May|June 2007
Volume 105, No. 5
My Velvety Heaven
“The Green Couch is perfect.”
Sing a Song of the PUC
How being a roadie prepares you for life.
The Mother Hens of Andrín
“I felt excessively like a biology exhibit.”
Hope or False Hope?
What stories about celebrities and their illnesses mean to the rest of us.
An Inaccurate Truth?
Giegengack’s inconvenient questions.
Budding Bioethicist Wins Gates Fellowship
Senior Alix Rogers wins Gates Fellowship.
Penn Hikes Tuition—and the Grants to Cover It
Grant program extended; tuition and fees rise 4.9 percent.
Fighting the Religion of Cost Effectiveness
AIDS fighter Paul Farmer on the “cost-effectiveness” fallacy.
Penn Settles Student Loan Case
Penn settles for $1.6 million in New York student-loan investigation
Research in Brief
Blood Pressure by the Clock; Single-Parent Stem Cells; Why We Sniff.
GSE Names New Dean
Vanderbilt’s Andrew Porter named GSE dean.
A Writer by Any Other Gender
Feminist Toril Moi on not being a “woman writer.”
Marketing Professor Pleads Guilty
Ward pleads guilty to child pornography charges.
Baker to Speak at Commencement
James Baker to speak at Commencement.
The Best Inventions That Don’t Exist
Innovation for the rest of us: “2nd Best Idea Slam.”