Alumni Notes
July|August 2018
Obituaries
July|August 2018
Introduction to Shakespeare
The power of query, in class and in life.
The Power and the Glory
An architect explores Mexico’s early churches.
The Moments Pick You
Deferred dividends.
Our Love Affair with Movies
A movie producer and Class of ’68 alumnus recalls the cinematic passions of his senior year—and offers some advice on rekindling the romance for today’s audiences.
The Philosophical Composer
In the year of his centenary, a look back at the music and thought of American composer and Penn faculty member George Rochberg G’49, who first embraced 12-tone music and serialism and later rejected avant-garde styles as a form of “self-extinction.”
No Longer ‘Adrift’ in Hollywood
David Branson Smith C’06 on finding his footing in Hollywood—and rewriting the script for 'Adrift,' which came out June 1.
Time Will Tell
“Go home and enjoy your daughter.”
City of Provinces
Paris without pressure.
Supervisor Studies
Managing to manage.
Stars in Their Eyes
Basketball champs, 1928.
Events
May|Jun 2018
Alumni Notes
May|Jun 2018
Obituaries
May|Jun 2018
Songs of Love and Kvetch
Robert Freedman L’54 and his wife, Molly, have a gift for music.
Epic
Three alumni ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
From Gin Lane to Parliament
Fairfax Hall WG’04’s Sipsmith helped usher in a London “ginaissance.”
Plumbing the Depths with Art
New worlds on ravaged ground. Surviving Genocide.
Andrea Mitchell to Speak
Commencement 2018.
The Architecture Cure
At Kleinman Center, discussing architecture that heals.
Storms and Reforms
Puerto Rico’s Department of Education has been getting an extreme makeover under alumna Julia Keleher. It was a Herculean task even before the catastrophic hurricane.
Healing the Island
Christine Nieves has been creating new narratives for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
The Idea of Love
On the job with the University’s eloquently soft-spoken, relentlessly positive, powerfully empathetic, turtle-admiring, Penn basketball-obsessed chaplain.