Pondering the Ethics and Science of Stem Cells
Panel examines stem-cell ethics and science
A Selective (Old) Penn Chronology 1902-1918
Our first Centennial timeline covers 1902 to 1918, when Old Penn becomes the Gazette (and World War I ended).
Tweaking History … and Everything Else
Looking back at one of the Gazette's favorite illustrators
Browsing Penn’s Cyber Stacks
Scattered collections, brittle diaries, rare artifacts, handwritten plays, and more are flashing across computer screens worldwide, via the University's groundbreaking digital library project.
James Thomson and the Holy Grail
In 1998, graduate alumnus Dr. James Thomson won the race to isolate and culture human stem-cells for a sustained period—one of the holy grails of medical science—but he can’t outrun the controversy generated by his work. Increasingly, he isn’t trying.
Homecoming 2001
Homecoming 2001
100 Years of the Gazette
The first century of Penn's alumni magazine
So Close …
Football falls short, and men’s basketball starts strong.
Buying up the Wind
Penn becomes largest retail buyer of wind energy
The Peace of Trees
Finding a respite in nature
Preparing for Smallpox … Again
Finding new weapons against smallpox
Jury Says Penn Guilty of Gender Bias
Jury says hiring woman crew coach was sexual discrimination
This Time the Door is Held for Ramos
Pedro Ramos C’87 will be the president’s chief of staff
Take Penn Medicine, and Hold Off on the 501(c)(3)
New board to unify Health System management
For Good Measure …
The mismeasure of children
Camille Paglia Gets in Tony Soprano’s Face
Camille Paglia pans The Sopranos
Criminology Center to Emphasize Research
The Jerry Lee Criminology Center opens
Penn Celebrates 125 Years of Women
1,200 celebrate 125 years of women at Pen
School’s In
It still doesn’t have a name, but the Penn-assisted public school opened in September. Here are some pictures, plus a talk with Principal—and Penn alumna—Sheila Sydnor.
Living With Terror
From the Editor: Nov|Dec 2001
Harold Stassen and the Ivy League
The former Minnesota governor and future perennial U.S. presidential candidate wanted a big-time football program at Penn, but his battles over a boycott by other Ivy Schools and televising of football games actually helped create the Ivy League.
The Last Album: Lives in Memory
A new book of photographs recovered from Auschwitz—family portraits, birthday parties, wedding pictures, days at the beach—recalls the lives shattered by the Holocaust.
The Stamp Seal Mystery
A Bronze Age mound in Central Asia yielded a tantalizing clue to a “new” ancient civilization. For archaeologist Fred Hiebert, it was one more reason why Raphael Pumpelly was right.
High Five for Penn
Up a notch to #5 in U.S. News & World Report