The Bible’s People

A new permanent exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology draws on artifacts from excavations spanning much of the century to reveal the daily lives of the Bronze and Iron age inhabitants of Canaan and ancient Israel.

Constitutionalist in Cyberspace

In the decade and a half since he graduated from Penn, legal scholar and internet enthusiast Lawrence Lessig has emerged as a leading thinker in the application of Constitutional concepts to the realm of cyberspace—and gotten Bill Gates (among others) mad at him.

Spreading the Word

Two small centers at Penn are taking on the giant task of bringing the three R's to the nation and the world. In a high-tech, academic way, of course.

Rewriting the Final Chapter

As medicine advances, the choices associated with end-of-life care grow more complex — especially when patients or their families clash with doctors, the state, and occasionally each other, over when to treat and when to let go.

Wildwood at Heart

Could a team of Penn architecture students learn enough from the quintessential Jersey Shore-town's pop-culture past to guarantee its future?