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

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Marisa C. Kozlowski Named Next Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences

Kozlowski, who joined the Penn faculty in 1997, succeeds Mark Trodden, who transitions to the Dean of Penn Arts & Sciences on June 1.

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One Fourth Year, One Alum Receive 2025 Hertz Fellowship

Eric Tao, C’25, Gr’25 (left), and Suraj Chandran, C’23, were awarded the honor, part of a group of 19 fellows selected this year. Each one receives five years of funding toward a doctoral program.

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Benjamin Nathans Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction

Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History, won for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.”

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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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