Letters
July|Aug 2007
Sustainable Dividends
From College Hall: May|June 2007
The Mother Hens of Andrín
“I felt excessively like a biology exhibit.”
An Inaccurate Truth?
Giegengack’s inconvenient questions.
Prognosis Botswana
Penn doctors, nurses, and scholars are collaborating with their counterparts in Botswana to try to change the course of HIV/AIDS (and health care itself) in one of the countries hit hardest by the disease.
Africa Calling
Andrew Passen C’80 G’90 has Africa in his blood
Mumbai Law
Law alums are entrepreneurs of outsourcing
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2007
Homecoming 2006
2006 featured the Game (a tough loss to Princeton, unfortunately), the Awards of Merit Gala, and the finale of a year-long commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the University’s first African-American graduate, James Brister D1881.
Lowering the Temperature
The threat of terrorism is real, but America’s response to it is dangerously counterproductive, writes Penn political-science professor Ian Lustick in this excerpt from his new book, Trapped in the War on Terror.
Workers of the World, Adapt!
After 30 years in the trenches, Andy Stern has become the labor movement’s rising star. But can he change unions fast enough to save them?
New Campus Dawning
Penn’s recently approved master plan envisions playing fields and green space where there are now parking lots; the transformation of Walnut Street’s “dead zone” into a mixed-use mecca; new housing, research, and athletic facilities—plus river views and a seamless connection between University City and Center City.
Something about Barbaro
After the Kentucky Derby winner’s shocking injury in the second leg of the Triple Crown, his owners—alumni Roy and Gretchen Jackson—turned to Penn’s New Bolton Center to save their beloved horse’s life.
TV Room Tranquility, Revolutionary Robotics, Sweeter Swings
PennVention, Wharton competitions award cash for creativity
Motherhood Is Not For Sissies
Mommy Wars. Reports from the front
Building Global Bridges
From College Hall | Penn’s links to India, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Commencement Envy
Commencement complaints (What else is new?)
Leaving Penn, but not West Philadelphia
Blaik resigns as facilities and real estate VP
The Passion of Paul
The writer once known as Brother Garrett brings a compassionate fervor to his creative-writing classes.
Confronting Lichtenworth
My grandmother was meant to die under these windows on this frozen concrete floor.