Students “wage peace” in Houston Hall
Penn Students Against War on Iraq.
Reinventing Iraq
Brendan O’Leary on constructing democracy in post-war Iraq.
Outlaws and Covenants Lead to a Scholarly Marshall Plan
TV show on Blackbeard leads to Marshall Scholarship.
New Dean to Emphasize “Wholesale Social Work”
Gelles named School of Social Work’s dean.
Pharmaceutical Firm Gives $10 Million for Research
Grant from GlaxoSmithKline to support academic research.
Rushdie: Out of Hiding, Yearning for Anonymity
Salman Rushdie on books, life, and the “hoo-hah” surrounding The Satanic Verses
How to Succeed in Hollywood By Really Trying
Andy Wolk C’70 on writing, directing, and Hollywood success.
Students Won’t Face Trial on Assault
No trial for students accused in assault case.
Low Self Image? Avoid Mirrors, Watch TV
Connection found between TV watching and self-image.
The Vote is In?
Results of union vote sealed pending appeal.
The Many Faces of the Qur’an
Show on the Qur’an assembles a rich trove of texts.
Praxis Makes Perfect at Penn’s Landing
Crafting a plan for Penn’s Landing
Now on Trial: Justice in Smart Vs. Dumb
What “blind justice” misses.
A New Home for Early American Studies
McNeil Center for Early American Studies gets $6 million.
New Dental Dean Appointed
University of Alabama’s Marjorie Jeffcoat named dental school dean.
Penn and Health Care Trust Dissolve Agreement
Gifts Revisited: Penn and Philadelphia Health Care Trust dissolve $100 million agreement
Where the Wild Things Were
What killed the woolly mammoth?
Emeritus Professor, Emerging Painter
Former SAS Dean Rosemary Stevens’ “parallel career” as a painter.
Court Orders Penn to Pay Up
Penn ordered to pay $2.9 million to vet school professor
The Magic of Birth and Bricks
Magical “birth brick” discovered at Abydos in Egypt
Cutting Through the Smoke
Caryn Lerman and her colleagues at the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center are hot on the trail of biological, psychological, and social means to counter tobacco’s addictive power.
Spreading the Words
A century after University Museum archaeologists uncovered thousands of tablets bearing the earliest known form of writing and 25 years after efforts began to compile a dictionary of the language, the Penn Sumerian Dictionary Project is going online.
Speaking Out Against War
Faculty “teach-in” and students march against war on Iraq
Assault Allegations Shock Campus
Five charged in assault on Princeton debater