The Fragrance of Ink
An exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery—part of the Gallery's year-long "Celebration of Asia"—highlights Korean "literati" paintings from the Choson Dynasty.
Where Human Life Happens
Genetic testing and other technologies that offer a "window on the womb" are allowing parents to know more about their prospective offspring than ever before. Is that good?
Nature’s Way
On the trail with his new daughter, a father's perspective changes.
Camp David on the Schuylkill
When scholars representing two distinct strands of Judiac studies gathered in Houston Hall, they may not have signed any peace accords, but they did find some common ground.
Alumni Weekend 1997
Slideshow | Penn Grads came from all over the country to be a part of Alumni Weekend.
Artist Unleashed
A literal stroke of fate transformed Jon Sarkin from a chiropractor and sometime-doodler into an artist who creates out of an obsessive fervor.
Image Tribes
Advertisers are targeting specific audiences as never before, dividing consumers more and more narrowly along income, age, gender, and ethic lines, and splintering society in the process.
Show me the Funny!
In the world of situation comedy, Penn alums are getting big bucks for big yucks.
Dueling Quills: The Provost Smith Papers
Newly acquired papers reveal the contentious—to say the least—relationship between Penn's first provost and founder Benjamin Franklin.
Of Dirty Drugs and White Dogs
The food wan't always great, but the memories remain fresh. Thirty years of eating at Penn.
Opening Up
A former Thouron Fellow looks back at her mind-expanding year in England in the late 1970s.
Wired Man
Twenty years after he helped created the Internet, Dave Farber is working to keep it open to all manner of unconventional ideas -- inlcuding his own -- and pondering the next big thing in cyberspace.
Passion Play at Mt. Pisgah
Scourged by his foes, a boy who sought solace in Jesus has his own agony of doubt in the playground.
The Collector
Was it chance, or fate, that led a Wharton Graduate to buy his first Tarot deck—and change his life forever?
Party Animal
Top GOP pollster Frank Luntz talks about Bill Clinton's bridge, Newt Gingrich's popularity, why Republicans aren't funny, and how teaching at Penn was the happiest time of his life.
Three Degrees of Separation
Dennis Culhane's groundbreaking studies show that most homeless people don't fit the stereotype—and that many available programs don't fit them.
At Home in a New Place
In this teacher's class, English as a Second Language is as much about social interaction as sentence structure.
Field Notes
Reports from three University Museum archaeological digs, in Syria, India, and Belize.