Nov|Dec 2023
Vol. 122, No. 2
“A Place I Could Be Myself”
The Penn Women’s Center celebrates five decades of providing advocacy, advising, refuge, counseling, company, and tea. From its origins in the struggle against campus sexual violence, the center has evolved to tackle a range of concerns, from wellness to combating racism. The latest debate: Is its name, meant to be welcoming, too restrictive or exclusionary at a time when gender itself is contested?
Letters
First-gen memories, gratitude for experience, and more.
Bridled Wit
Remembering poet and teacher Dan Hoffman.
Diploma
“Bring the pretty Latin close."
Almost Famous
The mystery of Hirschfeld’s Alexander.
Beyond Boot Camp
Uncle Sam wants who? Gen Z.
A ‘Call Together’ in Gratitude
New venue, timeless message for Class of 2027 launch.
The “Nora Prize” at 20
“Nora-ites” assemble for 20th anniversary of mentorship prize.
Carl June Wins Breakthrough Prize
Carl June awarded 2024 Breakthrough Prize for CAR T cell therapy.
Character Over Cognition
Q&A with Adam Grant on his latest, Hidden Potential.
Figures and Furniture
When the Children Come Home and Moveables at ICA.
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2023
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2023
Poisoned Gifts
Fayette Avery McKenzie GrEd1908’s “poisoned” presidency.
Out of the Box
Allison Luvera WG’22 wants to make the first “super premium” boxed wine.
Field of Dreams
Baye Adofo-Wilson L’97 helped restore a historic Negro leagues ballpark.
Events
Nov|Dec 2023
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2023
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2023
Sep|Oct 2023
Vol. 122, No. 1
Time Stretcher
From swinging standards to avant garde nonconformism, Penn music professor, jazz drummer, and shapeshifting composer Tyshawn Sorey has won acclaim for “awesomely confounding” music whose “vulnerable virtuosity” can “open different portals in your depth of feeling and imagination.”
American Science’s Promoter-in-Chief
The great-grandson of a famous founder (of the nation and this University) and “boyhood’s friend” of the president of the Confederacy, educational reformer and onetime Penn professor Alexander Dallas Bache made his own reputation by championing the professionalization of American science in the mid-1800s.
Dialogue in the Seat of Democracy
From College Hall | From Penn to Athens and back.























