From the Nominator

"Omnia is the magazine for alumni of the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, including undergraduate alumni of the college, as well as alumni of the graduate division and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Two print issues (64 pages each) are published every year, with a distribution of over 100,000. 

The magazine's mission is to represent the breadth, relevance, and impact of the liberal arts at Penn through stories that profile leading faculty, connect the work of our experts with current issues, and make specialized scholarship and its impact more accessible to general readers. The magazine also covers general school news and short student profiles. We constantly strive to stay relevant and timely in responding to issues impacting every aspect of our community, drafting stories that address current happenings.   

In addition to an emphasis on strong writing, the Omnia team focuses on engaging and fresh art direction, including heavy use of original illustration. The magazine's tagline "All Things Penn Arts & Sciences" plays on the broad range of topics it covers and also alludes to a quote by Penn's founder Benjamin Franklin that the institution should educate its students in "all things useful and ornamental." 

Omnia is edited and designed in-house by a small team, including three staff writers and a two-person design group, with freelance writers contributing about half of the writing."

From the Judges

Great illustrations! Judges loved the headshot style created for the World at our Feet cover story, the Night Sky story is great and cohesive as a package.