Pulling Weeds
David Casarett used to just say No when his hospice and palliative-care patients asked about using medical marijuana as a treatment or to relieve their symptoms. After researching and writing his new book, Stoned, his answer is “a lot more nuanced.”
When the Going Gets Weird, Start Mixing Drinks
Novel take on Hunter S. Thompson. Gonzo Girl.
Behind the Baton at the PSO
Thomas Hong, Penn Symphony Orchestra’s new director.
Interior Redesign
“Reconstituted memories” in paintings by Becky Suss at ICA.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2015
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2015
Sept|Oct 2015
Volume 114, No. 1
A Beautiful Brain
From College Hall, Sept|Oct 2015
Letters
Sept|Oct 2015: Celebrating the link, more Skimmer, letters on letters.
Events
Sept|Oct 2015
Alumni Notes
Sept|Oct 2015
Obituaries
Sept|Oct 2015
Returned, Restored, Resplendent
Window, Sept|Oct 2015
The Woman Behind the Pope’s Visit
Donna Crilley Farrell C’86 is in charge of the Pope’s Philadelphia visit.
Musical Migrations
Mick Moloney Gr’92 makes Irish music, and traces its history.
Fighting for the Gender Within
Transgender activist Dana Beyer M’78 fights to let people be “who they are.”
Healing from Without
Kate Arian C’11 is bringing beauty services to hospital rooms.
Can’t Forget the Motor City
Damien Rocchi WG’01’s Grand Circus is helping “reinvent” Detroit.
The Transcendental Tourist
Sacred circus.
The Next War
Planning for future warfare.
Lightning on the Windowsill
“Little lights, everywhere.”
Wharton and Everything After
The road nearly traveled.
The Art of Dentistry
Courtly Treasures at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Dreaming a Chamber Orchestra to Life
Marc Mostovoy G’67 on the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.