Busting Ghosts
By most conventional measures William Watson G’86 Gr’90 is a pretty rational guy. Also a pretty smart one.
Bones Beneath the Tracks
In the summer of 1832, 57 Irish laborers died suddenly while building the first railroad in Pennsylvania. Alumnus Bill Watson and a host of other Penn people have been trying to find out what really happened. And they’re getting close.
Doing the Time Warp with Wax
The scene, Mangoes restaurant in Allentown; the time, Friday evening, October 29. The occasion was a Beaufest, honoring the late Beau Jones, the bassist for Wax who died this past September.
More Light
“I think that what is changing about my writing is my willingness to go darker so that I can come out with more light,” says memoirist and fiction writer Beth Kephart C’82. In her new novel, set in Philadelphia during the Centennial, a young woman contemplates suicide following the accidental death of her twin.
Lesson Plan
“I sell love.”
The Wounded Wore Aftershave
One day in a doctor’s life at the 399th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ei-ichi Negishi Gr’63 shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Rethinking Design
DesignPhiladelphia founder Hilary Jay C’83.
Catalyst for a Cure
Lee Ducat Ed’54 is on a mission to cure diabetes.
Down to Zeroes
Randall Lane C’90 wrote the book on Wall Street insanity.
Saving Oiled Birds, One at a Time
Heidi Stout V’91 flew into action to save birds after the BP oil spill.
On the Borderline
Steve Kashkett C’82 is the US’s man in Tijuana.
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2010
Trish Sie C’94 directs and choreographs OK Go’s viral music videos
Odds are that if you had an Internet connection back in the summer of 2006, you’ve seen OK Go's music video for “Here It Goes Again.” (Hint: It involves treadmills. Lots of them.)
Notes to a Younger Mother
In her new book, writer-mom and autism activist Susan Senator C’84 G’85 shows how to make the most of the unexpected life.
When Wax Was Hot
Four decades ago, a Penn-dominated rock band was poised to take the world by storm. What happened?
The First Day of Peace
World War II ended on September 2, 1945. For two alumni, something strange happened next.
Admissions Advice for Alumni Families
ACA helps alumni kids be the best applicants they can be.
Diversity Conference Offers Full Spectrum of Activities
Penn Spectrum sends message: “We are Penn—all of us are Penn”
A Wordslinger Takes on a Gunslinger—and Other Cultural Pursuits
Dan Rottenberg C’64 still believes in journalism.
Rebel with a URL
Cenk Uygur W’92 delivers the “real news” on The Young Turks.
These Kidz Are Alright
Jabari Evans C’04 and Michael Aguilar EAS’01 take hip-hop to school.
From Dependency to Dreams through Fair Trade
Gianna Driver W’04 saves other women from the life her mother escaped.