Glandt Takes Over at SEAS
Glandt named SEAS dean
Study to Examine Minority Performance in the Academy
Study to assess minorities’ academic performance
Clarence Darrow Gets High Nielsen Rating
Leslie Nielsen on actors and lawyers
Color Blinders
Derrick Bell asks: who benefits from black success?
Gene-Therapy Researchers Probe Patient’s Death
First findings in gene-therapy death
Fighting Shadows with FIRE
FIRE’s fight for the right
Strong Medicine: Health System Cuts 1,700 After Record Deficit
UPHS cuts workforce by 20 percent to reverse losses
From Spoiler to Champion?
Women’s basketball ranked first in Ivies.
Award of Merit Recipients
Homecoming 1999
Crowns and Confidences
Thomas Evans was the trusted friend of royalty and a secret diplomat with an eye for beauty. Such are the rewards of dentistry.
Setting the Record Straight
An Interview with Elijah Anderson
High Noon in the ‘hood
Penn sociologist Elijah Anderson writes about life at "ground zero," in the inner city's most blighted areas. In this excerpt from his new book, a reformed drug-dealer turned small-businessman attempts to take back a neighborhood corner from his successor in the drug trade.
From Zip to X
How would-be experimental physicist became a cyber-mogul instead.
Justice in the Bones
When a 15-year-old Philadelphia boy was wrongly accused of rape in a case of mistaken identity, public defender Glenn Gilman C’69 and two Penn anthropologists, Dr. Alan Mann and Dr. Janet Monge Gr’80, combined their expertise to ensure that justice was served.
Researchers Seek Answers After Gene-Therapy Patient Dies
Patient in gene-therapy trial dies
But Will They Ever Sleep?
Study spaces accommodate students 24-7
Postcards from the Ends of the World
Writing about travel ... and about writing about travel
Philosophy in the Trenches
"Philosophy with a point" at the Law School
Opening Convocation: Challenges and Opportunities
Welcoming the latest greatest class
Uncovering Ancient Mayoral Digs in Egypt
Ancient Egyptian mayor's house uncovered
Justice Talking, People Listening
Constitutional debates on the radio
Alcohol Coordinator Appointed
University names
alcohol-programs coordinator
La Casa Latina: A Place at the Cultural Table
Hispanic center opens
Writers House Expands Guest List
Three named as Kelly Writers House Fellows