Dashed Dreams
Spring-sport athletes grapple with seasons cut short.
Inequality Economics
Tax the rich! And the poor. But not the way we do it now, nor necessarily for the usual reasons. As an economist pushing his field to grapple with inequality, Wharton’s Benjamin Lockwood may change the way you think about the government’s broadest power.
The Edge
Walking the perimeter of Philadelphia.
Paper Man
Eric Jacobs has been at the Daily Pennsylvanian since articles were written on typewriters and layout was done by (actual) cutting and pasting. The newspaper’s longtime general manager is also a shared connection among every DP alum of the last 40 years. But this summer, he plans to leave the only job he’s ever had.
Dotdash Rising
After putting the familiar but failing website About.com out of its misery, Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel W’92 has managed to craft a thriving group of websites from the company’s wreckage.
Are We Winning the War Against Coronavirus?
A virtual event cohosted by Perry World House provides a status report on the fight against COVID-19 and suggestions for next steps.
‘Re-Covering the Ney’
PhD candidate Juan Castrillón created an exhibition of classic reed flutes—and even with Van Pelt closed, you can still visit it online and watch him play one.
100 Years Ago, a National Basketball Title
National champs in basketball (pre-March Madness).
A World Without Prisons
MLK Day symposium features Angela Davis and Gina Dent.
Redefining Kin
The Wolf Humanities Center looks at kinship’s meanings.
Power to the Protest
Daniel Gillion on why protests matter.
The Art of Asking a Question
Question on questions for Andrea Mitchell CW’67 Hon’18.
Two Roads to Rhodes
Two Rhodes Scholars from Penn.
The Right Course
Penn golfer is the son of a two-time Masters winner; Dunphy honored.
By the Numbers
Mar|Apr 2020
Finding Life in Death
As a nursing professor, Kimberly Acquaviva teaches students about end-of-life issues and hospice and palliative care. When her wife, also a leading hospice expert, was diagnosed with a fatal type of cancer, Acquaviva turned their home into a virtual classroom, inviting anyone on the internet to witness the intimate details of dying—while making a case for more varied and inclusive options for the terminally ill.
American Byzantine
Andrew Gould has been called “America’s foremost Orthodox church designer.” Melding deep conservatism with romantic fantasy, his work is the architectural version of historical fiction.
Loyal Classmen
At the turn of the 20th century, Julian Abele and Louis Magaziner—a black man and an immigrant Jew—were standouts in Penn’s School of Fine Arts about to launch distinguished careers in architecture. They were also beginning what would be a lifelong friendship. A Magaziner descendant and Abele admirer investigates what brought them together.
Her General Tubman
In Lorene Cary’s new play—her first—Harriet Tubman shuttles between leading a Civil War raid that freed hundreds of enslaved plantation workers and a men’s prison in present-day Philadelphia, where she finds love and recruits soldiers for the Union Army. The path to its production was complicated, too.
InterAct’s Alumni-Packed Production
From actors to the creative team, alumni involvement runs deep in this production of "Man of God"—an example of how Penn grads are embedding themselves in Philly's theatre scene.
Top 10 Wins of the Decade
Counting down the most memorable, dramatic, and important victories in the last 10 years of Penn sports.
Milton Reads Shakespeare
How Claire M.L. Bourne’s Gr’13 essay helped unmask the famous 17th-century poet who marked up a copy of the Bard’s First Folio.
Across The Spectrum
Some of what happened at Penn Spectrum Weekend.
A Historic Donation—And a Name Change—For Penn Law
$125 million to law school from W. P. Carey Foundation.