At the Crossroads
The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery casts the cradle of Abrahamic religions and alphabetic innovation as a cosmopolitan sphere—not just a conflict-ridden one.
Safe Harbor, Fitful Prospects
How Philadelphia has repelled, attracted, and been reinvigorated by refugees.
The Lambs of War
Buzz Bissinger explores World War II through a group of football players pushed into the ultimate sacrifice. Daniel Akst probes the legacy of pacifist resisters.
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2023
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2023
Night Fever
DJ “Michael the Lion” (also a researcher and lecturer in the Weitzman School of Design) is a big believer in the nighttime economy.
Head Trip
A Penn Libraries exhibit melds Arthur Tress’s surreal photography with his voracious appetite for Japanese illustration.
Enablers
A business school professor examines the many flavors of complicity.
Sea Stewards
In a pair of new books, on coral reefs and sperm whales, two impassioned ocean lovers offer contrasting visions of how to safeguard its splendors.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2022
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2022
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Sep|Oct 2022
Framing History
A pair of history profs teams up with Getty Images to create a public-facing, photography-oriented window into Black history.
Art Scents
Sissel Tolaas’ olfactory aesthetics at ICA.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2022
Father Martin’s New Mission
Jesuit priest James Martin reflects on his path to LGBT-focused ministry.
Museum Men
Three Penn alumni amassed three varied and valuable private collections, then bequeathed them to Philadelphia and the world. But what drove Mütter, Barnes, and Rosenbach?
Adding Joy into Textbooks
Penn student and artist Yune Kim C’24 has hand-drawn roughly 1,000 charming, playful images to illustrate a series of Korean language textbooks used at Penn and beyond.
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2022
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July|Aug 2022
Marble Dignity, Hollow Soul
Allen Guelzo’s biography of Robert E. Lee depicts the Confederate general as a “complicated rather than complex person.”
Fraternal Twins
West Philadelphia’s unmatched pairs.
‘Building a Bridge’ Between LGBTQ Catholics and Their Church
Wharton grad-turned-Jesuit priest Rev. James Martin, SJ, W'82 is at the center of a new documentary film on LGBTQ Catholics.
Tales of Havoc
Sara Manning Peskin takes readers on a harrowing journey through the “hijacked brain.”