Volume 105, No. 1
Features
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. By John Prendergast
Retiring Ringmaster
Acclaimed composer Osvaldo Golijov Gr’91 doesn’t mind being famous, but he’d rather talk about music than himself—or better yet, write it. By Karen Rile
Promise and Politics
While the bioethical debate over stem-cell research rages on, Penn scientists are making progress using adult-human and animal stem cells—and hoping for broader future support for studies using embryonic stem cells. By Joan Capuzzi Giresi
Betting Their Hedges
Hedge funds are risky—and sometimes highly lucrative. A growing number of Penn alumni find that combination irresistible. By Aaron Short
Departments
FIRST PERSON : Essays
Notes from the Undergrad Writers’ road trip
Alumni Voices Feeling lucky in New Orleans
Elsewhere An Irish reading list
Expert Opinion Same-gender marriage is here to stay
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
Penn won’t invest in Sudan
Lessig: “Question what everyone else says is right”
Penn triples wind-energy purchase
University’s economic impact put at $9.6 billion a year
Linguists blog on Language Log
Student researcher reveals politics of emergency contraception
Research in Brief
A large gift for large animals
Nursing School mentoring program a measurable success
Webcasts let incoming freshmen “hear a voice and see a face”
Engineering students volunteer for water project in Honduras
Documentary celebrates Penn’s Palestra
Football looks to regain its footing
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
Art of the Journal Ted Jewell’s report from the Persian Gulf
Historic Preservation Roadmap restoration
Books A guide for the faithful. My Life With the Saints
Books Prose portraits. Penn in Ink
Briefly Noted
Arts Calendar
ALUMNI : Profiles
After Penn, the Peace Corps
Architect of place Peter Dominick GAr’71
Big-band “orchestrator” Emily Tabin W’78
ALUMNI : Events : Notes : Obituaries
