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January | February 2025
Vol. 123, No. 3
Features
Course Corrections
On the 65th anniversary of the Penn Course Guide, a deep dive into what contemporary Penn undergraduates actually study—and how their choices have changed over time.
By Trey Popp
Every Bite, Every Day
What one Penn family is doing to raise awareness and research funds for celiac disease—and pursue a cure using mRNA technology pioneered by Drew Weissman.
By Dave Zeitlin
Homecoming 2024
Our annual photo gallery. Plus: Alumni Awards of Merit and citations.
Photos by Tommy Leonardi
Departments
From the Editor | Course guides, a family’s fight, meritorious alumni.
From College Hall | Values in action.
Letters | The upside of population decline, and more.
Views
Alumni Voices | Orphaned in America.
Elsewhere | “Great idea. I’ll go to Knock.”
Expert Opinion | Punctuation, logical and otherwise.
Gazetteer
Seen on Campus | Introducing Gutmann Hall, VLEST, and the Ott Center.
Homecoming Panel | Association of Alumnae sponsors discussion on beating burnout.
Diplomacy | Silfen Forum looks at prospects for “Waging Peace” in the Middle East.
Climate Change | CSAP 4.0 tells how Penn will cut emissions in 2025–2029.
Leadership | New vice provosts for arts and climate named.
Student Honor | College senior Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar.
Honors | PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow.
Sports | Men’s soccer’s frustrating finish; Bert Bell C1920 statue unveiled.
Arts
Calendar
Landscape Architecture | Sitting Still traces Laurie Olin’s life and work.
History | Ben Nathans on the “many lives” of the Soviet dissident movement.
Music | How Benjamin Korstvedt Gr’95 solved “the Bruckner problem.”
Briefly Noted
Alumni
Josette Bonafino C’89 has remade—and preserved—the Trestle Inn.
Douglas Arbittier C’87 M’91 GM’95 is a sharp collector of medical artifacts.
Jake Cousins C’17 pitched for the Yankees in the World Series.
Robert K. Ross C’76 M’80 G’92 transformed healthcare for underserved communities.
Events
Notes
Obituaries
Old Penn | Remembering the first woman to win an Alumni Award of Merit.