Volume 110, No. 6
Features
Penn in the Olympics
The University cleaned up at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, collecting 21 medals—10 of them gold—in track and field events. Since then, there’s been a Penn presence at every summer games the US has participated in. On the eve of the 2012 London Games (which will make 25), here are some stories of Quaker Olympians through the decades. By Dave Zeitlin
“What’s ‘Ya’?”
While no one seems quite able to define what a Young Adult, or YA, novel is, exactly, lots of people—of all ages—are reading them. And quite a few Penn alumni (including the one who asked that question) are writing them. By Molly Petrilla
Rush’s Remedies
Two centuries after its publication, Founding Father and early Penn faculty member Benjamin Rush’s pioneering work on mental illness prompts alarm and admiration—as well as reminders about ongoing challenges in the mental-health field. By Susan Frith
Is That All There Is?
On the road with Zach and Buzz, Peggy Lee on the car stereo, and the meaning of life. An excerpt from Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son. By Buzz Bissinger
Alumni Weekend 2012
Photos from the festivities
Departments
From the Editor
From College Hall
Letters
ESSAYS : First Person
Notes from the Undergrad Those were whose days?
Alumni Voices Walking the walk
Elsewhere Following where Ice Road Truckers lead
Expert Opinion America’s campaign against al Qaeda’s COOs
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
Canada to Class of 2012: “Get in the game”
Honorary-degree recipients
Buy and hold: University sells $300 million in 100-year bonds
Contract extension will keep Gutmann in College Hall until 2019
Kasparov on politics: “The comparison with chess is not correct”
Toni Morrison gets Beacon Award at TCPW’s 25th
Penn offering free courses through Coursera online-education platform
Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health holds first symposium
Findings
Shoah Foundation’s Holocaust archives coming to Penn
GSE’s Lynch resigns over false credentials
“Golden Goose” awards will defend the value of research
Learning from Brilliant Mistakes
Scotty Williams C’12 leads men’s golf to Ivy title and NCAAs
Scoreboard
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
ART Stefan Sagmeister’s The Happy Show at the ICA
BOOKS Familiar ground, seen anew. The World of Gardens
ANIMATION Writer Adam Abraham C’92 on When Magoo Flew
BOOKS Missing Williams. “Something Urgent I Have to Say to You”
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR
ALUMNI : Profiles
Alan Schwarz C’90 broke the football-concussion story—and loves math Lucy Eisenstein Waldman Nu’91 is one of the US’s few female mohels Glasses gurus Neil Blumenthal WG’10 and David Gilboa WG’10 GEng’10 Chuck Bragitikos W’87 is helping “rebrand” Atlantic City
Events
Notes
Obituaries