Sept|Oct 2014

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Sept|Oct 2014
Volume 113, No. 1

FEATURES

As longtime Athletic Director Steve Bilsky W’71 departs Weightman Hall, how will his 20-year tenure be remembered? And where will his successor, M. Grace Calhoun, take Penn athletics? By Dave Zeitlin

Salamishah Tillet’s Journey

The Penn alumna and English professor—survivor of two rapes while an undergraduate—has become a lauded scholar and teacher and a leading activist in the effort to end violence against women and girls.
By Kathryn Levy Feldman

The Lightning Rod

Robert Lanza C’78 M’83 has racked up a slew of scientific accolades—and generated an equal amount of controversy—for his pioneering work on cloning and stem cells. And then there’s the private island stocked with dinosaur fossils, the Good Will Huntingcomparisons … and his “theory of everything.” By Molly Petrilla

The Moment and the Poem

There’s a rich music in the poetry of Gregory Djanikian C’71, along with hard-won wisdom, a generous spirit, and a “clarity that does not negate complication.” By Beth Kephart

Watching the Animals

Vikram Dewan WG’78 is leading the transformation of the venerable Philadelphia Zoo. By JoAnn Greco

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

From College Hall

Letters

First Person: Essays

NOTES FROM THE UNDERGRAD Not quite nostalgia

ALUMNI VOICES Finding the story

ELSEWHERE An uninhabited island in the East River

EXPERT OPINION A diamond’s value

Gazetteer: News & Sports