All Business
David Teece describes himself as a “practicing business intellectual.” That’s not an oxymoron.
Right Foot, Left Foot
Dueling kickers on the other varsity football team.
The Great Aid Race
Penn expands undergraduate financial aid
New Admissions Dean
Columbia’s Eric J. Furda C’87 named new admissions dean
The Leaded Word
Words carry weight (literally) at Common Press
Hack Leaving Design
PennDesign Dean Gary Hack to step down
Education Un-Disciplined?
Discuss: “Should we abolish departments?”
$10 million gift for Fox Leadership Program
$10 million gift will endow Fox Leadership Program
Running the Table
Practicing with ping-pong-prodigy Barbara Wei
Finding Zeus
New Museum finds from the B.Z.—“before Zeus”—era
Meningitis Lawsuit
Family of meningitis victim suing HUP
Better Days Ahead?
Basketball hoping for a good bounce
The Man Who Would Never Be Mayor
In the race for Philadelphia’s top job, Michael Nutter W’79 was dismissed as the candidate without a constituency. His journey from last place to landslide victory had the markings of a political miracle. Now the public expects more.
Keeping Faith
Bloodied but unbowed by his stint as George W. Bush’s first “faith czar,” alumnus and political science professor John. J. DiIulio is more convinced than ever of America’s faith-based future—and he has a new book that tells why.
Ghost Landscapes
Arthur Drooker’s infrared photographs of historic ruins in the U.S. conjure a “spirit world of haunted beauty.”
Reclaiming a Riverfront
Delaware Waterfront plan announced
“Little Ben” Finishes Fourth
Pretty big finish for “Little Ben”
The Wrath of Herzog
Herzog on cinema studies: “Abolish these courses”
Blame It On My Genes, Your Honor
The DNA Defense?
Economics Professor Pleads Guilty and Resigns
Former econ prof pleads guilty to manslaughter
Huntsman Program Senior Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Scholar Joyce Meng
Alumnus Nets Marshall
A Marshall for Steve Danley
The Sculptor’s Ark
Richard Serra’s menagerie
Haute Kicks
Student uses sneakers as canvases