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Volume 110, No. 2


Features

Penn Connected
With the opening of Penn Park in September, the University’s eastward expansion is now a reality. A brief history of what it took to transform this long-sought dead zone into an oasis. By Trey Popp

Pointing the Way to the Pole
He didn’t find the Open Polar Sea he was looking for—and probably overestimated how far North he actually managed to get—but the Arctic discoveries of Isaac Israel Hayes M1853 helped set the course for later explorers. And that was just the first of his several careers. By Dennis Drabelle

The Spirit of Caring
They don’t diagnose illnesses, prescribe drugs, perform medical procedures, or suggest treatment options, but chaplains and other pastoral care staff are a key part of the medical team at Penn’s hospitals. By Kathryn Levy Feldman

Some Words for Nixon 
In an excerpt from his new memoir, Speechwright, William Gavin ASC’62 looks back at his time as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon, the first of several high-profile political figures he served. Plus: A Q&A with the author by Samuel Hughes 


Departments


From the Editor
Letters


ESSAYS : First Person
Notes from the Undergrad The morning’s run 
Alumni Voices 
Journey’s end 
Elsewhere 
When Steven met Gino 
Expert Opinion Drone debate


GAZETTEER : News & Sports
T-cell “serial killers” offer new hope for cancer treatment 
Making History campaign passes $3.5 billion mark 
Vet school’s Ralph Brinster V’60 Gr’64 wins top US science award 
Convocation 2011: Soggy start to a transforming journey 
Grad Student Center marks 10 years of “creating graduate community” 
$12 million to Wharton to support quantitative financial research 
Tweet this: new engineering major focuses on networked systems 
Susan Wachter on the mortgage crisis and its solutions 
Iconic soap-opera scripts find home at Annenberg 
13th PIK Professor: Health-policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel 
Vageloses give $13.6 million for new program in energy research 
Last chance at a title for men’s basketball’s senior class 
Football’s losing streak against Villanova hits century mark 
Scoreboard 


ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
FILM Nazis and their hunters. Elusive Justice 
MUSIC Concert and CD highlight young Penn composers 
BOOKS Norton Juster Ar’52’s The Phantom Tollbooth turns 50 
BOOKS In the diamond district. Precious Objects 
PHILANTHROPY “Monty” Foundation will support student artists 
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR


ALUMNI : Profiles
Ting Li C’03 designed Architect Barbie’s Dream House 
Esther S. Takeuchi C’75 WAM’98 
is a Hall-of-Fame inventor 
Penn Alumni 
wants you to get counted 
Dave Lieber C’79 
got a bad rap as a Bad Dad 
Rick Cohen C’87 
is a filmmaker who puts “everything on the line” 
Chris Solarz C’00 
“happened into” multiple world records 
“Chaz” Howard C’00 
has a better idea for your New Year’s resolution 

Events
Notes
Obituaries


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