Nov|Dec 2014
Volume 113, No. 2
FEATURES
As a Zionist soldier, civil-rights advocate, and pioneer of joint nonviolent activism between Israelis and Palestinians, Hillel Bardin GEE’74 has dedicated most of his adult life to the pursuit of a most elusive peace. By Trey Popp
A young reporter gets his first taste of war in eastern Ukraine. By Christopher Allen
Nathan Mossell M1882 overcame great odds to become the first African-American graduate of Penn’s School of Medicine. He went on to found Philadelphia’s first black hospital—an achievement he never really wanted. By Evi Heilbrunn
F. Scott Fitzgerald died a failure, but now The Great Gatsbysells a half-million copies a year (even when there’s
not a movie). In So We Read On, alumna and Fresh Air book-critic Maureen Corrigan explains how this happened—and why it’s right that it did. By John Prendergast
DEPARTMENTS
First Person: Essays
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGRAD Immersive experience
ALUMNI VOICES Creative practice = examined life
ELSEWHERE “A War-Scattered Family”
EXPERT OPINION Celebrating turkeys
Gazetteer: News & Sports
Q&A with Iraq expert Brendan O’Leary
Bioengineering professor Danielle Bassett wins “genius” grant
Medical historian Beth Linker on war and the limits of rehabilitation
Heard on Campus: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ rationale for reparations
Student film-makers’ road to debut feature, Driving Not Knowing
Class of 2018 urged to “be joiners” at Convocation
Fun with numbers: how Penn ranks
An “entry-level 3D printer” is still pretty impressive
Make-or-break season for men’s basketball coach?
Arts
ART Moyra Davey’s Burn the Diaries at ICA
BOOKS Rottenberg on Greenfield. The Outsider
CONFERENCE The future of the arts and humanities in universities
Alumni: Profiles
Dan Goldring C’98 W’98 co-chairs Doctors Without Borders’ advisory board
SLA founder Chris Lehman C’93 is “probably not your average principal”
Bruce Herdman WG’75 Gr’82 G’83 directs healthcare for Philly’s prisons
John Maris M’89 co-leads a “Dream Team” fighting childhood cancers
Brain Pickings is Maria Popova C’07’s “one-woman labor of love”
: Events
: Notes