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
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