Good Stories
From the Editor | May 1998
Proof & Beauty
What do you get when you add a couple of math professors, a Roman Catholic nun, and a computer? Not the start of a bad joke, but a major breakthrough in mathematics -- and a pretty one, too.
Start Me Up
The letters P.O.V. were once synonymous with I.O.U. Today the fledgling men's magazine, co-founded by a Penn alumnus working off his laptop, has multimillion-dollar backing, an office equipped with its own bar, and a new nightlife supplement called Egg.
Coal Miners’ Doctor
Forty years ago, a freshly-minted M.D. learned about life and death -- and how to drink home-brewed beer and (almost) eat squirrel's brains -- while practicing medicine in the hills of eastern Kentucky.
Reflections of a Couple of Book Prize Judges
An insider's view of the passions, politics, and personalities involved in, well, singling out literary merit.
Letters
May 1998: Investment question, pro and con on drinking age, upset over census.
Spreading the Word
Poetry goes public on College Green.
Upping the Ante on Student Aid
Can Penn compete?
Tuition Up a Little; Applications Up a Lot
Class of 2002: Better than ever (again).
Throwing the Book at Dangerous Art
Book lovers beware?
No Parasol? Slather on the PARSOL
Safer sunblocks on the way
Deconstructing the Constitution In Support of the Arts
Garry Wills on support for the arts
Go West (Philly), Young Family
New incentives for home ownership
Alternative Medicine Moves Toward the Mainstream
Investigating the role of alternative medicine
Homage to a Visionary
Celebrating Strausz-Hupé
Throwing for the Distance
New women's records in the shot put and discus.
Rising, Falling, Hanging On
Less in common than meets the eye. Tempest Rising and Pride.
Formula for a balanced law career: Activism, Justice — and Yoga
Mark A. Aronchick
A Most Successful Voyage
Blaise Noto
Humor for Every Specialty
Mixed Nuts
Alumni Notes
May 1998
Obituaries
May 1998
May 1998
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