Atlas for the End of the World
Auditing the globe’s protected landscapes—and the forces threatening them.
The Prehuman History of Cocktail Hour
Don't match drinks with the Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew.
Parrot Gets a Pegleg
Penn Vet gave a parrot a (3D-printed) pegleg.
Science and Error
A history of unripe findings and unintended consequences.
Strange Brotherhood
The hidden chapter of wartime human experimentation in the DKE house.
Football Eyes a Trifecta
And Roger Reina returns to wrestling.
This Is Us Is His
Long before he created last season’s top-rated new TV show, Dan Fogelman got his start listening to his Penn housemates’ stories and making them laugh with his.
July|Aug 2017
Volume 115, No. 6
Letters
July|Aug 2017: Dental philia, debating Russia, letters on letters (on Trump).
Events
July|Aug 2017
Alumni Notes
July|Aug 2017
Obituaries
July|Aug 2017
The Man Behind the La La Magic
La La Land producer Fred Berger C’03 was there from the beginning
Tiny Houses, Big Improvements
Sharon Lee C’77 has big ideas about tiny houses for the homeless.
Doing Miami Nice
The Betsy is Jonathan Plutzik WG’78’s unlikely oasis in Miami Beach.
Silk, Sweat, and Socialism
A new book examines a forgotten component of the labor movement.
Arts Calendar
July|Aug 2017
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2017
My Mama, My Abuela, My Home
Jane the Virgin and me.
Ink Addict
Confessions of a book keeper.
Maximum City
“This is a different Dhaka than I’m used to.”
Social Justice at Children’s Expense
The fatal scourge of child maltreatment has a tragic enabler: the ethical code of professional social workers.
$21 Million for Basser Center for BRCA
$21 million to Basser Center to fight BRCA-related cancers.
Democracy for Sale
Voter fraud vs. incentives, from Berry’s Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich.