When William James Got Hungry
In an excerpt from his new autobiography, Penn psychology professor Martin Seligman tells the little-known story of the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in 1904, held at Penn. Its reverberations were profound—for Penn psychology professor Edwin Twitmyer and for American psychology.
Grand Finale
On Friday, William Parberry Gr'80 takes his final bow as conductor of three Penn choral groups. He spoke with the Gazette about his 45-year career at the University.
Can the Arts Save a City?
Santo D. Marabella GrS’91 is making a TV pilot right now—but that’s just one of the ways he’s using the arts to revitalize Reading, Pennsylvania.
Events
Mar|Apr 2018
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2018
Obituaries
Mar|Apr 2018
Building Silo City
Rick Smith C’83 is helping reclaim Buffalo’s riverfront with Silo City.
Talking About GenHERation
Katlyn Grasso W’15 is empowering “women who want to take over the world.”
Teaching to the Differences
Doris LeStourgeon GEd’56 piloted a pioneering educational experiment.
Plies and Pirouettes, Rock and Roll
Hank Aberman C’60 G’62 is an unlikely—but successful!—librettist.
Exploring the Wilderness of Color
The colorful revelations of Natvar Bhavsar GFA’65.
Sounds of Settlement
Settlement Music School CEO Helen Eaton C’93.
Un-limiting Understanding
How to know? Understanding Understanding.
Victorian Modernist
George Thomas Gr’75 on Frank Furness’s 19th-century modernism.
Migration Nation
“Like the second coming. Or an alien invasion.”
The New Santeros
Faith and works in Puerto Rico.
Three Cod Operas and a Plunging Chandelier
Phantom at 30.
Trustees Remove Wynn Name From Campus
Penn cuts ties with Steve Wynn C’63.
Ancient Vintage
New finding pushes grape-wine production back to 6000 BCE.
Standing Athwart History
Annenberg’s Al Felzenberg on his William F. Buckley bio.
Confronting Denial
The four Gormans are all Penn alumni and all involved professionally in the mental-health field. In a new book, two of them—daughter Sara and father Jack—take a careful look at the psychological factors driving science denialism and how to counter them. Hint: more data isn’t the answer.
The Judges’ Lawyer
In successfully defending the irascible Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase—aka “Old Bacon Face”—against impeachment, Joseph Hopkinson C1786 G1789 helped set a high bar for removal from office and establish the principle of judicial independence.
The Art of Looking
Can examining art help students become better doctors?
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2018