Sep|Oct 2024
Vol. 123, No. 1
Making Good
From the Editor | Bright ideas, art and advocacy, helpful advice.
The Unexpected Entrepreneurs
For 10 years, the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes have equipped a select few graduating Penn seniors with a large cash award and faculty mentorship for post-graduation projects designed to make a “positive, lasting difference in the world.” The prizes, unlike anything else in higher education, have catapulted new social entrepreneurs into the world—and created a “community of changemakers” who are leaning on each other (and other alumni) to take their organizations to the next level.
The Instrument Is Yourself
Harvey Finkle SW’61 and the photography of social justice.
Life Hacks
How to beat burnout, get your way, and become a “Perennial.”
Heating the Iron
From College Hall | Forging an even better future for Penn, together.
Letters
Debating immigration, acknowledging antisemitism.
My Summer of Nothing
So many things I could have done.
My First Deal
Big fish, small fish.
(Re)introducing In Principle and Practice
What In Principle and Practice means for Penn.
Detecting Media Bias
An AI-powered measure of media bias.
Doom or Boom?
Weighing the costs and benefits of a work-from-home world.
Penn in Paris
Penn athletes fall short at the Paris Olympics (but got there!).
Arts Calendar
Sep|Oct 2024
The Toothpick
The rich history and surprising beauty of … toothpicks.
In Kahn’s Hand
A loving reproduction of Louis Kahn’s final notebook.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2024
Fashionable Journey
Lesley Evers C’89 has been on a “journey” to create feel-good fashion.
Balancing the Scales
Debbie Hines CW’76 recommends justice reforms in Get Off My Neck.
Time of the Sign
Bencie Woll CW’70 is a pioneering researcher and advocate for deaf people.
From Chemistry to Canton
Harvey Greene C’75 is a sports public relations football Hall of Famer.
An Archive for a Visionary
Walter O’Malley C1926’s Dodgers archives are at baseball’s Hall of Fame.