Out of the Classroom, Into the Fire
Ideas in Action matches Penn classes with policymakers
Bridges to the Gulf
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery is far from complete. Hundreds of students and faculty from schools across Penn are volunteering in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in what may be the largest university-based relief effort from outside the immediate region.
Teaching Those Who Teach
Penn helps teachers take lessons back to the classroom
Vet to the World
Vet prizes fight global poverty, change students’ lives
From Harrison House to Cathouse
Doug Leferovich C’94 and Seth Yudof EAS’94
Alumni Notes
Jul|Aug 2008
The Chickenpox Cure
Itching for home in a strange new land.
The Duck Lady, the Professor, and the Vent Man
Remembering three atypical educators.
Dark Passages
Inexhaustible horror. The Slave Ship
Obituaries
May|Jun 2008
Letters
Mar|Apr 2008: Liking Mike, doubting faith-based, Marc Falkoff responds.
Right Foot, Left Foot
Dueling kickers on the other varsity football team.
Puppet Regimes
More than Muppets. The Puppet Show at ICA
Obituaries
Mar|Apr 2008
The Man Who Would Never Be Mayor
In the race for Philadelphia’s top job, Michael Nutter W’79 was dismissed as the candidate without a constituency. His journey from last place to landslide victory had the markings of a political miracle. Now the public expects more.
Differential Diagnosis
Rethinking a medical career in Guatemala.
Prisoners, Poems, and Principles
Why is attorney Marc Falkoff representing detainees at Guantánamo Bay and publishing a book of their poetry?
New Alumni Relations AVP: “It’s All About the Relationships”
Alumni Relations AVP Hoopes Wampler
Web, Take Two
The ranger of a virtual dog park, an Internet entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist, a story scout, a “fake engineer,” and a word-of-mouth marketer are among the Penn players in a movement known (by some) as Web 2.0.
Beyond Gun Control
Guns aren’t going away, so how can we live with them more safely?