Monty in Full

Bruce Montgomery is laying down his baton after half a century at Penn. In a spirited interview, he talks about his musical triumphs, tribulations and travels.

Haunted by an Heiress

Ever since first reading her as an unhappy child at camp, Nina Auerbach has returned to the novels and stories of Daphne du Maurier. Now, in a new book from the University Pennsylvania Press, the Victorian scholar and Penn professor ponders her lifelong obsession with the writer best remembered—unjustly—for Rebecca.

Saving the Animal Planet

The Veterinary School’s Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society is attempting to find common ground in the animal-welfare debate. Getting the Lion and the Lamb together was nothing in comparison.