Your Invincible Defeat
When our parents become our children.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2009
Holding the Fort at the CDC
Richard Besser M’86
LOLmoms Gone Wild
Doree Shafrir C’99 G’04
Unleashing KenKen
Suma CM C’96 WG’00, Jeremy Dubert C’03, and Jake Yormak C’09
Rising Star
Amrita Sen W’92
From the Band Busters to Bebop, Bye Bye Birdie, and Beyond
Elliot Lawrence C’44
Alumni Notes
Jul|Aug 2009
Obituaries
Jul|Aug 2009
The Summer Palace
Window, Jul|Aug 2009
Jul|Aug 2009
Volume 107, No. 6
Four Years End Not With a Bang, But a Twitter
Commencement: “THE BIG DAY IS HERE!”
Honorary Degrees
Honorands
Penn Names New Provost
Vincent Price named provost
A Year of Challenges and Opportunities in Admissions
Admissions Dean Eric Furda C’87 on his freshman year
Reader, Have You No Spine?
How books are different from the Web
Givology
Recent grads launch charity website Givology
New Leader Brings a “Unique Set of Skills” to University City District
New UCD Director Matthew Bergheiser WG’96
The “Dark Matter” of Social Interaction
“Surprising disconnect” between pay and work quality
Taking the Skeleton out of Jewish History’s Closet
Examining “Jews, commerce, and culture”
The Vet School’s VMD/PhD Program at 40
VMD/PhD program turns 40
Century of a Snail
Century-old snail shells prompt new discovery
A Triumph in Ten Acts
Penn Relays decathlon-winner Max Westman C’09
The Dawn of El Saturn
A new exhibition at the ICA examines the early art, Arkestra, and Afro-futurism of the late Sun Ra.