Saving Lives
From the Editor: Mar|Apr 1999
The Children’s Crusaders
The child-welfare system in the United States is broken. A group at Penn aims to give it a complete overhaul.
The True Summit
A professor of education and "middle-aged woman mountain climber" reflects on some lessons common to summiting and scholarship.
Resetting the Circadian Clock
The 24-hour circadian clock embedded in our genes is fundamental to life on this planet, says leading sleep researcher Dr. David Dinges—who has spent the past two decades trying to understand how it works and come up with ways to beat it.
Penn & Ink
A reading series at Kelly Writers House is bringing in a stream of alumni poets, fiction writers, journalists, screenwriters, editors, and literary agents back to campus—many for their first time since graduation.
Travels with Tarzan: A Documentary Odyssey
Two filmmakers went on the road with a family-owned circus and found enough human drama outside the ring to rival the snarling tigers, horse-riding bears, and aerial acrobatics within.
May|June 1999
Vol. 97, No. 5
Letters
Penn's China "dynasty," condone or condemn, rats and cats, goalpost gripe.
Is This Love That I’m Feeling?
Warning: Material not suitable for Penn parents.
The Future of Computing
From College Hall | Wiring the University for the next century.
University Sobered by Alumnus’ Death on Campus
Alumnus' death sparks renewed alcohol debate.
New Dental Center
New dental-school facility under construction
Homage to DuBois: Revisiting the Problem of the Color Line
Honoring and updating W.E.B. DuBois.
They Follow the Sun
Solar-car racing team hopes to shine
Here’s to Health, Fitness and Wharton
$10 million for a health and fitness center in Gimbel gym.
Penn Appealing $5 Million Verdict
$5 million verdict for vet-school professor.
Very Selective (and Only Slightly More Expensive)
Quality up again; tuition increase smallest in 30 years.
Winning the Culture Wars
NEH head on elitism, Elvis and integration.
Stalking the Wild Neutrino
Hunting neutrinos in Antarctica
Landmark Studies
Lewis Mumford's 1930s New Yorker "Sky Line" columns.
Bouncing Back
Men's basketball recovers from Princeton loss to win Ivy title.