On the Road
From the Editor: Jan|Feb 2000
Silk Across the Sands
A rare exhibition of artifacts from Uzbekistan at the Arthur Ross Gallery offers a tantalizing glimpse of the cultures along the Silk Road. So did a symposium at the University Museum.
The World According to Gieg
Earth and Environmental Science Professor Bob Giegengack has fulfilled a boyhood dream of visiting exotic locales from the Sahara to the Antarctic and has earned the admiration and affection of a generation of students. He cautions today's young academics not to follow in his footsteps.
Admission Denied
Naomi Nakano had already experienced discrimination at Penn when she was restricted to the basement of Houston Hall because she was a woman—then she found herself at the center of a storm of protest over the University’s wartime policy of excluding Japanese Americans from admission.
Rebirth on the River
When the Fairmount Water Works was born in the 19th century, its cutting-edge technology and pleasing gardens drew hordes of tourists. Penn alumni working on a $26 million restoration and environmental-education project at the site hope to create a new life for this half-forgotten landmark that helped a city grow.
Homecoming 1999
Homecoming 1999
Letters
Jan|Feb 2000: Evans’ unfinished work, a wrong rhymed, more on architecture.
Stall-Searching
Bathroom readers unite!
The Health System’s Road to Recovery
From College Hall | Restoring the Health System’s finances.
Rosie and the Moth
How an old woman—superstitious and wise—died as she lived.
And Then There Were Two …
Hamilton Village architects’ designs
Bakers Give $11 Million
$11 million for Baker Forum and financial aid
Glandt Takes Over at SEAS
Glandt named SEAS dean
Study to Examine Minority Performance in the Academy
Study to assess minorities’ academic performance
Clarence Darrow Gets High Nielsen Rating
Leslie Nielsen on actors and lawyers
Color Blinders
Derrick Bell asks: who benefits from black success?
Gene-Therapy Researchers Probe Patient’s Death
First findings in gene-therapy death
Fighting Shadows with FIRE
FIRE’s fight for the right
Strong Medicine: Health System Cuts 1,700 After Record Deficit
UPHS cuts workforce by 20 percent to reverse losses
Taking the Long View
A masterly biography of a master of many disciplines.
From Spoiler to Champion?
Women’s basketball ranked first in Ivies.
Award of Merit Recipients
Homecoming 1999