Jul|Aug 2024
Vol. 122, No. 6
(Re)Thinking
From the Editor | Immigration and innovation.
The Newcomer Dividend
Wharton’s Zeke Hernandez hopes to bend the immigration debate toward a question rooted in his own research on capital investment and business formation: What do natives stand to gain?
Alumni Weekend 2024
Our annual photo essay.
Making Things Happen
Over the decade since it was launched as a “one-stop shop” for Penn faculty and programs seeking to translate research into products—and with a big help from two blockbuster discoveries—the Penn Center for Innovation has achieved record revenues and made the University a leader in forging partnerships “to move ideas from the inside to the outside.”
Our Policies, Our Health
For more than 40 years—from Bill Clinton’s failed healthcare initiative to Barack Obama’s successful (if long contested) one and on into today’s most pressing issues around equity and best practices—Ruth Katz CW’74 has been instrumental in developing public healthcare policies.
Letters
Jul|Aug 2024: Paideia’s “sparkplug,” rejected takeaways, and more.
My Life as a Ghost
Finding voices, on the way to my own.
The End of an Estrangement
The lesson of “open door” regrets.
Your Hiss Is What I Miss
Cassettes are cool.
Overcoming Fear, Finding Love
In a “hard year,” praise for a class “forged in the crucible of change.”
Renaissance Man Recaptured
“Red and Blue” composer William J. Goeckel C1895 L1896 honored.
Encampment on College Green
A pro-Palestinian encampment on College Green lasted 16 days.
Open or Closed Expression
Roundtable weighs threats to academic freedom and open expression.
President’s Prizes Announced
2024 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes.
Supporting Supportive Housing
Writer Jennifer Egan C’85 and SP2’s Dennis Culhane on homelessness.
Guidance and Goals
Antisemitism task force and presidential commission findings.
New Rules for Events and Demonstrations, Pending Open Expression Review
Temporary rules for events and demonstrations announced.
Wyatt’s World
The Ivy League’s all-time home run king powered Penn back to the NCAA baseball tournament.
A Blazing Career on the Track
Track’s Whittaker caps a special career at Penn.
Monoliths of Cloth
Woven works by Suchitra Mattai G’01 Gr’01 GFA’03.
Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Tyshawn Sorey’s Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith).
Persistent Demons
Erik Larson C’76 on the Civil War’s start. The Demon of Unrest.
It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Gary Prebula’s Prodigious Vault!
Gary Prebula C’72’s superheroic donation to Penn Libraries.