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March | April 2025
Vol. 123, No. 4

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Features

Building Blocks

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia is repairing homes one at a time to strengthen neighborhoods and build generational wealth. Plus: An archaeological dig reveals Black Bottom history in “What Lies Beneath.”
By JoAnn Greco

On Highway 67 (and Beyond)

In a varied and decades-long career as a photographer and videographer Charlie Steiner C’68 has traveled around the world. But he still keeps coming back to the 1960s on Penn’s campus, where he got his start.
By John Prendergast

The New World of Organ Transplantation

Penn’s latest advances and future hopes for saving and improving lives through transplant technologies build on a foundation laid down by pioneering surgeons and scientists going back to the 1960s.
Plus: “Deep Cut” reviews a history of surgery at Penn.
By Mary Ann Meyers

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Departments

From the Editor | Housing assistance, transplant history, highway to the ’60s.
Letters | Courses, corrections, complaints, and questions.

Views

Elsewhere | “Naturally I suggested that Scott just pee out the window.”
Rabbit Hole | Witold’s wheels.
Alumni Voices | In praise of postcards.

Gazetteer

Research | Analyzing the “magic” that makes the mud used by MLB.
Plant Adaptability | Plant ARC aims to prepare crops for climate change.
Economics | Penn Wharton Budget Model proposes policy reforms.
Gift | $42 million from William Levy estate to support students in the College.
Museums | Penn group leads national study on ethical collecting practices.
Preserving Assyria | How archaeology protects cultural heritage marked for destruction.
Literature | Wendy Steiner on The Beauty of Choice at Kelly Writers House.
MLK Symposium | Panels and community events honor King’s legacy.
Sports | Stina Almqvist’s journey from small-town Sweden to the Palestra.

Arts

Calendar
Visual Art | Carl Cheng’s art of the Anthropocene at ICA.
Cooking | Zahav Home is coffee-table ready and kitchen friendly.
Television | What’s Next recalls The West Wing and its legacy.

Alumni

Sylvia Yount G’90 Gr’95 gave a new look to the Met’s old furniture.
Blane Stoddart W’87 brings Jamaican sparkle to the Penn Relays.
Will Stephan Connell C’13 channels Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys.
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Obituaries

Old Penn | Medical mobilization, March 2020.