Nature’s Way
From the Editor: Jul|Aug 2004
The Global Garden
Penn’s Morris Arboretum owes much of its botanical diversity to the work of plant hunters, whose pursuits (fortunately) are a little less dangerous today than they were a century ago.
A Dark Task
The chaplain asked if I was the lieutenant who had killed a man the day before. I told him I was.
Alumni Weekend 2004
Slideshow
Saving Bentley
Penn’s veterinary hospital not only offers treatments that can prolong quality of life when a pet gets cancer, but also conducts research that sheds light on the disease in humans.
Freak Love
James Mundie has crafted a portrait gallery of “Anomalous Humans” that forces us to confront some uncomfortable truths about the Other and Ourselves.
Letters
Jul|Aug 2004: Picking presidents, marriage and morals.
Exchanging Needles, Exchanging Stories
Through her off-campus work on HIV prevention, a student also finds her place at Penn.
The College Summer I Never Had
Long after graduating, an alumna finally gets her dream summer job.
Russian Gold
In Kolyma, where Gulag prisoners once toiled, the search for gold has always been a battle for survival.
Reconciling Profits and Preservation
Setting aside land in hotspots isn’t enough to preserve the world’s species. We must modify the way we engineer the environments of most of the Earth.