My Own Private Iowa
Buildings under a big sky.
AI Assistants or Digital Despots?
Proposed: an algorithmic bill of rights.
Arts Calendar
July|Aug 2019
The Babel of the Mind
Manic erudition. Figuring.
Whitman at 200
Penn Libraries’ Whitman at 200 contains multitudes.
A Change in the Weather
CAC explores preservation in a changing climate.
Plot Weaver
Documentary editor Nancy Novack C’87’s wide-ranging career.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2019
Entrepreneurship Building Rising on 40th Street
Preview of entrepreneurial center Tangen Hall.
Energy Policy Center Obtains $30 Million
$30 million to Kleinman Center for sustainable energy transition.
President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes
2019 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners.
Analytics at Wharton Launches
$15 million for Analytics at Wharton to coordinate big data initiatives.
Scoreboard
From April 6 to June 6
Alumni Weekend 2019
Photos from the festivities.
Covering the Trumps
Penn alum discusses her unique path to writing about the president’s family.
May|Jun 2019
Volume 117, No. 5
Jean Chatzky’s Money Story
The personal-finance guru learned from her mother’s example “that women can be active and extremely competent managers of money.” Now she’s sharing that lesson—and more gained over her 25 years as a business journalist and experience as a small-business owner—in a new book.
Good By Design
Despite all evidence to the contrary, “the world is getting better,” argues physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis. It’s in our genes.
A Journey of Discovery
From College Hall, May|Jun 2019
Letters
May|Jun 2019
“Hopeful About Israel’s Future”
Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer W’93 on hopes for peace.
Record Donation for School of Arts and Sciences
$50 million from Vageloses for energy sciences center sets SAS record.
Tuition and Aid for 2019–20 Academic Year
2019-20 costs up 3.9 percent; aid to rise 4.5 percent.
Social Justice Activist to Speak
Criminal-justice advocate Bryan Stevenson to speak.