Volume 110, No. 4
Features
Insidious ARDS
Few people outside the medical world have heard of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, even though it kills more Americans than breast cancer and often leaves survivors in various stages of disability. Some Penn-related physicians and researchers are working hard to blunt its impact. By Samuel Hughes
“Good, Bad or Otherwise, Keep Writing and Peddling”
Persistence paid off for the songwriting duo of Ray Evans W’36 and Jay Livingston C’37. Their creative and personal journey—and the lost world of popular music pre-rock-and-roll—is documented in fascinating detail in a collection of materials recently donated to Penn. By Ben Yagoda
Can Some Quakers Save the Sixers?
Philadelphia’s NBA franchise has been losing games and fans for most of the last decade. This fall a group of alumni investors led by Joshua Harris W’86 bought the team and have big plans for turning around this troubled asset. Is that crazy? By Dave Zeitlin
Bless Me, Father, For I Have Published
In 1988 James Martin W’82 jumped off the corporate fast track at General Electric to become a Jesuit priest. That meant two decades of study and service; taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and praying a lot—oh, and also living rent-free in midtown Manhattan (in the same building where he works!), writing bestselling books, and palling around with Stephen Colbert. By Alyson Krueger
When Steven Met Hoodie
Hip-hop artist Hoodie Allen (aka Steven Markowitz W’10) is using the latest in social networking and the old-school marketing skills he learned at Wharton to conquer the music world. By Joel Siegel
Departments
ESSAYS : First Person
Notes from the Undergrad Growing up with 9/11
Alumni Voices Sweating out retirement
Elsewhere Birth of a Nation
Expert Opinion Building the rule of law in Afghanistan
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
WQHS is on the air! (whether anyone’s listening or not)
Donna Brazile in dialogue at MLK Day lecture
Marshall Scholars Michael Poll C’09 and Corey Metzman C’12 W’12
GSE’s executive-doctorate program marks 10 years
$16.3 million for new Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative
Fashion mag walks away with student-publication award
Exit interview: Penn Museum’s departing director, Richard Hodges
New Museum database brings artifacts online
Findings
Track-and-field enters post-Powell era; lacrosse teams seek titles
Scoreboard
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
ART Pieter Bruegel author Larry Silvers on some favorite works
BOOKS A novel of exploration and exploitation. Open Wound
AUDIO One-stop shopping for great literature at enjoytheclassics.com
FILM Documentary portrait of a “mega fraudster.” Unraveled
BOOKS Fine dining for Fido. The Culinary Canine
PUBLIC ART Through the Looking-Glass on Girard Avenue
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR
ALUMNI : Profiles
Florence Denmark CW’52 Gr’58 is a pioneer in women’s psychology
Melissa Fitzgerald C’87 uses theater to bring hope to Ugandan teens
Jon Hurwitz W’00 is enjoying his slice of American Pie
Brad Rosenstein C’86 found his second career as a curator
Khalil Gibran Muhammad C’93 is bringing Black history to the center
Events
Notes
Obituaries
