Mar|Apr 2026
Vol. 124, No. 4
Front Lines
From the Editor | AI in education, women in architecture, dictionaries’ doubtful future.
Hyper Text
Synthetic text extrusion. Virtual teaching assistants. Illusions of mastery. Silicon Socrates. Four years after the debut of ChatGPT, higher education is starting to look different.
A Degree Too Late
Remembering Penn’s first women in architecture.
The Eye of Denise Scott Brown
Having long battled sexist neglect of her own work and what she contributed in partnership with Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown GCP’60 GAr’65 Hon’94 has cemented her position as a major figure in 20th-century architecture and urbanism. Photography has been key to her influence.
Paper Record
Tracing the history of American English, one slip at a time. An excerpt from Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis C’85. Plus: A Q&A with the author.
Letters
McCaffery’s influence, Glasgow subway, no to RTO.
Raging Bull
“At least the patient lived, and no one got killed.”
Communion with the Dead
Life lessons from El Día de los Muertos.
Prescribing Affordability
How lobbyists squelch health reform efforts.