Trustees Remove Wynn Name From Campus
Penn cuts ties with Steve Wynn C’63.
Ancient Vintage
New finding pushes grape-wine production back to 6000 BCE.
Standing Athwart History
Annenberg’s Al Felzenberg on his William F. Buckley bio.
Confronting Denial
The four Gormans are all Penn alumni and all involved professionally in the mental-health field. In a new book, two of them—daughter Sara and father Jack—take a careful look at the psychological factors driving science denialism and how to counter them. Hint: more data isn’t the answer.
The Judges’ Lawyer
In successfully defending the irascible Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase—aka “Old Bacon Face”—against impeachment, Joseph Hopkinson C1786 G1789 helped set a high bar for removal from office and establish the principle of judicial independence.
The Art of Looking
Can examining art help students become better doctors?
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2018
Obituaries
Jan|Feb 2018
Events
Jan|Feb 2018
Preserving Stenton
Laura Keim GFA’97 is keeping the 18th century alive at Stenton.
Waste Not …
Alan Cook W’95 EAS’95 helped invent a self-cleaning dog pad.
Evidence-Based Justice
Julie Seaman C’86 promotes evidence-based justice.
The Prodigal Student
“What was so great about being smart?”
Neighborhood Rules
Neighborhood watch.
The Tragedy Mob
Changing the story.
Dangerous Crossing
Q&A with The Border author Steven Schafer G’00 WG’00.
Mungermen Forever
Mungermen share memories.
Hope for Katherine Belle
How one family’s journey through the realm of rare disease led them to the newest frontier of precision genetic medicine.
Homecoming 2017
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
Of Beneficent Buildings and Bedside Manners
Thomas S. Kirkbride M1832 wrote the book—literally—on the housing and treatment of the mentally ill in the 19th century.
Rifkin’s Next Revolution
Jeremy Rifkin W’67 launched his career as an activist by protesting the Vietnam War. Now he’s making perhaps his biggest impact yet advocating for a “third industrial revolution” to save the world from stagnating productivity and the ravages of climate change.
Theatre By Design
Sara Outing C'13 has already built a successful career in theatre set design—and she has the 2017 Barrymore Award nomination to prove it.
Events
Nov|Dec 2017
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2017