Penn Back Then: Alumni Weekend 2016

Penn Back Then is a continuing oral history project begun in May 2005 by the School of Arts and Sciences. At campus celebrations each year, alumni from all decades can contribute their notable anecdotes and remembrances to this audio scrapbook

Though the college experience varies from one generation to the next, every Penn graduate is linked by the history and traditions of a common campus. Penn Back Then is a chance to learn about university life across several decades, as told by the people who know it best.

Click here to visit our main Penn Back Then page, which features our recent additions, as well as interviews from events in the past.

Below is a sample collection from Alumni Weekend 2016:

Penn Back Then: Fred Tedori, Penn Parent

Penn Back Then: Marielle Cohen, C'91

Penn Back Then: Lee Levine, C'76, G'76, PAR'06 | Bruce Glassman, C'76 | Bill Rogasner, PT'76, PAR'17

Penn Back Then: Megan Kauffman, C'11 | McKenna Crilley, C'11

Penn Back Then: Jaclyn Gurwin, C'11, M'15 | Camilo Maldonado, W'11

Penn Back Then: Caitlyn McElroy, C'06 | Rachel Moskowitz, C'06

Penn Back Then: Gary Claar, W'88 | Lois Kohn-Claar, C'88, GED'88

Arts & Sciences News

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Mark Devlin Elected to National Academy of Sciences

He joins three others from Penn to receive the honor this year, all recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

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Michael Jones-Correa and Sophia Rosenfeld Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

They join three others from the University of Pennsylvania, selected as part of the Academy’s mission to convene leaders from “every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together.”

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Eva Del Soldato Awarded 2025-26 Rome Prize

She joins Sean Burkholder, of the Weitzman School of Design, and just 33 others in receiving the prestigious honor from the American Academy in Rome.

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Mark Trodden named Dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences

A distinguished physicist and accomplished academic leader, Trodden will assume the role on June 1.

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Two Penn Arts & Sciences Faculty Named Guggenheim Fellows

Marcia Chatelain, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies, and Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science, are among 198 in the U.S. and Canada selected for this 100th class of fellows.

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Penn ATLAS Shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

The team, which includes Joseph Kroll, Evelyn Thomson, Elliot Lipeles, Dylan Rankin, and Brig Williams from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of an expansive collaboration studying high-energy collisions from the Large Hadron Collider.

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