Game Nation
Art and video games. 8 BIT
Tapping Franklin’s Currents Onstage
Puppets and props bring legend to life. Currently Franklin
Free! At Last
Interview Lorene Cary C’78 G’78 on Free!
Crossing the River on Horseback in the Night
One slave’s escape
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2007
Africa Calling
Andrew Passen C’80 G’90 has Africa in his blood
Inclusive Fruit for Reactionary Times
Susannah Heschel Gr’89 is a Jewish woman and feminist revolutionary
Hoops for Life
Dave Wohl C’71 hasn’t had to get a “real job” yet
Mumbai Law
Law alums are entrepreneurs of outsourcing
Obituaries
Mar|Apr 2007
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2007
Help Where Needed
From the archives: University medical team dispatched to the Beni-Messous Hospital in Algiers to provide care in the wake of Algeria’s War of Independence.
Mar|Apr 2007
Volume 105, No. 4
The Radical and the Restorer
As the international blockbuster King Tut exhibition comes to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, the Penn Museum has unveiled an eye-opening companion show on the radical religious and political experiment imposed by the boy-king’s predecessor (and putative father), the Pharoah Akhenaten.
Homecoming 2006
2006 featured the Game (a tough loss to Princeton, unfortunately), the Awards of Merit Gala, and the finale of a year-long commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the University’s first African-American graduate, James Brister D1881.
A Great Year for Buildings
From College Hall | How five innovative spaces are transforming campus life and learning.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2007
The Way In
Far from home, finding the confidence to be oneself.
Limitations, Consolations
Pickup basketball is out of the question, but there’s more time for nostalgia.
16 Ways of Looking at a Stock Prospect
How a leading value investor makes his picks.
Supersonic Dreams
Flying high—and fast—with Mick and the gang on the Concorde.
Penn Praxis Tapped for Delaware Waterfront Project
City asks Penn Praxis to advise on waterfront’s future
Turning Andean Silver into Green
Wharton helps silver artisans in Peru shape greater profits
Research Briefs
Benefits of Neighborhood Cleanup Go Beyond Beauty; Now It’s Matter, Now It’s Not; Stretch Nerves After They Snap