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September | October 2024
Vol. 123, No. 1

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Features

The Unexpected Entrepreneurs

For 10 years, the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes have equipped a select few graduating Penn seniors with a large cash award and faculty mentorship for post-graduation projects designed to make a “positive, lasting difference in the world.” The prizes, unlike anything else in higher education, have catapulted new social entrepreneurs into the world—and created a “community of changemakers” who are leaning on each other (and other alumni) to take their organizations to the next level.
By Dave Zeitlin

The Instrument Is Yourself

Harvey Finkle SW’61 and the photography of social justice.
By Trey Popp

Life Hacks

How to beat burnout, get your way, and become a “Perennial.”
By JoAnn Greco

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Departments

From the Editor | Bright ideas, art and advocacy, helpful advice.
From College Hall | Turning adversity into opportunity.
Letters | Debating immigration, acknowledging antisemitism.

Views

Notes from the Undergrad | Nothing is a lot.
Alumni Voices | Getting good value.

Gazetteer

Planning | What In Principle and Practice means for Penn.
Computational Social Science | An AI-powered measure of media bias.
Urban Studies | Weighing the costs and benefits of a work-from-home world.
Sports | Penn athletes fall short at the Paris Olympics (but got there!).

Arts

Calendar
Material Culture | The rich history and surprising beauty of … toothpicks.
Architecture | A loving reproduction of Louis Kahn’s final notebook.
Briefly Noted

Alumni

Lesley Evers C’89 has been on a “journey” to create feel-good fashion.
Debbie Hines CW’76 recommends justice reforms in Get Off My Neck.
Bencie Woll CW’70 is a pioneering researcher and advocate for deaf people.
Harvey Greene C’75 is a sports public relations football Hall of Famer.
Walter O’Malley C1926’s Dodgers archives are at baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Events
Notes
Obituaries

Old Penn | Rev. Jacob Duché C1757 G1760’s unwelcome advice.