Mulling the Mismeasure of Man
Museum symposium examines skulls—and racial bias.
The Man Behind the Mouse Model Gets his Due
Ralph Brinster V’60 Gr’64 survives symposium honoring him.
A Palestra Trio, Together Again
Colgate’s Quaker coaches: Langel, Jordan, Klatsky.
A Palestra Icon Hangs Up His Mop
“Palestra Dan” Harrell CGS’00 has left the building.
Out For Revenge
Football looks to regain its rightful place atop Ivies
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.
Sixteen Strokes to Glory
Scotty Williams C’12 leads men’s golf to Ivy title and NCAAs
A New Boardwalk Empire
Chuck Bragitikos W’87
Two Hoops Turnaround Artists Look Back, and Ahead
B-ball senior stalwarts Zack Rosen and Jess Knapp on loving the game
The Rowing Chronicles
Peter Mallory C’67
Can Some Quakers Save the Sixers?
Philadelphia’s NBA franchise has been losing games and fans for most of the last decade. This fall a group of alumni investors led by Joshua Harris W’86 bought the team and have big plans for turning around this troubled asset. Is that crazy?
Passing the Baton
Track-and-field enters post-Powell era; lacrosse teams seek titles
Cooking Up a New American Pie
Jon Hurwitz W’00
Penn Team Pulls Off Double Hand Transplant
Penn team performs double hand-transplant at HUP
Climate Change, Dark Ages, and Armchair Disaster Prediction
Looking to the past for lessons on climate change
Remembering Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare
A tribute to Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare C’75
Threepeat Falls Short
Football falters, hoops hopeful
Reprogrammed Immune Cells Vanquish Cancer in Promising Breakthrough
T-cell “serial killers” offer new hope for cancer treatment
The “Lower-Profile, Higher-Educated Emanuel” Brother Comes to Penn
13th PIK Professor: Health-policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel
Seniors in Search of Success
Last chance at a title for men’s basketball’s senior class
A Century-long Losing Streak
Football’s losing streak against Villanova hits century mark
Driven
Rick Cohen C’87
Horror and Hope
For some of the 14 Penn students who spent two weeks helping at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village for Rwandans orphaned in the country’s genocidal conflict, the experience brought back memories of personal tragedy. For all of them, it was a stark reminder of the horrors humans have inflicted on each other. But it was also an inspiring time, “all about hope, all about the future.”
Going for Three
Can football make it three Ivy titles in a row?