July|August 2016
Volume 114, No. 6
FEATURES
From matchbook-sized models of living human organs to the surprising alternative-energy implications of symbiotic giant clams, the work of three new faculty members represents the changing face of bioscience at Penn. By Trey Popp
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts exposes how the myth of biologically distinct races—forged in the era of slavery—continues to poison the present, affecting attitudes and policies on everything from child welfare to medical treatment. By Melissa Jacobs
Scott Barry Kaufman has been called “the leading empirical creativity researcher of his generation.” Now he wants to use the tools he’s developed to unleash the “quiet potential” of vulnerable people—including kids like him—and help them flourish. By JoAnn Greco
DEPARTMENTS
First Person: Essays
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGRAD “Who I am depends on where I am”
ALUMNI VOICES Tom Hagan’s lessons
ELSEWHERE Presenting the unpresentable
EXPERT OPINION This essay could be better
Gazetteer: News & Sports
Hamilton creator to Class of 2016: “Your stories are essential”
Can techniques to measure health outcomes help community planning?
SP2 and IUR weigh in on what the 2016 election should be about
$68 million Levin Building is psych and bio’s new home
Better breast-pumping bra takes $50,000 iDesign Prize
Heard on Campus: Why the FEC doesn’t work anymore
First Bioethics Film Festival focuses on “authority and rebellion”
Computer scientists working to debug software using mathematics
Ivy champs women’s lacrosse reach NCAA quarterfinals
Arts
ART Alumni Kathy and Keith Sachs’ “art of our time” collection at PMA
POETRY Airea D. Matthews C’94 takes Yale Younger Poets prize
BOOKS Arlene Heyman M’73’s Scary Old Sex
BOOKS Pre-Biblical quest. The Lost Book of Moses
Alumni: Profiles
Alumni wrestlers teamed up for documentary, Team Foxcatcher
Jeff Coon C’92 is enjoying the musical of his life
Miles Hodges C’13 says “screw that” to being quiet in the library