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.
Beneath the Surface
Window, Sept|Oct 2014
Alumni Notes
Sept|Oct 2014
Obituaries
Sept|Oct 2014
Events
Sept|Oct 2014
Working Both Sides of the River
Tom Corcoran WG’75 sees both sides (of the Delaware waterfront) now.
Remembering the Rockets’ Red Glare
“Star Spangled” commemoration of the War of 1812, orchestrated by alumni.
Business Over Broadway
Elie Landau C’94 keeps busy on Broadway as an associate general manager.
Rhode Island Schools of Redesign
Alumni are creating a model of school reform in Rhode Island.
Work in Progress
Finding the story.
One Small Corner
SLIDESHOW | An uninhabited island in the East River.