Drawing Blood
Absorbing and episodic tale of an imperfect heroine.
Illness as Metaphor
An imaginative—and macabre—medical story.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2020
Hope Amidst Despair
Initiatives to “propel progress” on inclusion and equity announced.
Virtual Reality
Losses and gains from remote learning.
Coming This Fall?
Possible scenarios for the Fall semester.
Bright Spot
Penn signs solar power purchase agreement.
President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes
Presidential Prizes for Engagement and Innovation announced.
White Coats for Black Lives
Light show salute; health workers show solidarity with protests.
Penn and the Pandemic
How the University and alumni have responded to the current crisis.
Seeds of Insight
Rob Rosenheck, CEO of Lord Jones—purveyor of CBD-infused candies, creams, and other products—is high on the cannabis industry’s potential to promote a revolution in economics, health and wellness, culture, and consciousness.
Power of the Pup
Therapy dogs are reducing stress and bringing joy to patients and staff across the Penn healthcare community.
Virtual Alumni Weekend 2020*
Celebrating from a distance—until we can meet again.
Shielding the Frontlines
Meet the four alumni entrepreneurs who, after pausing their own ventures, are mass-producing PPE for local hospitals.
May|Jun 2020
Volume 118, No. 5
Everyday Heroism in Extraordinary Times
From College Hall: A battle to serve a common good.
Letters
May|Jun 2020: Moving story, more climate clashes.
Doing Time
Sally Elk GFA’84 GFA’85 wants Eastern State to go beyond “Terror.”
Connecting Divides
Riaz Patel C’95 has an EPIC plan to bridge social divides.
Impatient Hope
“Anything was possible, because no one knew.”
Those Woodstock Summers
Looking back to where it all began.
I Quit
In praise of letting go, moving on.
Arts Calendar
May|Jun 2020
City Shaper
K—A. Eugene Kohn Ar’53 GAr’57—tells KPF’s story.