Homecoming 2004
Photos from the game. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit Citations.
Taste Quakers
“Everyone who graduated from Penn is either a doctor, a lawyer or … a food writer, it seems.” Well, not quite, but this alumna soon found she wasn’t the only one—food writer, that is.
Confessions of an Identity Thief
A direct line to the editor—is it worth the guilt?
Japanese Lesson
Lost—and then found—in translation.
This Land Was Made for Wackos Like You and Me
“This Land” creator Gregg Spiridellis
Homage to a Cathedral of Hoops
Palestra praiser Mikaelyn Austin
Ringing Out
Bell ringer Lolita Jackson
All That Jazz: Keeping the Music Alive
Jazz preserver Michael Cuscuna
You’re Fired! (Whew!)
Apprentice alumni: Fired and firer
The Art of Exhibitionism
Art exhibitionist Sanford Smith
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2004
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2004
Signature Style
As he heads West for a teaching position in the other Washington, Paul Steven Miller C’83 looks back on a decade defending the rights of people with disabilities as an EEOC Commissioner—and a lifetime battling for his own.
Growing Movement
At the Charlestown Cooperative Farm, alumna Aimee Kocis is helping preserve valuable farmland from development while keeping 105 area families well supplied with a variety of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Writing For Her Life
Stephanie Williams C’92 was determined to fulfill her ambition to write and publish a novel before cancer killed her. With some help from her friends, she succeeded.
Fuzzy Slippers, Sharp Minds
After a year in corporate America, teaching is a sleeper hit.
Coming Home
Searching for the China of her childhood.
Can’t Buy Me Love
Manage your money before it manages you: Chatzky’s commandments.
Dilettante Has Staying Power
Fingeroth debut delivers.
Composer for Hire
Charles Soule will play—actually, write—your song.
Don’t Forget Your Meds, Humanoid
Martha Pollack’s Pearl puts artificial intelligence to work.
Closing Time
Edward Peeples’ research preserves “minutiae” of school lockout.
North by South
Phyllis Murray knows what hasn’t changed since Brown v. Board.
Shifting Gears
Ed McDonough’s slow road to fast cars.