Artist Unleashed
A literal stroke of fate transformed Jon Sarkin from a chiropractor and sometime-doodler into an artist who creates out of an obsessive fervor.
Image Tribes
Advertisers are targeting specific audiences as never before, dividing consumers more and more narrowly along income, age, gender, and ethic lines, and splintering society in the process.
Ethics for the Orthodoxy
The changing challenges of medical ethics got poked and prodded and poked some more at a recent conference co-sponsored by Penn's Center for Bioethics.
Show me the Funny!
In the world of situation comedy, Penn alums are getting big bucks for big yucks.
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From the Editor | May 1997
Letters
May 97: Pro and con on Luntz, Savior was no sinner, foregoing Founder's Day.
The Invisible Hand Returns
How much is Adam Smith worth?
Curing Cystic Fibrosis: Asssult on Salt
Breakthrough in cystic fibrosis research.
A Filmmaker Who Crosses Continents and Social Classes
Filmmaker's view of two worlds.
Making the Cultural Scene at the Writers House
Writers on campus get a room -- several, actually -- of their own.
Virtual Dig: The Real Past Uncovered
Archaeology on screen.
Serious Venus Envy
"Grande Venus" has taken up residence on the first floor of college hall.
Magnificent Obsession
Row, row, row your boat -- then row some more. But Why?
American Genius
The well-told story of a bad businessman and a gifted author.
Alumni Notes
May 1997
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Recalling a "golden age" of songs that "made sense."
Andrea Kremer
Some call this fast-rising star the best sports reporter on TV.
Dr. Richard Estes
Professor has translated social concerns into international action.
Mothers of Influence
Three Penn alumnae ranked among "The 25 Most Influential Working Mothers" in Working Mother magazine.
Judge Marjorie Rendell
District Court Judge Marjorie ("Midge") Osterlund Rendell, CW'69, could soon be trading jury trials for appellate decisions.
Obituaries
May 1997
May 1997
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