The Dorm Transformed
From the Quad to the high-rises, Penn undergraduates who live on campus have the opportunity to mingle with professors, get help on math homework, attend concerts—and even classes—without stepping outside their residences.
Making Their Voices Heard
Heard An Annenberg School-sponsored program designed to use the Internet to help public high-school students learn about the Philadelphia mayoral primary surprised everyone—including the program’s creator.
Letters
Sep|Oct 1999: Advice for the Phils, wrong turn in the Crimea.
The Man Behind Superblock
Looking back at a construction project that changed a university.
Duly Noted
Tied up in knots over Alumni Notes.
Civic Engagement in Higher Education
From College Hall | True community is created from debate.
EEOC Says Penn Engaged in Gender Discrimination
EEOC cites Penn for gender discrimination
Plant’s Taste for Heavy Metal is in the Genes
Advance in using plants to treat toxic sites
My Shrink’s OK, Your Pill’s OK
Study finds therapy as effective as drugs
Gould Takes Over at ICA
ICA director chosen
Growing a Garden
Lea School garden blooms
Ten-HUP!
HUP rated 10th by U.S. News
Riepe Succeeds Vagelos as Trustee Chairman
Riepe elected trustee chairman
Off the Shelf
Briefly Noted | Recent books by alumni and faculty.
Contenders
Fall sports preview.
Room with an Urban View
Jane Mendelson C’80 GCP’82
Quakers Meeting House
Dr. Bernard Steinberg GrE’71
A Mush With Greatness
Aliy Zirkle C’92
New Chapter in Alumni Education
The Writers House Virtual Book Groups
Moving Memories and More
Margit Novack CW’71 GCP’75
A Reel Artist
Ellen McCaleb C’91
Alumni Notes
Sep|Oct 1999
Obituaries
Sep|Oct 1999
Sept|Oct 1999
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