Imagining and Believing
From the Editor: Nov|Dec 2003
The House That Joe Built
The new National Constitution Center is billed as a museum of ideas rather than artifacts—but it might have remained just an idea if not for alumnus Joe Torsella.
The University as Discourse Community
In this essay from the book, Public Discourse in America, Penn’s president lays out a vision of universities as “exemplars of a new kind of thoughtful civic engagement and robust public discourse.”
A Passion for Putting Things Together
Design alumni Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, the architects for the new Melvin J. and Claire Levine Hall on Penn's campus, are on a mission to "refabricate" their profession.
The Kindness of Strangers
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, alumna Ruthie Spector faced long odds but was saved by an experimental drug treatment that made a bone marrow transplant possible. The donor drive organized in her behalf will save many more lives in the years to come.
Hurrah For … What Was That Again?
The Quaker spirit lives on, in Franklin Field’s upper tiers and the occasional freshman heart.
Who Was I and What Did I Want?
Different times bring different answers.