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Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 23
Welcome back. Summer’s practically here and as usual we’ve got some juicy news and some great upcoming networking events – so lets jump in! Use these new tabs below to easily navigate between sections of this issue:
Penn in Pictures 2015 (LA): You Won’t Want to Miss This Panel (6/17)!
The Penn Club of LA, Wharton Club of Southern California and Penntertainment LA invite you to attend our popular Penn In Pictures panel discussion, featuring leaders from film, TV & music industries! PANELISTS: – Max Handelman (C’95) – Film Producer (Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2) – Sonny Lee (C’03) – Writer of HBO’s “Silicon Valley”, […]
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 22
By Rafael Friedan, Matt Rosler and Erini Mantis Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome. It’s another volume of Penn Alumni You Should Know About. Grab a comfortable chair and put on your reading glasses. It’s reading time. Before we dive in, we wanted to share this awesome video below from Penn’s Communications Office. We bet you’ve never seen […]
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 21
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Penn Alumni You Should Know About, where we feature the eye-popping, mind-blowing exploits of Penn Alumni in the entertainment industry. Before you read this edition, let’s welcome comedy writer Rafael Friedan (C’04, Phi Kap) to our Penntertainment blogger community. Rafael writes absurd, over-the-top comedy for film, TV, and […]
Penn President Amy Gutmann’s musical commencement speech (VIDEO)
In light of John Legend being this year’s commencement speaker, it seemed fitting that Dr. Amy Gutmann dedicated her commencement address to the theme of “the soundtrack of our lives”, cleverly weaving in musical clips throughout her speech. Some of my favorite parts include: Dr. Gutmann’s tickled reaction around minute 9 after the “Gangnam Style” clip plays Audience […]
Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 17
[ssba]The weather isn’t the only thing that’s getting hot. Check out these Penn alums who are heating up in entertainment! FILM Marc Platt (C’79) is about to produce what could be one of his biggest projects to date. Platt has signed on to produce feature Ricki and the Flash, a rock ‘n’ roll film starring Meryl Streep, […]
