House Dentist
From Holocaust survivors, to stroke victims, to the garden-variety centenarian next door, Alisa Kauffman’s patients have one thing in common: an inability to travel to a dentist’s office. So she brings her practice into their living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens.
The Serene Strategist
To her mother, alumna Alice Paul was a “mild-mannered girl”; another observer compared her demeanor to “the quiet of a spinning top.” Her leadership in the fight to get US women the vote was a remarkable mix of unyielding commitment and savvy politics.
Danke Schoen, Wayne
Meet the Penn alumna who opened for Wayne Newton this month in Beverly Hills—and see footage from her performance.
Witness to a Demolition
Elaine Simon’s photographs “capture the stages of demolition as a way to remember the site and make a statement about cycles of destruction, displacement, and development.”
Events
March|April 2017
Alumni Notes
March|April 2017
Obituaries
March|April 2017
Taking Casualties
Charles Newhall III C’67 wrote about Vietnam and after in Fearful Odds.
Showing Their Animal Magnetism
Penn alumni star in Animal Planet’s Life at Vet U.
The Musical Man
Mark Kaufman C’89’s key to musicalizing a movie: does it sing?
Skimming for Substance
Carly Zakin C’08 is co-founder of theSkimm.
Adaptation
The long and winding road from manuscript to silver screen.
Don Paco’s Hard Cider
An apple a day, Asturias-style.
Serial EarthQuakers
Alumni writers dig up their satiric LA-earthquake novel.
Down the Rabbit Hole and into Art
A graphic-memoir of healing through dementia in Aliceheimer’s.
Pressure and Proof
Alumnus, journalist, and self-described math geek Alan Schwarz saw something rotten in the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD and treated with amphetamines. He responded with a powerful series in The New York Times—and an even more powerful book.
In Pursuit of Justice
Over more than three decades, mostly at the US Justice Department, Eli Rosenbaum has made a career and a calling out of tracking down Nazi war criminals and more recent human-rights abusers.
Events
Jan|Feb 2017
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2017
Obituaries
Jan|Feb 2017
Sustaining Sonoma’s Vineyards
Karissa Kruse W’97 WG’04 leads sustainability efforts in Sonoma County.
The Advocate
Frank Cervone C’79 directs the Support Center for Child Advocates.
Just Kids
Amy Friedman C’86 GEd’86 wants to grow Sprout.
A Short Flight
“I was in Nepal, for God’s sake.”