The Man Who Put Yellowstone on the Map
As the National Park Service marks its centennial this year, let’s take a moment to celebrate Penn professor and building namesake Ferdinand Hayden, whose visionary advocacy saved what became America’s first National Park from the tawdry, commercialized fate of Niagara Falls.
Googling Cuba
Brett Perlmutter’s mission was to open up Cuba to the internet. To say that it was
politically sensitive is an understatement. But the timing was just about perfect.
July|August 2016
Volume 114, No. 6
Alumni Notes
July|Aug 2016
Obituaries
July|Aug 2016
Events
July|Aug 2016
Song Man
Jeff Coon C’92 is enjoying the musical of his life.
Ambassador Word
Miles Hodges C’13 says “screw that” to being quiet in the library.
The Art of Giving
Alumni Kathy and Keith Sachs’ “art of our time” collection at PMA.
Bedtime Stories for the Aging
Arlene Heyman M’73’s Scary Old Sex.
Digging Up Deuteronomy
Pre-Biblical quest. The Lost Book of Moses.
Box Art
Window, July|Aug 2016
Arts Calendar
July|Aug 2016
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2016
Letters
July|Aug 2016: Wasser whoas, editorial overstep, and more.
Where to Find Me
Presenting the unpresentable.
This’ll Never Work
This essay could be better.
Family History
“Who I am depends on where I am.”
Our Father
Tom Hagan’s lessons.
Health and the City
Can techniques to measure health outcomes help community planning?
The Election Issues That (Ought to) Matter
SP2 and IUR weigh in on what the 2016 election should be about.
Electoral Corruption’s Ironic Enabler
Heard on Campus: Why the FEC doesn’t work anymore.
Bioethics Goes to the Movies
First Bioethics Film Festival focuses on “authority and rebellion.”
Math Versus Computer Bugs
Computer scientists working to debug software using mathematics.