The Surprising Roads to Rhodes
College senior Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar.
Roberts Among 2024 MacArthur Fellows
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow.
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2025
Still Life with Laurie Olin
Sitting Still traces Laurie Olin’s life and work.
And Yet, They Persisted
Ben Nathans on the “many lives” of the Soviet dissident movement.
Beyond the Bruckner Problem
How Benjamin Korstvedt Gr’95 solved “the Bruckner problem.”
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2025
The Accidental Nightclub Owner
Josette Bonafino C’89 has remade—and preserved—the Trestle Inn.
A Preexisting Condition
Douglas Arbittier C’87 M’91 GM’95 is a sharp collector of medical artifacts.
Baseball’s Biggest Stage
Jake Cousins C’17 pitched for the Yankees in the World Series.
“The Community Is Your Patient”
Robert K. Ross C’76 M’80 G’92 transformed healthcare for underserved communities.
Events
Jan|Feb 2025
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2025
Obituaries
Jan|Feb 2025
A Leader Among Women
Remembering the first woman to win an Alumni Award of Merit.
The Price They Paid
The last of Penn football’s “Mungermen” recall the painful transition from big-time football to the Ivy League 70 years ago—including a University president’s short-lived “Victory with Honor” campaign, a not-so-harmonious “harmony dinner,” and the unceremonious exits of a legendary football coach and controversial athletic director.
Sculpting a Life Story
From legendary athletes to historical luminaries, sculptor Zenos Frudakis FA’82 GFA’83 has created some monumental works of art.
Nov|Dec 2024
Vol. 123, No. 2
Letters
Prize support, not nothing, and more.
Self-Portrait
Alumni Voices | The man in the mirror.
After the Rain
Elsewhere | Asheville after Helene.
The Campus Controversy Complex
Salvo | Talking speech codes.
Denial of Coverage
Expert Opinion | Instability in the insurance market.
Embracing the New
Class of 2028 urged to “embrace what is new to you.”