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Finding Life in Death

24 Feb 2020
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As a nursing professor, Kimberly Acquaviva teaches students about end-of-life issues and hospice and palliative care. When her wife, also a leading hospice expert, was diagnosed with a fatal type of cancer, Acquaviva turned their home into a virtual classroom, inviting anyone on the internet to witness the intimate details of dying—while making a case for more varied and inclusive options for the terminally ill.
American Byzantine

24 Feb 2020
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Andrew Gould has been called “America’s foremost Orthodox church designer.” Melding deep conservatism with romantic fantasy, his work is the architectural version of historical fiction.
Loyal Classmen

24 Feb 2020
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At the turn of the 20th century, Julian Abele and Louis Magaziner—a black man and an immigrant Jew—were standouts in Penn’s School of Fine Arts about to launch distinguished careers in architecture. They were also beginning what would be a lifelong friendship. A Magaziner descendant and Abele admirer investigates what brought them together.
Her General Tubman

24 Feb 2020
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In Lorene Cary’s new play—her first—Harriet Tubman shuttles between leading a Civil War raid that freed hundreds of enslaved plantation workers and a men’s prison in present-day Philadelphia, where she finds love and recruits soldiers for the Union Army. The path to its production was complicated, too.
The New Climate Advocates

18 Dec 2019
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From mayors and MBAs to lawyers and landscape architects, the face of climate change activism is changing. At Penn, a mix of pragmatic thinking and visionary ambition has sparked a sense that what is urgent might also be achievable.
Augmenting Reality

17 Dec 2019
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Will augmented reality change everything we see? A growing number of Penn alumni, staff, and faculty think so. And even as they bump up against its challenges and limitations, they’re still committed to pulling AR further into our lives.
Homecoming 2019

17 Dec 2019
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Our annual photo album. Plus: Alumni Awards of Merit and citations.
Toward a New Boyhood

23 Oct 2019
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From toxic masculinity to feminist overreach, angry white men to benevolent sexism, #HimToo to #TimesUp, American manhood is in disarray. Into the fray steps Michael Reichert, with a blueprint for raising the next generation right.

Gazetteer

A World Without Prisons

24 Feb 2020
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MLK Day symposium features Angela Davis and Gina Dent.
Redefining Kin

24 Feb 2020
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The Wolf Humanities Center looks at kinship’s meanings.
Power to the Protest

24 Feb 2020
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Daniel Gillion on why protests matter.
The Art of Asking a Question

24 Feb 2020
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Question on questions for Andrea Mitchell CW’67 Hon’18.
Two Roads to Rhodes

24 Feb 2020
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Two Rhodes Scholars from Penn.
Across The Spectrum

18 Dec 2019
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Some of what happened at Penn Spectrum Weekend.
A Historic Donation—And a Name Change—For Penn Law

18 Dec 2019
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$125 million to law school from W. P. Carey Foundation.
Four Years Later, Rates of Sexual Misconduct Mostly Unchanged

18 Dec 2019
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Survey finds sexual misconduct rates similar to 2015.
Documenting the War

18 Dec 2019
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Residency program brings Syrian journalist to campus.
Local Actions on a Global Crisis

18 Dec 2019
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More steps toward a carbon-neutral campus by 2042.
A Head for Design

18 Dec 2019
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Weitzman School celebrates design—and its new name.
Modern Look for Ancient Artifacts

18 Dec 2019
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The latest on the Penn Museum’s “transformation.”

Alumni News

Head in the Clouds

26 Feb 2020
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Noah Kotlove W'13 developed a product for the "modern cannabis consumer."
Sparring Scientist

25 Feb 2020
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Federica Bianco C’03 G’07 Gr’10 is a professional boxer (and astrophysicist).
Surgical Bonds

25 Feb 2020
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Amber Hamilton C’16 and S. Robert Rozbruch C’85 share a bond.
Not-So-Secret History

25 Feb 2020
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John Sopko C’74 is fighting waste in Afghanistan—and with the Washington Post.
Man Behind the Monsters

25 Feb 2020
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James Warren (Taubman) C’52 has had some monster hits as a publisher.
Song for My Father

25 Feb 2020
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“We just listened and talked.”

Arts & Culture

Arts Calendar

24 Feb 2020
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Mar|Apr 2020
Getting It on Paper

24 Feb 2020
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Frankenthaler works on paper at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Rewriting Wright

24 Feb 2020
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Paul Hendrickson on Frank Lloyd Wright. Plagued by Fire.
Briefly Noted

24 Feb 2020
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Mar|Apr 2020
Her General Tubman

24 Feb 2020
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In Lorene Cary’s new play—her first—Harriet Tubman shuttles between leading a Civil War raid that freed hundreds of enslaved plantation workers and a men’s prison in present-day Philadelphia, where she finds love and recruits soldiers for the Union Army. The path to its production was complicated, too.
InterAct’s Alumni-Packed Production

29 Jan 2020
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From actors to the creative team, alumni involvement runs deep in this production of "Man of God"—an example of how Penn grads are embedding themselves in Philly's theatre scene.