Sep|Oct 1998
Volume 97, No. 1
Spreading the Word
Two small centers at Penn are taking on the giant task of bringing the three R's to the nation and the world. In a high-tech, academic way, of course.
Rewriting the Final Chapter
As medicine advances, the choices associated with end-of-life care grow more complex — especially when patients or their families clash with doctors, the state, and occasionally each other, over when to treat and when to let go.
2002: A Cyberspace Odyssey
Physically they arrive on campus this month, but for 32 incoming freshmen their "Penn experience" started last January -- via the Internet.
Wildwood at Heart
Could a team of Penn architecture students learn enough from the quintessential Jersey Shore-town's pop-culture past to guarantee its future?
The Scent of Art
A tale of two brothers—and their museums.