Volume 109, No. 4
Features
Untangling Alzheimer’s
A remarkable collection of Penn scientists, led by Virginia Lee and John Trojanowski, is attacking the merciless affliction known as Alzheimer’s, along with other neurodegenerative diseases. But the clock is ticking.
By Samuel Hughes
Almost Perfect
Penn’s 1970-71 men’s basketball team was arguably the very best the Ivy League will ever see—even if their 28-0 season did end with a baffling loss that stings even 40 years later. By Dave Zeitlin
Penn Fights the Civil War
As soldiers on the battlefield or doctors in military hospitals, Penn alumni and faculty played remarkable roles in the nation’s bloodiest conflict—serving both North and South. By W. Barksdale Maynard
Passion Play
Sure it’s nice being a giant in the world of psychology, but sometimes Marty Seligman “just can’t wait to get to the bridge screen.” By Barbra Shotel
Departments
From the Editor
From College Hall
Letters
First Person: Essays
Notes from the Undergrad Worth 1,000 words
Alumni Voices “You put my f**ckin’ mug where I can’t reach it.”
Elsewhere Return to Vietnam
Expert Opinion What’s in store for the Euro?
Gazetteer: News & Sports
$10,000 ventured, millions gained
Report puts Penn economic impact at $14 billion statewide
Menu for sustainability at Joe’s Cafe
New Wharton MBA curriculum announced
Marshall scholars Kristin Hall and G.J. Melendez-Torres
Tlingit tribe and Penn Museum argue over artifacts
History professor Kathleen Brown on what it means to be clean
The case for letting states declare bankruptcy
Students produce “Classless” comedy
Good reading about eating: Penn Appetit
Men’s basketball: better, but still rebuilding
Scoreboard
Arts
MUSIC Veronica Jurkiewicz C’04 foments Classical Revolution
ART Anne Tyng Gr’75’s Inhabiting Geometry at the ICA
INTERVIEW Ruth Davis Konigsberg C’90 on The Truth about Grief
BOOKS Tell me how it hurts. The Language of Pain
POETRY Jacket2 looks good on Kelly Writers House
INTERVIEW Cynthia Kaplan C’85 rocks comedy in Fangry
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR
Alumni Profiles
Gerri Trooskin EAS’02 SPP’06 is leading Philly’s science celebration
G. Michael Lemole Jr. M’95 was Gabrielle Gifford’s neurosurgeon
Jacob Lief C’99’s Ubuntu Education Fund helps 40,000 South Africans
Kitsie Converse CW’63 CGS’95 did not forget her friend Victo
Dara Lovitz C’00 defends animals and their advocates
Events
Notes
Obituaries