Friday, January 14, 2011

Some chilling Penn photos you'll want to check out

Always love seeing winter shots of the Penn campus.

Check out THESE fantastic new recent shots of campus thanks to Penn's Office of University Communications.



And speaking of campus, did you see...
  • these time lapsed videos of Penn during a snowstorm HERE
  • my video mini-tour of campus past and present from when I visited last year ?
  • more fun, on-campus posts HERE

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Alumni Weekend


May 13-16, 2011
Available hotels here

Graduation


May 16, 2011
Available hotels here

Homecoming


Nov. 5-6, 2011
Available hotels here

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Like this: Penn Alum sets up Social Network-inspired comedy at NBC

UPenn and NBC and Sonny Lee
A couple years back I did a post on Sonny Lee (C'03, Penn Six, Full Measure, Penn Admissions) on how his entertainment job sucked and how he then took matters into his own hands which jump started his Hollywood writing career. (a very inspirational read)

Well it's certainly been getting sunnier for Sonny.

More about the big writing deal he made this year and his new TV pilot!


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

New ways to keep up with DT on your mobile devices

UPenn and duelingtampons
Did you know you can now keep up with DT on your mobile devices?

1) If you go to http://www.duelingtampons.com on your mobile device, you'll note a very clean interface. (see image to your right).  Be sure to add a bookmark to your homescreen.

2) If you've got an IPAD, there are some pretty slick free newsreader apps you should check out which include: Flipboard, Pulse, and FLUD.

After you download any of these readers, add our DT RSS Feed
(you can "search" for "duelingtampons" in all of these readers and you'll easily find our RSS feed)



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Alumni Weekend


May 13-16, 2011
Available hotels here

Graduation


May 16, 2011
Available hotels here

Homecoming


Nov. 5-6, 2011
Available hotels here

Is there a documentary here?

UPenn and documentary

Last year, working artist Joan Myerson Shrager (College for Women, School of Education '60) led the effort with the First United Methodist Church of Germantown to create stained glass windows to be sent to a school for AIDS orphans in South Africa.

This year the group decided to donate their work to another school - this one rebuilding in a flood damaged area of New Orleans.

Per this newsworks article,
"Whether it’s bridging gaps left over from the classroom, transforming football players into glass artists, or bringing artistic suburban white women into the neighborhood to work with black students - often providing lessons for both sides of that equation, the stained glass program at FUMCOG tends to generate special moments."
After the jump, watch the video of these high school students at work during the process of creating stained glass projects.  It's pretty cool and the video actually feels like a good documentary.

Maybe there is an alum documentary filmmaker out there interested in exploring this story a bit more?


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

John Legend's Sweet NY Pad

John Legend and UPenn

Last week I covered a story about two Penn alum sister realtors starring on a new reality show.   While we're on the topic of New York real estate, I thought you'd all be interested to check out the real estate of Penn alum John Legend (C'99).

A decade ago John Legend shared an East Village apartment with 2 Penn friends. Now he's living the life there in a much, much nicer space.

Check out his sweet NY pad in NY Home Design magazine HERE

Are you really surprised? :)

My past John Legend posts on DT HERE



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Alumni Weekend


May 13-16, 2011
Available hotels here

Graduation


May 16, 2011
Available hotels here

Homecoming


Nov. 5-6, 2011
Available hotels here

Monday, January 10, 2011

How dirty will CBS let her get with "Sex and the City" showrunner?

Over the years, I have featured Whitney Cummings (C'03) on DT about her Comedy Central special and the various roasts she's been a part of. Her humor is downright dirty and I love it.

Now she is doing a bunch of notable "A"-list TV projects you should look out for in the coming year.

More after the jump!