“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, whose compositions include multiple Oscar winners, a much-loved Christmas song, and the themes from Bonanza and Mr. Ed. 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.
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?
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.
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—minimize barriers to entry; provide speedy, individualized customer service; build brand loyalty—to conquer the music world.
Whistling Into the Dark
WQHS is on the air! (whether anyone’s listening or not)
Donna Brazile: “This is What Freedom Feels Like.”
Donna Brazile in dialogue at MLK Day lecture
Senior and Alumnus Score Marshall Scholarships
Marshall Scholars Michael Poll C’09 and Corey Metzman C’12 W’12
Heads of the Class
GSE’s executive-doctorate program marks 10 years
Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative Launched
$16.3 million for new Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative
Walk This Way
Fashion mag walks away with student-publication award
Reign of Hodges Ends at the Penn Museum
Exit interview: Penn Museum’s departing director, Richard Hodges
Penn Museum Collection Goes Online
New Museum database brings artifacts online
Findings
Beyond Bitterness and The Altai-America Express
Passing the Baton
Track-and-field enters post-Powell era; lacrosse teams seek titles
Glee at 150
After a century and a half, Penn’s oldest performing arts group is still going strong.
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Bars
Penn alumni are at the forefront of a growing movement to make socializing safe for the world’s nerds.
Penn Perspectives on the 99 Percent
Penn faculty talk about what lies behind the Occupy phenomenon, what may lie ahead, and what the recent spate of protests across the political spectrum portends for the republic.
Homecoming 2011
Homecoming 2011: Photos from the festivities.
At 40, Africana Studies Looks Back and Ahead
Center for Africana Studies turns 40
TCPW Honors Gutmann with Beacon Award
Gutmann receives TCPW’s Beacon Award
Penn Team Pulls Off Double Hand Transplant
Penn team performs double hand-transplant at HUP
Climate Change, Dark Ages, and Armchair Disaster Prediction
Looking to the past for lessons on climate change
Findings
By the Skin of the Heart...And By the Tail of the Skin, plus Low Birth Weight, High Autism Risk
Remembering Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare
A tribute to Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare C’75