Jan|Feb 2023
Vol.121, No.3
Global Quakers
Michael L. Barrett EAS’89 is the new Penn Alumni president.
The Leader of the Band Before the Band
Francis Johnson
Long Playing
From the Editor | Banding together, Bubble blower, award winners.
And the Band Played On
For 125 years, the Penn Band has been an omnipresent and energetic presence at sporting events, campus ceremonies, and whenever “Penn is out and about in the community.”
The Outsider’s Insider
If there is a crisis (and there have been a few lately), Andy Slavitt C’88 W’88 knows which expert to bring “in the bubble.” When he’s not taping his award-winning podcast, the former insurance executive and federal administrator has a day job:funding innovation in healthcare for those who need help the most. “I have one thing I care about,” he says. “Making this country better for the people who have been ignored for too long.”
Homecoming 2022
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
Lightning in a Bottle
From College Hall | Looking ahead to Tomorrow, Together.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2023
Bearing Gifts
Gifts, guilt, gratitude.
Hunger Strike
My father’s hunger strike.
Living Lou
Making a home in a Louis Kahn house.
The Disappearing Family Doctor
The costs of not prioritizing primary care.
Franklin’s World
Zeke Emanuel finds more to say on Benjamin Franklin in online course.
25 Years of 10 Lives
Feline kidney transplant program marks 25 years.
Homecoming Football, On Delay
Fossil Free Penn interrupts Homecoming football game at halftime.
“No Place for Unruly Women”
Drew Faust Gr’75 on the Penn women who “led the charge and led the change.”
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Get money out of politics! (Small dollar edition.)
Remembering Rainey
“Fro” Rainey and the “military-industrial-academic complex.”
The Beautiful Game
Penn’s men’s soccer team brings home an Ivy championship—and an NCAA tourney win to remember.
Grand Finale
Running back Trey Flowers enjoys an epic ending to his Penn football career.
At the Crossroads
The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery casts the cradle of Abrahamic religions and alphabetic innovation as a cosmopolitan sphere—not just a conflict-ridden one.
Safe Harbor, Fitful Prospects
How Philadelphia has repelled, attracted, and been reinvigorated by refugees.
The Lambs of War
Buzz Bissinger explores World War II through a group of football players pushed into the ultimate sacrifice. Daniel Akst probes the legacy of pacifist resisters.