I've started to share this site with more and more alumni and the feedback thus far has been extremely positive.

Jon Zucker (W'98, Pennfest 2006) just uploaded a fantastic video of him performing "I've Loved These Days" with Billy Joel at Irvine Auditorium in Philadelphia in 1996. ...You have to see Jon's opportunity of a lifetime!

...This is a great example of the types of video I encourage alumni to submit!

Click here to check out his memorable video.

Click here to check out info about Jon's upcoming performance!

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Author Allison Winn Scotch (C'95) debuts her book "The Department of Lost and Found."

From Allison:

"The critics are calling it, “smart and well-written,” “an impressive debut,” “a bonbon of a book,” “too good to pass up,” and more. It was also Redbook’s Book Club selection for the month of May (see the issue for an excerpt, and check out their site later this week for the entire first chapter). And if you’re still unconvinced, The Literary Guild just named me “a writer to watch.

...The first few weeks of sales can make or break a publisher’s support, and since you’re going to buy it eventually, why not do it today? And after you’ve read it (and loved it), please head to Amazon and post your review. Pretty, pretty please."

Click here to check out her book


In a book club? HarperCollins has put together a Reading Group Guide, and I’m more than happy to call into your club and chat if you choose it as your club’s selection. Just let me know.

Finally, all you New Yorkers, please do mark your calendars: next Wednesday, May 16th, I’ll be holding my first reading and signing at Borders at the Time Warner Center . Time: 7:00 PM. Be there or be square. (Or something like that.)"

Click here to check out her book

Check out Allison's website

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buses
Originally uploaded by momo go.

A photo I found on flickr of the buses lined up for the Penn Relays.

...Always brings back that nostalgic feeling when I see that blue bridge (?) with the crest and "University of Pennsylvania". That was the first thing I remember seeing when my parents first took me to Penn that fall day in September 1992.

Oy, 1992.

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Another video has surfaced of Officer Floyd, the new on campus "dancing" celebrity.

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(Warning: Sensitive Material below)

The winners have been announced in the University of Pennsylvania's Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice & Research's documentary film contest, a part of National Child Abuse Prevention month.

Click here to watch a trailer to the very disturbing documentary, "Best Documentary--College category", Crystal Clear: Breaking the Cycle of Incest (a film submitted by Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.)

A panel of expert judges, including producers from CNN, the Greater Philadelphia Film Office and award-winning documentary filmmakers, judged the high school and college submissions. As part of the Field Center's national conference, "One Child, Many Hands: A Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Child Welfare," the winners will have special screenings of their films at an award ceremony to be held in the Zellerbach Theater at Penn's Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on May 30 at 7 p.m.

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