Minds at Work
From the Editor: Jan|Feb 2009
An Architect Walks Into the Lab
Can architects help create next-generation treatments for cancer and lung disease? Will the buildings of tomorrow have intelligent skins? What does figure skating have to do with it? An unusual partnership between Penn cell biologists and design students is tackling a lot of strange questions. Their answers may rewrite the rules of biomedical research.
The Energizer Dean
From her distinctive outfits to her influential research to her indefatigable efforts to raise the profile of Penn’s School of Nursing, Dean Afaf Meleis commands attention—provided you can keep up with her.
In Dreams Begin Discoveries
Revisiting a century-old essay—still cited in the scientific literature—in which one noted Penn scholar dissected the “problem-solving” dreams of two others and showed how they slept their way to insights that eluded their waking selves.
Homecoming 2008
Homecoming 2008
Sound Investments
From College Hall: These times will bring out the best in the Penn family.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2009
Night Court
“From the outside, this room must glow.”
Under the Ice
“Suddenly, my body was in freefall.”
Fractured Homeland
Traveling the borders that divide Albanians from Albanians.
The Rise of the Female Right
What Sarah Palin’s candidacy says about the growing role of women in conservative politics.
“In Bad Times We’re in Relatively Good Shape”
Weathering the economic storm
New DuBois Mural
South Street mural honors W.E.B. Dubois
New Chairman of the Board
Cohen to succeed Riepe as trustee chair next year
The Presidential Sweepstakes
Voters, place your bets!
The Plight of the Urban Plight
Big cities, little attention
Findings Political Edition
Just Say No(thing)? and The Geniuses of Democracy
Gutmann and Faculty Help Shape “Global Agenda”
Big Penn presence at “world’s largest brainstorming event”
A Prayer For Mumbai
Mourning for Mumbai victims
From Penn Provost to Hopkins President
Daniels leaving Penn for JHU presidency
CCT, CCC, CGS, LPS
CGS’s new name: College of Liberal and Professional Studies
Abby’s Rhodes
Abigail Seldin C’09 G’09 snares Rhodes scholarship
Hopeful Finish, Shaky Start, Championship Season
Three sports, three stories
The Death and Rebirth of Rasputin
A long-dormant opera by Penn music professor Jay Reise rises again in Russia.