Good Fighters
From the Editor: Mar|Apr 2005
The Art of Life
Sam Maitin FA’51, the beloved Philadelphia artist and Gazette stalwart, left behind an extraordinary body of work, a loving family, devoted friends, and many, many memories.
The Rebuilder
As founder and director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, alumnus Allen Keller works to mend the bodies, minds, and spirits of people who have suffered the worst evils humans can inflict on each other.
Man in a Hurry
Former New Orleans mayor and current president and CEO of the National Urban League Marc Morial C’80 is on a mission to reclaim the organization’s role as the economic voice of black and urban America and of all those who are “weak, disadvantaged, and dispossessed.”
Letters
Mar|Apr 2005
Flake Factor
Sizing up a new cereal bar.
Tsunami Stories
Alumni and faculty write about living through the disaster.
Common Culture, Common Ground
American Christians are as American as they are Christian.
The Seamier Side of Sharing
Facing the music on downloading?
Building a Better Pipeline—and a Bigger Buzz
Learning about Penn “shouldn’t be an accident”
Penn Pays to Settle Civil Suit in Gelsinger Case
Penn and government settle 1999 gene-therapy case
New Policy To Make Students Feel At Home
New guidelines allow gender-neutral housing
In Dogged Pursuit of Ocular Health
Therapy that restores dog’s sight could help children
Cultivating the Arts and Sciences
Q&A with SAS Dean Rebecca Bushnell
Centers for Collaborating and Healing
Three new biomedical institutes at Penn Medicine
Marshall-ing Its Resources for Academic Honors
Two students win Marshall scholarships
Keeping an Extra Eye on the ICU
Penn E-lert improves ICU oversight
Talking About Sexuality and Social Justice
MLK Symposium examines social justice and sexuality
Student Faces Murder Charges
Wharton student charged in murder
Comeback!
Basketball: Comeback Kids
Weight of the World
Stories by John Edgar Wideman
The Real Goods
Three alumnae offer the real goods on relationships
Half-notes from the Underground
Carlos Carrillo at Carnegie Hall
Poetry in (Sound-Wave) Motion
Odes and iPods