Obituaries
May|Jun 2018
Songs of Love and Kvetch
Robert Freedman L’54 and his wife, Molly, have a gift for music.
Epic
Three alumni ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
From Gin Lane to Parliament
Fairfax Hall WG’04’s Sipsmith helped usher in a London “ginaissance.”
Arts Calendar
May|June 2018
Twisting Identities
Text-based artist Cary Leibowitz’s “Museum Show” at ICA.
Worldviews at the Fairs
At ARG, students collect—and question—objects from world’s fairs.
Plumbing the Depths with Art
New worlds on ravaged ground. Surviving Genocide.
Briefly Noted
May|June 2018
Rising to the Challenge
The Power of Penn: Advancing Knowledge for Good.
Back to the Big Dance
Men’s basketball back on top as Ivy champs.
New Deans for Penn Dental, Vet, and Annenberg
New deans at Annenberg, dental, and vet schools.
Andrea Mitchell to Speak
Commencement 2018.
Why Chaucer and Why Now?
David Wallace on Chaucer, his world, and ours.
The Architecture Cure
At Kleinman Center, discussing architecture that heals.
Extreme Makeover: Dental Edition
After $15 million renovation, dental clinic is ready for liftoff.
Sea Lion Diplomacy
High schoolers mediate human-sea lion coexistence.
Rhodes Scholars
Two students awarded Rhodes Scholarships.
Phantom Concussions
Here’s what may have afflicted US diplomats in Cuba.
Rap Session
Faculty “Teach-In” revives old concept for new times.
Heard on Campus: A Streets Perspective of Philadelphia’s Opioid Epidemic
Heard on Campus: Jose Benitez on the opioid epidemic.
Scoreboard
From Feb. 7 to April 5, 2018
Storms and Reforms
Puerto Rico’s Department of Education has been getting an extreme makeover under alumna Julia Keleher. It was a Herculean task even before the catastrophic hurricane.
Healing the Island
Christine Nieves has been creating new narratives for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.