Who We Are
From the Editor | Tangled histories.
Letters
Mar|Apr 2021: On mental health, self-care, and more.
Hear Them ROAR
Camilla Marcus W’07 and Nate Adler C’11 W’11 run ROAR.
The Magic of Neuroscience
Daniel Roy C’20 mixes magic and neuroscience.
Crisis Navigators
Larry Kahn C’69 GEd’71’s Help Now! assists the “invisible.”
My Losing Seasons
Ski report from a Brooklyn bathroom.
Up the Creek, and Back
“Rowing saved me.”
Swipeout
Dating lessons from the pandemic.
Her Architect
Harriet Pattison GLA’67 looks back at herself and Lou Kahn.
His Architect
Effort under way to reprint a 1962 collection of Kahn art.
The Discard Pile
Sourdough secrets from Hannah Dela Cruz C’12.
Parties of One
Q&A on Noreena Hertz WG’91’s The Lonely Century.
The History Wars
Education scholar Jonathan Zimmerman on how the US republic lost the ability to understand itself—and how we can help our children recover it.
The Humanist Is In
In a new book, Jason Karlawish GM’99, codirector of the Penn Memory Center, unravels the tapestry of Alzheimer’s science and history, and outlines the medical, social, and ethical challenges that lie ahead.
Black Education Before Brown
Andrew Feiler W’84 documents the Rosenwald schools, which educated hundreds of thousands of African Americans in the Jim Crow South.
Calling It
How John Lapinski and a squad of Penn faculty and students backing him up on the NBC News Decision Desk navigated an election season that was unprecedented—and could set a pattern for the future.
Masked Move-In
Students return to campus housing.
Fostering Youth Voices
Rhodes Scholar Mackenzie Fierceton C’20 SPP’21.
Woods Tapped to Run Penn Museum
Christopher Woods named Penn Museum director.
A Place for Pluralism
Rabbi Mike Uram on leaving Hillel after 15 years.
The Radical and Universal King
Virtual MLK Lecture features Cornel West.
Preserving Civil Rights Heritage
New center aims to preserve civil rights sites.
No Permanent Conflict?
Tracing America and Iran’s 300-year history.
Sweet Success
Evan Weinstein EAS’19 GEng’20 turns chocolate into edible art.