Imaginary Heartland
Refuting rural myths in Steven Conn Gr’94’s Lies of the Land.
Briefly Noted
May|Jun 2024
Enhancing Eateries
Richard Stokes GAr’88 designs great spaces where people can congregate.
Events
May|Jun 2024
Alumni Notes
May|Jun 2024
Obituaries
May|Jun 2024
Mar|Apr 2024
Vol. 122, No. 4
The Chip Zien Show
His acclaimed starring turn in Harmony was cut short by the harsh economics of Broadway musicals, but the theater, film, and TV stalwart is still looking ahead after seven decades in the spotlight.
Shattering Violence, Shimmering Prizes
Emily Wilson’s new translation of the Iliad brings the strange and brutal beauty of Homer’s world into the English-speaking now.
Letters
Mar|Apr 2024: On campus controversy and more.
The Limits of Will
On knowing when to persist, and when to resist.
House Keeping
A joyful crossing (eventually).
Authenticity Merchants
Brand consciousness.
MLK Remembrance
A candlelight vigil.
Record-Setting $83.9 Million to SAS
$83.9 million for SAS from Roy Vagelos C’50 Hon’99 and Diana Vagelos.
COP28 and Counting
What Penn (and especially Olivia Fielding C’21) did at COP28.
Keeping It Civic
David Grossman’s 25 years directing Civic House.
Sundered Union
A 19th-century divorce case still resonates today. Strong Passions.
Arts Calendar
Mar|Apr 2024
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2024
Total Eclipse With Some Heart
Debra Ross C’91 has Rochester, NY, ready for this April’s solar eclipse.
Vagabond Publisher
Nate Hake C’08 is going his own way with Travel Lemming.
Breaking the Mold
Grace “Sunny” Choi W’11 will be “breaking” at the Olympics in Paris.
Madam Mayor
Cherelle Parker G’16 LPS’16 is Philadelphia’s 100th—and first woman—mayor.