Obituaries
May|Jun 2010
Greener Green
Window, May|Jun 2010
May|Jun 2010
Volume 108, No. 5
The History Buffer
Stephen Fried says we have Fred Harvey to thank for retail chains, Western tourism, and our model of exemplary customer service. He also suggests that his just-published book about the man and the “railroad hospitality empire” he embodied represents a new nonfiction genre: history buffed.
Vendor Defender
Street Vendor Project Director Sean Basinski can tell you all about the mouth-watering offerings available from New York’s food trucks and carts—and even more about the daily struggles faced by the immigrant men and women who operate them.
Degrees of Happiness
In Penn’s intensive one-year master’s program in applied positive psychology, working professionals from more than a dozen countries and a staggering range of fields come to learn how to “add to the tonnage of happiness in the world.”
The (Continuing) Tale of Troy
Ever since Heinrich Schliemann “discovered” Troy in the 1870s, archaeologists have searched for proof that Homer’s Iliad was based on historical fact. Penn Museum Deputy Director C. Brian Rose, who has led excavations at the site for more than two decades, may have found it.
Bilateral Pacts
From College Hall: The ties that bind Penn and China are growing tighter.
Letters
May|Jun 2010
The Telemundo Kid
A media idealist takes to the Spanish-language airwaves.
Almost Famous
The Oprah veteran who wasn’t.
Under The Hill of Riches
Llama sacrifice, desperation, and tourism in Bolivia’s mines.
A Brief History of Tontines:
The Most Popular Insurance Product You’ve Never Heard Of
Confidence Game
Could gambling on your health be the best way to safeguard it?