The Rebirth of DUMBO
DUMBO developer Jed Walentas
Representing Politics, People, and Art
Lawyer and activist Donyale Reavis
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2005
Obituaries
Mar|Apr 2005
Barefoot Ballet
The Pennguinettes have been kicking up their heels since 1946.
Bright Ideas
From the Editor: Jan|Feb 2005
Now Playing on the Big Screen
Cinema studies is a new major program at Penn, but the University’s involvement with the form goes back to Eadweard Muybridge and the earliest days of moving pictures.
Making a Legend
John Legend C’99 has come a long way since his days with the Penn a cappella group Counterparts (when he was John Stephens). As his first solo album hits the stores, lots of people are betting he can go much farther.
Best-Case Scenario
Five years ago, David Borgenicht C’90 and Joshua Piven C’93 came out with a little humor book titled The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. Since then, things have gone from worst to, well, pretty incredible.
Jan|Feb 2005
Volume 103, No. 3
Remember the Reunion
The 70 members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity who went to fight in World War II wrote hundreds of letters for The Delta Pen, a newsletter created by Henry A. Pope W’43. A new book collects some of them.
A Sacred Trust
From College Hall | To reach the best students, we must significantly boost giving for scholarship aid.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2005
Block Party
On Twelfth Street, you walked out your door and fell into community.
Up the Volcano
How a “half-day hike” set them on a different trail.
Brain Maturation and the Execution of Juveniles
When do brains mature?
Counting the Complaints, Not Just the Votes
With MyVote1, Fels Institute analyzes voter problems
English Home Renamed
New name—Fisher-Bennett Hall—honors gift
DAR VP and SAS Dean Named
Leadership positions filled at DAR and SAS
A Departure from Vet School
Vet School Dean Kelly departs
Bad Medicine
Wrongful research
Rights vs. Capabilities
Capabilities approach offered as better social measure
Nanotechnology at Penn Gets a $11.4 Million Boost
NSF grants $11.4 million for nanotechnology
The Serpent’s Story—Revealed on Canvas
Aboriginal art explores meteor crater’s creation