Volume 102, No. 2
Features
The House that Joe Built
The idea of a National Constitution Center was “self-evident,” says alumnus Joe Torsella, but it wasn’t making much progress toward reality until he took charge.
By Kathryn Levy Feldman
The University as Discourse Community
In this essay from Public Discourse in America, which she co-edited with Stephen P. Steinberg, Penn’s president explores the question, “What is a university for?”
By Judith Rodin
A Passion for Putting Things Together
In their design for the new Levine Hall, their teaching and research, and a just-published book, design alumni Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake are pushing for an architecture that goes beyond appearances.
By John Prendergast
The Kindness of Strangers
“I got my affairs in order, I redid my will, I told my husband where everything was,” says alumna Ruth Spector of her battle with an aggressive form of leukemia. “But I never really considered the possibility that I would die.”
By Kristine Conner
Departments
FIRST PERSON : Essays
Notes From the Undergrad: In search of school spirit
Alumni Voices: “Dependence, sacrifice, servitude”
Elsewhere: A year in the Amazon
Expert Opinion: Fatal flaws in an education law
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
Penn secures campus-safety award
Taking education to the extreme
High-rise facelift
Expanding Univers(ity)
Penn #5 in U.S. News; WSJ ranks Wharton #1 MBA program
Presidential search committee seeks advice
Short stay for EVP Stanley
Middle East-class essays archived
Fulbright full-house
Find the gnomes to know Penn
Petite portions keep French more fit
Nursing School’s Sarah Kagan wins MacArthur grant
Pining for a postseason
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
Books: In the Shadows of War. A pilot’s odyssey reconstructed
Excerpt: Collector Robert Lehrman on Joseph Cornell’s art
Books: The Empty Ocean. Watery grave
Film: Postmodern pastiche of Chekhov’s plays
Briefly Noted
Arts Calendar
ALUMNI : Profiles : Events : Notes : Obituaries
Pennfest NYC showcases alumni talent
AYUDA fights diabetes abroad
Message smuggler Ivan Juzang
LEAP leader Sara Shenkan
Lawyer and matchmaker Samantha Daniels
So Smart! creators Scott and Alexandra Martinez Tornek
“Nora Prize” aids student networking
Conflict resolver Matthew Hodes
“Kung Fu Football” actor Anthony Jun Hung Ng