Alumni Notes
March|April 2016
Obituaries
March|April 2016
Gardens of Earthy Delights
Matthew Rader WG’11 cultivates the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Studying—and Standing in the Way of—Extremism
Brian Levin C’89 knows a scary amount about all kinds of extremism.
Presence
John Doman C’66 is still exercising his acting muscle.
Memorializing the Civil Rights Movement
Beverly Robertson ran the National Civil Rights Museum.
Ghosts of Segregation
Barren campus. Without Regard to Sex, Race, or Color.
Behind the Bamboo Camera
“Father of Philippine Independent Cinema” Kidlak Tahimik WG’67.
When the Answer Is C) None of the Above
“Middlesex meets Mean Girls” in YA novel None of the Above.
Out of Texas
Paul Christensen Gr’73’s “A West Texas Marriage.”
Ghosting for Gerald
Gerald’s story, and mine.
Next Stop, Paradise
“That old promise of bliss.”
Uber Gridlock
Uber and VIM.
Islamic Chaplain: Fight Hatred With New Narratives
Penn’s Islamic chaplain Kameelah Rashad C’00 GEd ’01.
Street Fighter
“Gridlock Sam” Schwartz is an icon in New York’s century-long war with traffic. Can his final campaign reshape the city’s transportation future?
The Peace Children of Syria
Art can’t provide a way out of tragedy, but perhaps a way through.
Readin’, Writin’, Revolution
With the Minerva Project, Ben Nelson W’97 is out to “build the world’s greatest university from scratch.” Should Penn—and other top-tier schools—be worried?
March Madness Missed
What’s more frustrating than playing Ivy League men’s basketball in the same era as Bill Bradley? Winning the University’s first official Ivy championship the year after he graduated, and then being kept out of postseason play because of a fight between the League and the NCAA. Fifty years later, Penn’s 1965-66 squad still wonders what might have been.
‘From Away’
In coastal Maine, the Tepler family—including dad Sheldon L'81, mom Denise C'78 G'81, and daughter Maya C'11—have opened their home to two Burundian asylum-seekers. Now Maya is making a documentary about the experience, titled 'From Away.'
Choosing Paper
Through a West Philly-based, non-profit print shop and zine library called The Soapbox, several alums are putting paper first.
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2016
Obituaries
Jan|Feb 2016
Events
Jan|Feb 2016
Refuge from the Storms
Chris George C’77 is helping settle Syrian refugees in the US.