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Mar | Apr 2026
Vol. 124, No. 4
Features
Hyper Text
Synthetic text extrusion. Virtual teaching assistants. Illusions of mastery. Silicon Socrates. Four years after the debut of ChatGPT, higher education is starting to look different.
By Trey Popp
A Degree Too Late
Remembering Penn’s first women in architecture.
By Sidney Wong and Annie Liang-Zhou
The Eye of Denise Scott Brown
Having long battled sexist neglect of her own work and what she contributed in partnership with Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown GCP’60 GAr’65 Hon’94 has cemented her position as a major figure in 20th-century architecture and urbanism. Photography has been key to her influence.
By Jon Caroulis
Paper Record
Tracing the history of American English, one slip at a time. An excerpt from Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis C’85. Plus: A Q&A with the author.
By Stefan Fatsis
Departments
From the Editor | AI in education, women in architecture, dictionaries’ doubtful future.
Letters | McCaffery’s influence, Glasgow subway, no to RTO.
Views
Alumni Voices | “At least the patient lived, and no one got killed.”
Elsewhere | Life lessons from El Día de los Muertos.
Expert Opinion | How lobbyists squelch health reform efforts.
Gazetteer
Cultural Centers | PAACH celebrates 25 years.
Health | Emanuel’s rules for living: Eat Your Ice Cream.
West Philadelphia | Insights on University City history in two new books.
MLK Symposium | Filmmaker Spike Lee on his “best work,” 4 Little Girls.
Programs | Integrated Product Design offers launchpad for innovators.
Sports | AD Alanna Wren C’96 GEd’99 GrEd’15 on coaching changes, NIL, and more.
Sports | Omar Hafez C’26 crowned College Squash Association individual champion.
Arts
Calendar
Exhibition | A World in the Making: The Shakers at ICA.
Books | Dorothy Roberts on her parents in The Mixed Marriage Project.
Books | Gayle Feldman CW’73’s Bennett Cerf bio, Nothing Random.
Alumni
Jill Abramovitz C’93 and Gideon Evans C’93 bring back the Borscht Belt.
Adam Sloan W’95 and Matthew Ingber C’95 helped a chess prodigy.
Rachel Moskowitz C’06 is the keeper of JPMorgan’s corporate history.
Notes
Obituaries
Old Penn | Women’s basketball’s first Ivy championship.
