Sep|Oct 2023
Vol. 122, No. 1
Creative Forces
From the Editor | Music, literature, science.
Time Stretcher
From swinging standards to avant garde nonconformism, Penn music professor, jazz drummer, and shapeshifting composer Tyshawn Sorey has won acclaim for “awesomely confounding” music whose “vulnerable virtuosity” can “open different portals in your depth of feeling and imagination.”
The PZ Project
From picture books to The Poet X, Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
American Science’s Promoter-in-Chief
The great-grandson of a famous founder (of the nation and this University) and “boyhood’s friend” of the president of the Confederacy, educational reformer and onetime Penn professor Alexander Dallas Bache made his own reputation by championing the professionalization of American science in the mid-1800s.
Dialogue in the Seat of Democracy
From College Hall | From Penn to Athens and back.
Letters
Sep|Oct 2023
Second Life
“I feel the need to seize the better moments.”
Wolf in the Weave
Magical meeting.
Confidence Game
First gen, then and now.
Under Construction
What was going up and getting fixed this summer.
$10 Million Each for International Students and Healthcare Entrepreneurship
$20 million for international students and healthcare entrepreneurship.
New Dean at Annenberg
Annenberg professor Sarah Banet-Weiser named Annenberg dean.
New Majors and Concentrations at Wharton
Wharton programs meet growing interest in DEI and ESGB.
Insulin by the Leaf
Latest advance toward growing insulin in lettuce plants.
Admissions in Flux
Penn statement on the Supreme Court’s decision.
Food Meets Photography
High schoolers mix food culture and photography.
Uncharted Waters
Swimmer Matt Fallon EAS’25 W’25 medals at World Championships.
A Blanket and a Bond
Belated recognition in a gift from one swimmer to another.
USA Champ, Times Two
USA Champs Nia Akins Nu’20 GNu’20 and Sam Mattis W’16.
The Letter A
A daughter and her father’s creative connection.
A Life with Others
An exhibition of Laurence Salzmann’s work at Penn Libraries.
Radical Passage
Radical in her youth: Drew Faust G’71 Gr’75 Hon’08’s Necessary Trouble.
Arts Calendar
Sep|Oct 2023