Vol. 101, No. 6
Features
First Fictions
Excerpts from first novels by alumni Robert Cort, Caren Lissner, and Lisa Tucker, plus author interviews by Caroline Tiger.
A Matter of Trust
“This is not missionary work,” insists Center for Community Partnerships Director Ira Harkavy. But he brings a proselytizer’s zeal to service-learning courses that combine helping West Philadelphia solve its problems with educating Penn students.
By Susan Frith
Art for Art’s Day
“Communication, coordination, and collaboration,” were the watchwords as the volunteer leaders of the University’s artistic and cultural organizations gathered to eat, talk, and, of course, look.
By John Prendergast
Alumni Weekend 2003
The picnic location was changed to Hill Field, and the weather was changeable, but nearly 9,000 alumni—about 25 percent more than last year—found their way back to campus for this year’s celebration.
A photo essay.
Departments
Alumni Voices
Take me out—way out—to the ballgame.
Gazetteer
Rodin will leave presidency in June 2004
Tutu calls for a world in which “All are insiders: all!”
Men, looking for a reason not to shower?
Wrongful-death lawsuit settled out of court
Michael X. Delli Carpini to head Annenberg School
Museum Web site helps recover Iraq antiquities
Library head resigns amid child-pornography charges
Studies offer qualified support for Atkins Diet approach
Recalling the contributions of linguistics pioneer Zellig Harris
Rare books from Library’s collection to be shown in Belgium
Off the Shelf
Authentic Happiness. How to feel.
The Perfect House. Where to live.
Author Lorene Cary Earns City Honor
Sports
Ones for the record books—again, and recollections of a Maestro.
THE ALUMNI
Alumni Profiles
Paul Williams W’67 | Alumni Leader: Connecting and Reconnecting with Penn
Dr. Kathryn Linn Geurts G’91 Gr’98 | Balancing is Believing
Denise Devine WG ’90 | Wholesome Foods, Devine Flavor
Dave Koch C’98 | Land Grants and Literature
Elizabeth Banks C’86 | All Bets are on Banks’ Acting Career
David Wise C’98 | Shaping Dough into Drama
Window
A rosette is a rosette?