The Guru of Woo
Can’t get co-workers to cooperate on an important project? Boss won’t listen to your ideas? The Wharton School’s Richard Shell can help.
Making Gardens Bloom
From College Hall | More financial aid helps students,
Penn, and the world.
Letters
May|Jun 2008: Kane undaunted, Rx neglected.
The Chickenpox Cure
Itching for home in a strange new land.
The Duck Lady, the Professor, and the Vent Man
Remembering three atypical educators.
Dr. Borbor’s Soldiers
Training health workers to stop HIV in postwar Liberia. No need to sugarcoat.
Bankruptcy, Bailout, or Bust
What’s the best way to solve the mortgage crisis?
Bloomberg to Speak at Commencement
Michael Bloomberg to speak at Commencement
Penn’s “Strong Pull” Drew New Admissions Dean Back
Entrance interview: Admissions Dean Eric Furda C’87
A “Difficult” Year
Basketball looks to next year
Dark Passages
Inexhaustible horror. The Slave Ship
Just Six Words, So Many Stories
(Really) brief lives. Not Quite What I Was Planning
Briefly Noted
May|Jun 2008
“Simple Approach” May Defuse Complicated Stem-Cell Controversy
James Thomson V’85 Gr’88
Meeting Marge at the Button: Revisionism Rules!
Matt Selman C’93
73rd Alumni Awards of Merit
Homecoming 2007
Alumni Notes
May|Jun 2008
Obituaries
May|Jun 2008
Colbert on Campus
Window, May|Jun 2008
May|Jun 2008
Volume 106, No. 5
Of War and Religion, Light and Memory
Windows on destruction. Remembered Light at Ross Gallery
Explorer in a Hurry
In his brief and dramatic life, 19th-century medical alumnus Elisha Kent Kane broke new ground in exploring both the frozen North and the hothouse atmosphere of celebrity culture.
Bistro Days
A Chinese Jersey Girl in search of American cuisine.
My Dinner with Thor
As a Penn student, he helped free his wrongfully accused father from a Venezuelan prison, championed a struggling conservative student publication, and won an award for protecting free speech on campus. These days, as he shuttles among his identities as foundation executive, movie producer, TV talking head, and columnist, Thor Halvorssen C’96 G’96 is still “fighting for freedom”—with time out for an occasional nice meal.