Helping Hands and More
From the Editor: Jul|Aug 2008
Bridges to the Gulf
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery is far from complete. Hundreds of students and faculty from schools across Penn are volunteering in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in what may be the largest university-based relief effort from outside the immediate region.
Lincoln’s American Dream
In 1858, tumbling financial markets prompt a religious revival, the government launches a “diversionary crusade,” and a new leader finds his voice.
What Women Wanted
Celebrating 20 years of “a new paradigm” for Penn.
Alumni Weekend 2008
Slideshow | Alumni Weekend 2008
Letters
Jul|Aug 2008: Not so fit, atypical educators, Fontaine remembered.
Leaving Home
“This was not a vacation but something else entirely.”
Class Envy
Recollecting the Penn my daughter called her own.
Value-Added Education
America’s obsession with academic proficiency is a dead end. Can an alternative model get us back on track?