Close Study
From the Editor | Course guides, a family’s fight, meritorious alumni.
The Values Proposition
From College Hall | Values in action.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2025: The upside of population decline, and more.
The Orphan Trap
Losing my parents as a teenager saddled me with an identity I felt powerless to shape—until now.
Lying to the Irish
But failing to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes.
Point, Counterpoint
Are American commas and periods destined to be on the outside, looking in?
Role Models
From the Editor | Motherhood, “Mungermen,” monuments.
Letters
Prize support, not nothing, and more.
Self-Portrait
Alumni Voices | The man in the mirror.
After the Rain
Elsewhere | Asheville after Helene.
The Campus Controversy Complex
Salvo | Talking speech codes.
Denial of Coverage
Expert Opinion | Instability in the insurance market.
Making Good
From the Editor | Bright ideas, art and advocacy, helpful advice.
Heating the Iron
From College Hall | Forging an even better future for Penn, together.
Letters
Debating immigration, acknowledging antisemitism.
My Summer of Nothing
So many things I could have done.
My First Deal
Big fish, small fish.
(Re)Thinking
From the Editor | Immigration and innovation.
Letters
Jul|Aug 2024: Paideia’s “sparkplug,” rejected takeaways, and more.
My Life as a Ghost
Finding voices, on the way to my own.
The End of an Estrangement
The lesson of “open door” regrets.
Your Hiss Is What I Miss
Cassettes are cool.
Hard Work
From the Editor | Life after loss.
The Future is Unpredictable
From College Hall | Planning for an unpredictable future.