Community on Wheels
The day Kitsie Schelter turned 56, she did something more exerting than blowing out birthday candles.
From the Quad to the Delta Quadrant … and Beyond
It's only fitting Wendy Neuss would boldly go where she had never gone before.
Trounced in Trivia Game
Who is Judy Hutchison?
Scholar of the South
The newest chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities earned his doctorate in folklore at Penn.
Babies Prefer Bach
Alexandra Martinez Tornek, C'90, reinvents television for babies.
Wielding Puns and Staple Guns
"Who the hell wants to think about banging a nail in when they're banging a nail in?"
Obituaries
Dec 1997
Dec 1997
Vol. 96, No. 3
“And Still I Rise”
Penn alumna, School of Nursing professor, and "around-the-way girl" Loretta Sweet Jemmott is working to get mothers and sons in Philadelphia's housing projects talking about preventing teen pregnancy and HIV infection.
Bagels & Big-Haired Women
Four years ago, J.R. Lieber fell off the turnip truck in Texas. He hit his head hard.
Letters
In support of food trucks, recognizing community service, Alumni Weekend notes.
Penn and West Philadelphia
A new model for progress in the community.
Table For One, Sir?
Vacation checklist: get tan, find self.
A College House in Every Dorm
Residential system overhaul.
Janzen Takes 1997 Kyoto Prize, Gives to Nature
Biology professor wins Kyoto prize
Wash Up or I Won’t Say ‘Ahhh’
Dr. Maryanne McGuckin increases hand washings among health-care workers.
An Upstart Emperor of Ice Cream
Marketing the Generation-X ice cream.
Nov 1997
Vol. 96, No. 2
Welfare Reform
Flawed Process, Faulty Policy.
Getting Involved in a Museum of Ideas
Dr. Richard Beeman to be the first senior visiting fellow at the National Constitution Center.
In Eggi’s Village, Harmony Rules by Consensus
Dr. Peggy Reeves Sanday researches the Minangkabau social system.
Bioinformatics, Anyone?
The University establishes a Center for Bioinformatics.
Women’s Soccer’s Winning Ways
After a disastrous 1996, the team is vying for the Ivy title.
American Alchemy
Immigrants are the "yeast" whose rise renews U.S. cities.