She's A FOX TV Producer By Day and a Jeweler By Night

There seems to be many Penn alumni with multiple careers.

Just a week ago, I posted a story about THESE former college roommate lawyers with a jewelry business.  Now news of another alum with a TV day job with a similar side passion for designing jewelry!

When she's not producing and writing for "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" on Fox News, Kim Rittberg (C'02, UA, Kappa Alpha Theta) is a jewelry designer with her own jewelry line - k ritt jewelry.

The line has been featured in Women's Wear Daily, Life & Style, Playboy, NY Daily News, nymag.com, Scheckys, CW11, NY1, Newsday, NY Post, worn by Heidi Klum and Sarah Silverman and has been sold at Henri Bendel in New York and other boutiques in Manhattan.

Click HERE to find out more about:

• what inspired Kim to pursue her own dreams
• her attention-getting signature piece: the "Asymmeterical Necklace"
• her career working in television

And apparently juggling careers runs in Kim's family.  Check out the post I did on her Penn alum brother Matt Rittberg HERE.

See Kim's collection HERE

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These 2 Penn Alumni Interview John Legend

In light of his new recently released Evolver album, John Legend (C'99, Counterparts) was interviewed by 2 different Penn alumni for 2 different mediums.

Last week, Penn alum and WPIX Entertainment Reporter Emily Frances interviewed John (see video above).  Emily filled me in on some John Legend tidbits that I didn't know:

• Legend is a musical prodigy. 
• He started playing the piano at the age of 4 and he started attending the University of Pennsylvania when he was only 16-years-old. 
• To fit in with the college crowd, he joined an acapella group (Counterparts). 
• Legend was the first in his family to attend college and after he graduated, he worked at Boston Consulting Group for 3 years in NY while he was trying to make it.
• He was an English major and lived in Butcher his freshman year. 

Then Jillian Ivey (C'06, Kelly Writer's House) sat down with John Legend earlier this month for the  Phillyist blog to talk with him about his new album.  In the interview, John talks about his new album and also talks about whether he'll be returning to Penn for the Counterparts 10th reunion this spring and why he loves Philly so much.  Check out her article here

Listen to Evolver tracks here

John Legend - Evolver - If You're Out There (remember when he performed this on campus HERE for the Obama Rally?)


John Legend - Evolver (album)


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Anderson Cooper Talks At Penn and Bashes TV Anchors

Watch the clip above of Anderson Cooper's visit to UPenn this past Saturday.  In this opening clip he brings  a little levity to the room.

Anderson Cooper then goes on to talk about his experiences as a journalist and dishes out advice, telling students to "seek out what scares you the most."

In the clip below, Anderson answers a question about news during the beginning of Iraq.

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Mistress Lola Returns to Campus This Friday To Talk Sex

Logan Levkoff (C'98, GSE'99, aka "Mistress Lola" in her undergrad 34th Street days) will be appearing at the Penn Bookstore on Friday Oct. 3rd at 4pm to talk about her book "Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be: What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today - and How to Teach them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults".  She'll be talking about life after Penn as well as her fight against this administration's (and McCaine's) war on sex.

...Logan not only published this book, but she is on a number of shows chiming in on the current state of sex education. Her work has been featured on countless shows and publications including Good Morning America, Oprah, The Today Show, and The New York Times.

In addition, she writes regular columns for Fit Pregnancy, POZ magazine, and MarieClaire.com.  Check out her clip below from her appearance recently on Good Morning America.

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Talking Sex With Your Kids


Women should start carrying their own condoms



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 More from her visit to Penn here



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We've Been Watching This Penn Alumna(!) Interview Michael Phelps

I've been covering all sorts of  "Penn in the Olympics" news all week at DT and now I've got some more!


Andrea Kremer (C'80), the reporter that interviewed all the Olympic swimmers, including Michael Phelps after each and every gold medal he won in Beijing, is a Penn alumna! She’s worked for ESPN before switching to NBC about a year or so ago. She primarily covers NFL football. 

Watch Andrea interview Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte after taking gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

Thanks to Kiera Reilly (C'93, Alumni Relations) for the scoop!

Check out the Gazette article on Andrea from 1997

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There's a sexologist among us ...and she's claiming that third base ain't what it used to be...



Meet Logan Levkoff (C'98, GSE'99, Facilitating Learning About Sexual Health (FLASH), Sex Columnist, "Ask Mistress Lola" (34th Street Magazine), Writer, Generation XX Magazine).



Logan offers advice on everything from gender issues, body image and sexual orientation. She's a spokesperson for Trojan, serves on their advisory council, and has worked with Starbucks, Bertolli, and other corporations.





If you're a parent and you are looking for advice to communicate the facts to your child in a healthy conversation about what's really going on between boys and girls, check out Logan's book "Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be: What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today - and How to Teach them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults"



...Logan not only published this book, but she is on a number of shows chiming in on the current state of sex education. Her work has been featured on countless shows and publications including Good Morning America, Oprah, The Today Show, and The New York Times. In addition, she writes regular columns for Fit Pregnancy, POZ magazine, and MarieClaire.com.  Check out her clip below from her appearance recently on Good Morning America.

Watch these other videos from Logan:



Talking Sex With Your Kids





Women should start carrying their own condoms





Get Logan's book Third Base Ain't What It Used to Be



Read how Logan got her start as a Sexologist (you'll be interested to find out about a very personal(!) article she wrote at Penn!)



Logan reminds me of a recent grad who also talks "smart-sex"



Other Penn alumni on the air Logan's website  



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Penn Alumnus Melissa Rivers Wins Big on Celebrity Family Feud!

Last night, did you see Penn alumnus (and Tabard Founder) Melissa Rivers win $50,000 on Celebrity Family Feud for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity?

As you may know, Melissa and her mother Joan Rivers are often featured as co-hosts for tons of awards shows. You can catch Melissa as a guest on Tom Green's webseries "Tom Green Live."

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