Pressing On
The University of Pennsylvania press has a new home, a new director, and some new goals and projects. It also has a checkered past -- and a changing world of publishing to contend with.
Letters
Mar 1998: Misunderstandings, omissions, complaints, and a few compliments.
Lower the Age, Not the Boom
The current law promotes irresponsible use of alcohol.
Campus Crime Statistics: Mixed Results
DOE releases report on Penn's crime stats.
Not Disorderly, Not Resisting, Not Excessive
All cleared in disorderly conduct investigation.
Programmed to Starve?
Genetic link to anorexia found.
Upon These Rocks, They Will Build Their Planters
Stones of burned church to be reused.
A Row Over “Reverse-Discrimination”
Male coach charges reverse-discrimination.
Fins and Fingers in One Fishy Fossil
Fossil sheds light on move from water to land.
Who Catered the Last Sit-In?
"Hell, no! We won't [let hockey] go!"
Live, From the Virtual Rotunda …
University Museum's site honored.
Another Football Story
Scholar-athlete John Bishop tackles a Thouron.
News That’s Stayed News
A sampling, from Daniel Defoe to Norman Mailer and beyond.
Alumni Notes
Mar 1998
Math “Evangelist” Spreads the Word to Parents
Patricia Clark Kenschaft
Leader of the Pack
M. Josephine Deubler
Labor of Love
Jonathan Denbo
Money Matters
From the Editor | March 1998
A Fragile Orchestra
What causes a woman's own hand to try to strangle her?How can a grown man recognize a carrot but not be able to name it? Such mysteries of the brain and mind are being probed by Martha Farah and Todd Feinberg, pioneers in the brave new world of neuropsychology.
Bridging Two Worlds
Penn -- like universities across the country -- is helping more faculty move ideas from the lab to the marketplace through a process called technology transfer. But, some caution that these industry-academy collaborations may compromise publishing and research.
An Eye for Value
John Neff's knack for finding gold among "woebegone" companies has transformed Penn's endowment from among the worst performing in higher education to one of the best -- at a price you can't beat.