Diamonds in the Soul
Inside the medieval village known as the Diamond District.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2011
Designing the Ultimate Doll House
Ting Li C’03
Pushing the Power of Batteries
Esther S. Takeuchi C’75 WAM’98
Click and Be Counted
Penn Alumni wants you to get counted
You’re Under Arrest, “Dad”
Dave Lieber C’79
The Zen of Record-Setting
Chris Solarz C’00
Resolution Revolution
“Chaz” Howard C’00
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2011
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2011
Nov|Dec 2011
Volume 110, No. 2
Penn Park Field Day
Slideshow
US Healthcare Spending = Entire economy of France
Penn's Ezekiel Emanuel in The New York Times.
Mark Winkelman Named Chair of Penn Medicine Board
What he does in his free time.
What to Wear to a SlutWalk?
Salamishah Tillet, an assistant professor of English and Africana Studies at Penn, poses some interesting questions about SlutWalk, in The Nation.
Imagine … a new Africa Gallery at the Penn Museum
The Africa gallery becomes the ancient artifact on display.
A New Way to Diagnose Concussions on the Sideline?
The average high-school football player gets hit on the helmet up to 1,400 times in a season.
On Paying College Athletes
Wharton's Ken Shropshire agrees with Taylor Branch.
Explaining Flash Mobs
The summer of 2011 will be remembered in some cities for the riots that perturbed the public peace.
Researchers at Penn receive $1.5 million NOAA grant
Penn team will try to find how sea-level rise varies spatially.
The Other Health Care Revolutions
The Affordable Care Act may have gotten all the attention, but American medicine will be transformed even more profoundly by forces that neither the government, insurance companies, nor even doctors themselves can fully tame. It’s already happening, and three trends provide a preview of the shape of things to come.
The Perils of Parenting Style
Penn sociologist Annette Lareau says that the way middle class parents interact with their children promotes an “emerging sense of entitlement” that better equips them for success in the world.
Letters
Sep|Oct 2011
Off the Rails
Discovering the lives my grandfather didn’t live.