Fisher Fine Arts Library Gives Hidden City Daily Eternal Life
Long live Hidden City Daily! We are honored and thrilled to announce that our website was chosen for inclusion in the Fisher Fine Arts Library Web Archive at Penn. Michael Bixler has the details > more
King of The Rats: How One Female Scientist Colonized The Modern Lab
Mickey Herr takes a look at the Wistar Rat, a true Philly original, and the groundbreaking female biologist that helped standardize science > more
The Origins of Morris Arboretum & The Mansion From Which It Bloomed
Joyce Munro walks us through the gardens of Lydia Morris in Chestnut Hill where her Victorian summer home, Compton, once turned critics cold with its flamboyant style > more
The Rise & Ruckus Over Bio Pond, Penn’s Hidden Urban Oasis
Harry K. has the backstory on the beginnings of the Bio Pond research garden at Penn and the brouhaha in the 1990s over saving the little slice of tranquility. > more
On The Hunt For Brains, Discovering The Wistar Institute
Mickey Herr dissects the origins of the Wistar Institute and examines the brain of a man that turned the medical world on its head > more
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