Vol. 102, No. 4
Features
Dentist of the Purple Sage
It turns out that America’s image of the “Wild West” owes a lot to Dental School alumni. As much as anyone, 1896 alumnus Pearl Zane Gray—later Zane Grey—wrote the myth. Plus: 1872 graduate John Henry Holliday—better known as “Doc”—lived it.
By Samuel Hughes
Full Circle
In 1994—30 years after he graduated from Penn as an anthropology major—Jeremy Sabloff returned to campus to run the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Stepping down after 10 years as director, he says he’s “looking forward to switching gears, but at the same time it’s been a really incredible ride.”
An Interview By John Prendergast
Sarah Kagan’s “Genius Idea”
The 41-year old Nursing professor is among the youngest recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship—better known as the “genius grant”—but she earned the honor for her groundbreaking work with elderly cancer patients.
By Peter Nichols
Departments
From the Editor
Letters
FIRST PERSON : Essays
Notes From the Undergrad: What being a hapa means
Alumni Voices: Music is the messenger?
Elsewhere: “Kashuba has that power”
Expert Opinion: Letter from Kurdistan
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
Princeton’s Amy Gutmann elected Penn’s eighth president
Q&A With Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson
Celebrating Franklin as printer
$6 million gift creates Marion S. Ware Alzheimer Program
Penn’s latest Rhodes Scholar, and Bermuda’s first
Historic Home: McNeil Center construction announced
Pedro Ramos trades College Hall for City Hall
Student-led group aims to raise $50,000 to aid Paraguay
Media professionals and aspirants meet at second Summit
Weiss Tech House is home for student-inventors
Jackson and Dyson on Martin Luther King’s legacy
In basketball, women start strong, but will men rebound?
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
Books Beyond Genetics. DNA Dos and Don’ts
Architecture Bringing the Beaux-Arts to China, via Penn
Arts Calendar
ALUMNI : Profiles : Events : Notes : Obituaries
President’s House historian | Edward Lawler
KIPP crusader | Jason Botel
Life-celebrating artist | Stuart Yankell
Gallery guru | Robert Aibel
Master marketer | Ted Chung