Dear Doc Schelling
The original copies of the following letters, written by Ezra Pound to Felix Schelling and other people at Penn over a 20-year period, are in the special-collections department of Van Pelt Library. No attempts have been made to correct Pound's idiosyncratic spelling and grammar.
Moderns in the Quad
Two legendary poets formed friendship at Penn that would change the course of American Poetry.
Not the Alumni Notes
Underachievers, take heart! Alumni news for the rest of us.
A River of Words
How a New Yorker essay helped save a river from destruction -- and one Penn alumnus from a career in law.
Reflections on the Roman World
The curator of a show of Roman glass now at the University Museum tells how the ancient glassworking industry reveals as much about the Romans as their architecture, thirst for conquest, or tendency to murder their emperors.
Pressing On
The University of Pennsylvania press has a new home, a new director, and some new goals and projects. It also has a checkered past -- and a changing world of publishing to contend with.
A Fragile Orchestra
What causes a woman's own hand to try to strangle her?How can a grown man recognize a carrot but not be able to name it? Such mysteries of the brain and mind are being probed by Martha Farah and Todd Feinberg, pioneers in the brave new world of neuropsychology.
Bridging Two Worlds
Penn -- like universities across the country -- is helping more faculty move ideas from the lab to the marketplace through a process called technology transfer. But, some caution that these industry-academy collaborations may compromise publishing and research.
An Eye for Value
John Neff's knack for finding gold among "woebegone" companies has transformed Penn's endowment from among the worst performing in higher education to one of the best -- at a price you can't beat.
Officer Down
Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell comforts the families of two police officers shot in the line of duty. And excerpt from "A Prayer For the City," by Buzz Bissinger.
Science Meets Society
Technophobia runs rampant, but what may be scarier is a system in which scientific truth is determined in the media and the courts, says Dr. Kenneth Foster.
High Above College Green, Close to the Stars
After five years in exile, the Philomathean Society -- the oldest continuous collegiate literary society in the nation -- has returned to its historic quarters on the top floor of College Hall. What now?
The Commissioner of Curiosity
"Information architect" Richard Saul Wurman has made a life's quest -- and a very comfortable living -- out of forgetting everything he ever knew about lots of things the rest of us take for granted.
Homecoming 1997
Photos from the game, the parties, the band's 100th anniversary, and more.
“But You Can’t Call It Sport”
This year's score was Penn 20–Princeton 17, but more than a century ago the two teams' ancestors battled to a tie—at the Academy of Music.
Danien’s Daughters
Elin Danien went from autodidact to Penn anthropology student at age 46. She found the college experience so fulfilling that she started a scholarship for other women.
The Gift
George Weiss gave 112 West Philadelphia students a chance to go to college. He says he's gotten much more in return.
Steep Mountains and Strong Spirits
From backpacker to businessperson, a Penn alumna witnesses Vietnam's economic and social transformation.
The West Philadelphia Story
As Penn launches a series of initiatives to bolster its urban environment, it has to contend with a lot of history—including its own.
“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.
Unifying the University
On the occasion of the General Alumni Society's 100th anniversary, a look back at how the Society helped alumni speak with one voice and become partners in the University community—not to mention persuade the University to ask them for money.
John DiIulio Gets Religion
The controversial criminal-justice scholar, who coined the term "superpredator," is on a crusade to see that his dire predictions of skyrocketing youth crime don't come true.
The Virtual Classroom
Information technology makes teaching and learning possible around the clock and around the world. But some wonder if an Ivy League education can be delivered over the Internet.