The Cure Will Come
From the Editor: Mar|Apr 2011
Untangling Alzheimer’s
A remarkable collection of Penn scientists, led by Virginia Lee and John Trojanowski, is attacking the merciless affliction known as Alzheimer’s, along with other neurodegenerative diseases. But the clock is ticking.
Almost Perfect
Penn’s 1970-71 men’s basketball team was arguably the very best the Ivy League will ever see—even if their 28-0 season did end with a baffling loss that stings even 40 years later.
Penn Fights the Civil War
As soldiers on the battlefield or doctors in military hospitals, Penn alumni and faculty played remarkable roles in the nation’s bloodiest conflict—serving both North and South.
Passion Play
Sure it’s nice being a giant in the world of psychology, but sometimes Marty Seligman “just can’t wait to get to the bridge screen.”
Mar|Apr 2011
Volume 109, No. 4
Letters
Mar|Apr 2011
Art With Punch
Worth 1,000 words.
Exit Laughing
How many of us can say that the last words we heard from a sick friend made us roar with laughter?
Tour of Duty
Four decades after Vietnam, a former soldier mounts a different mission.
Down and Out in Ireland and Greece
Does the debt crisis in Europe spell the end of the single currency?
Wharton Venture Award Winners Mint $145 Million
$10,000 ventured, millions gained.
Giving Back
Report puts Penn economic impact at $14 billion statewide.
Joe’s Café Opens
Menu for sustainability at Joe’s Cafe.
Wharton Overhauls MBA Curriculum
New Wharton MBA curriculum announced.
Two Seniors Win Marshall Scholarships
Marshall scholars Kristin Hall and G.J. Melendez-Torres.
Tlingit Claim on Museum Objects Triggers Federal Scrutiny
Tlingit tribe and Penn Museum argue over artifacts.
Making Scents of the Past: The History of Cleanliness
History professor Kathleen Brown on what it means to be clean.
Should States Be Able to Declare Bankruptcy?
The case for letting states declare bankruptcy
Superblock Gets a Sitcom
Students produce “Classless” comedy.
Students Show Appetite for Food Writing
Good reading about eating: Penn Appetit
Overtime Blues for the Comeback Quakers
Men’s basketball: better, but still rebuilding.
Classical Revolutionary
Veronica Jurkiewicz C’04 foments Classical Revolution.
Inhabiting Geometry
Gallery-scale model by architect Anne Tyng Gr’75 at ICA.