Upon These Rocks, They Will Build Their Planters
Stones of burned church to be reused.
A Row Over “Reverse-Discrimination”
Male coach charges reverse-discrimination.
Fins and Fingers in One Fishy Fossil
Fossil sheds light on move from water to land.
Who Catered the Last Sit-In?
"Hell, no! We won't [let hockey] go!"
Live, From the Virtual Rotunda …
University Museum's site honored.
Another Football Story
Scholar-athlete John Bishop tackles a Thouron.
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?
Dropping the Ball
Football team forfeits five wins due to player ineligibility
Suspect Arrested
Man suspected of shooting a College senior has been arrested.
Remembering the Women Who Went to War
Architecture: Monument honors women in military
Heard on Campus
What it takes to be a defense lawyer.
A Big Gift to Cure Cancer
$100 million for cancer research.
Demographer Preston Takes the Helm at SAS
New SAS dean named. Plus: Q&A.
Saturation Bombing with Books
Philadelphia students take on 100 Book Challenge.
The Dangers and Lessons of Vicarious Thrills
This is your brain ... seeing others on crack
The Aye of the Tiger
In which Ivy League loyalty wins out in the end.
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.