Homecoming 2014
Our annual photo essay. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit winners and citations.
The Man Who Knew Talent
That would be Alan Livingston, who invented Bozo the Clown, saved Frank Sinatra’s singing career, and (maybe) launched the Beatles in America.
Calling All Artists
Attention, alumni artists: The Burrison Gallery is seeking submissions.
Omar Maskati EAS’11 on Breaking into the Biz
The Mask and Wig alum is currently appearing in Roundabout Theatre's "Indian Ink."
Events
Nov|Dec 2014
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2014
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2014
Entering without Breaking
Window, Nov|Dec 2014
Life and Death Without Borders
Dan Goldring C’98 W’98 co-chairs Doctors Without Borders’ advisory board.
Innovation High
SLA founder Chris Lehman C’93 is “probably not your average principal.”
Healthcare Behind Bars
Bruce Herdman WG’75 Gr’82 G’83 directs healthcare for Philly’s prisons.
Leading the Fight Against Childhood Cancer
John Maris M’89 co-leads a “Dream Team” fighting childhood cancers.
A Labor of Love from Her Brain to Yours
Brain Pickings is Maria Popova C’07’s “one-woman labor of love.”
Philosopher on the Lathe
Creative practice = examined life.
A War-Scattered Family
“A War-Scattered Family.”
Consider the Turkey
Celebrating turkeys.
Trust
Rottenberg on Greenfield.The Outsider.
From Freshmen to Filmmakers
Student film-makers’ road to debut feature, Driving Not Knowing.
With the Donbas Battalion
A young reporter gets his first taste of war in eastern Ukraine.
A Principled Man
Nathan Mossell M1882 overcame great odds to become the first African-American graduate of Penn’s School of Medicine. He went on to found Philadelphia’s first black hospital—an achievement he never really wanted.
The Greatest
F. Scott Fitzgerald died a failure, but now The Great Gatsby sells a half-million copies a year (even when there’s not a movie). In So We Read On, alumna and Fresh Air book-critic Maureen Corrigan explains how this happened—and why it’s right that it did.
Arts and Culture, Homecoming Style
The big weekend is almost upon us. Here are some of the arts-oriented events we're looking forward to at Homecoming this year.
Jamming with Trane
As a freshman at Penn, Steven Knoblauch C’70 soloed in concert alongside John Coltrane. In response to a newly discovered recording, he spoke with us about that night.
2014-15 Alumni Book Groups Arrive
The Kelly Writers House will offer six alumni book groups over the current academic year.