Penn alum lifts house with balloons
Remember in the movie Up how the old man got his house to fly using balloons? Well, Penn alum Vin Marshall (ENG ‘00, WQHS) actually accomplished this on the new show he is hosting on the National Geographic Channel called “How Hard Can It Be?” and it premieres this Sunday October 2nd. After the jump […]
Ah, so THAT’S how you get to Penn Park (VIDEO)
Last week I did a post about Penn’s new $43.5 million dollar addition: Penn Park. I will say that even after I posted the video and saw the pictures of this Park I had some problems understanding how one would get there on the Penn campus. Rest assured alumni who haven’t been back to campus […]
