Hope for the thinning crowd
Back in 1992, when Dr. George Cotsarelis landed a research fellowship looking at cancer amidst scalp stem cells, he didn’t expect to stumble on a treatment for male pattern baldness.
The NFL’s designated Decider: Stephen Burbank
This time of year, NFL fans are pretty much focused on one thing only: the Superbowl.
Mr. Penn conquers Vegas
Whether he’s in the lab or in the gym, Balduzzi describes his ideal as a life that balances mind and body. “You can use your mind consciously, all day—every day—to change your body,” he says. “And it’s a very empowering process.”
Another Take on WikiLeakage
In the wake of the recent flood of US Government documents to WikiLeaks, David Jones C'63 G'64, a retired senior foreign-service officer in the US State Department, offered to write an essay on the matter for the Gazette.
Jan|Feb 2011
Volume 109, No. 3
A Shelf Full of Resolutions
Five Penn authors offer challenges and inspiration to readers seeking better self-control, wiser conversations, age-appropriate outfits, meaningful reading, and wholesome eating.
PENN 2.0
The University is now active on all manner of social networks—and students, faculty, and staff members are even inventing new ones of their own.
Homecoming 2010
Photos from Penn’s fall celebration of arts & culture, football, and fun.
New Doors to Invention
From College Hall | Student research projects develop critical skills—and could change the world.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2011
All The Live Long Night
Four in the morning is the new midnight.
My Ivy-Strangled Valentine
“It was in the CUPID line that I noticed Steve K.”
On The Road
From Peking to Paris in a 1932 Plymouth.
After WikiLeaks
Overreaction could do more damage than anything revealed
in the leaked diplomatic cables.
Bodybuilding for the Brainy
Bodybuilding competition combines hard bodies, sharp brains.
$15 Million Gift to Expand Retailing Center
$15 million gift will endow Baker Retailing Center
Campus Cultural Centers Turn 10
Cultural centers La Casa Latina, PAACH, and Makuu mark 10 years.
Give That Leftist a Latte
Brewing ideology.
Habitat For (Aging) Humanity
PennDesign conference explores architecture of old age.
The Ethics of Early Intersex Intervention
Brownlee lecturer: “Should we be afraid of big clitorises?”
The Ink of the Letter of the Law
Cross-examining law professor and NFL special master Stephen Burbank.
Gridiron Dominance, Glimmerings of a Hoops Revival
Ivy title for football; basketball’s not-bad start.
Up Tempo
Jennifer Higdon G’92 Gr’94 reviewed and interviewed.
Designing Men
Alumni firm KieranTimberlake’s London embassy.