Maury Povich (C'62) donates $1M to KWH

As many friends of KWH already know, Maury Povich (a Penn alum, class of '62) has made a very generous donation of $1 million - to endow the Povich Fund for Journalism Programs at the Kelly Writers House. We invest an endowment gift and spend only the interest, which will defray the costs of our events having to do with journalistic writing every year forever. We are thrilled, and we are honored by Maury's belief that we are worth this major expression of philanthropy. Previously Maury and his wife Connie Chung endowed a faculty position in Creative Writing, the Povich Writer-in-Residence position--which is held by the wonderful Dick Polman. Recently the Huffington Post ran a little piece about the gift and here is a link to that.

Kelly Diamond makes a TV show

Kelly Diamond wanted to make a TV series, set at Penn and written, acted, directed and produced by students. Of course the Writers House was willing to help host and support the project. Recently the Pennsylvania Gazette ran a nice article about Kelly's first forays into making TV. You can find the article here. At the end of the piece you'll read this: "Diamond is only a sophomore, but if you ask [Al] Filreis where she’s headed he doesn’t hesitate. 'There’s no doubt she’s going to L.A. or New York, and she’s going to write for television. No doubt in my mind. And I’m excited about that, because that’s what she was born to do.'"