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Jan | Feb 2026
Vol. 124, No. 3
Features
Full Circle
Over five decades and across five states, Fran McCaffery W’82 has been a winning college basketball coach. Now back at his alma mater, does the 66-year-old once known as “White Magic” have enough magic left to overcome significant NCAA obstacles and restore Penn to its former great heights?
By Dave Zeitlin
Homecoming 2025
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Awards of Merit and citations.
Photos by Tommy Leonardi
Historian of the “Taken-for-Granted”
Whether probing the concept of common sense, mulling the role of expertise in a democracy, or examining how choice intersects with freedom, Sophia Rosenfeld is carving out new realms of cultural and intellectual history.
By Julia M. Klein
Who Will Own Your Digital Twin?
Law professor Jennifer Rothman is an expert in “the ways intellectual property law is employed to turn people into a form of property.” As we enter an era of deepfake videos, voice clones, and digital replicas of human beings, she worries that the United States Congress is on the cusp of a horrible mistake.
By Trey Popp
Departments
From the Editor | McCaffery’s return, identity protection, choice and freedom.
From College Hall | Penn’s pioneering endures.
Letters | Playgrounds, Alzheimer’s, and a second opinion on a final resting place.
Views
Alumni Voices | Radiation education.
Rabbit Hole | Circling Glasgow.
Elsewhere | “There are a lot of aspirations in these narrow alleys.”
Gazetteer
Forum | Testing truth at the Wolf Humanities Center.
Work | “The case for in-office work has never been stronger.”
Courses | Weitzman School class focuses on the sounds of the city.
Honor | Andrea Mitchell CW’67 Hon’18 receives Beacon Award.
Honor | Huntsman Program senior Florence Onyiuke is a Rhodes Scholar.
Exhibition | Penn Museum opens new Native North America Gallery.
Sports | Football’s Ray Priore steps down; Rick Santos named new head coach.
Sports | John C’87’s 15 years makes 65 years of Alexanders announcing at Franklin Field.
Arts
Calendar
Sculpture | Monumental, mirage-like Rui Rui installed in Harrison Garden.
Visual Art | Art Match program turns dorm rooms into (temporary) galleries.
Literature | A career-spanning essay collection by John Edgar Wideman C’63 Hon’86.
Briefly Noted
Alumni
Sonia Kleindorfer C’88 sings the praises of birds.
J. Andrew Greenblatt WG’23 directs the Philadelphia Film Society.
Amanda Shulman C’15 got a Michelin star for Her Place Supper Club.
Events
Notes
Obituaries
Old Penn | The University’s contribution to the sesquicentennial.
