Touching the Virtual Frontier
If you’ve never been stung by imaginary gunfire, sent a texture sample by email, or had a sleeve teach you how to move your arm, Katherine Kuchenbecker’s Haptics Lab is a Pandora’s box of tactile trickery and strange sensations.
Desperately Seeking Blank
Think it’s easy to turn off your mind when you’re playing baseball? Think again, says a former Major Leaguer (and Penn Quaker standout).
Finishing School
The Penn Fellows Program aims to bring mid-career faculty into full bloom.
Common Bonds
A dinner celebrating the newest class of Penn Athletic Hall of Famers featured laughter, tears, and a demonstration of the true meaning of the word teammate.
Alumni Weekend 2010
Alumni Weekend, 2010: Our annual photo essay.
The Mascot in an Old Man’s Suit
Rest well, Coach Lake.
Mission Statements
Commencement: Forget As, concentrate on “five Fs”
The Substitute
Undergrads discuss bioethics with “substitute” teacher Amy Gutmann
$25.5 Million Gift for Cancer Research
Abramsons give another $25.5 million for cancer research
Taking the Morality Out of Abstinence Sex-Ed
In abstinence education, pragmatism beats moral argument
New Award Honors Advances by Women Faculty
TCPW/Provost Award celebrates/spurs advance of women faculty
Women’s Health, From Baltimore to Bangladesh
Nursing School hosts international conference on women’s health
Admissions Targets LGBT Applicants
Admissions extends “interest-based recruiting” to LGBT students
The Music Building Gets a Tune-Up
Rave reviews for music building makeover
Paleo Portraiture
Emma Schachner Gr’16 studies fossils—and draws them, too
Stirrings of a Lacrosse Dynasty
Women’s lacrosse team unbeaten for fourth straight year
Treading Water and Making Waves
Staying afloat: Women’s water-polo’s winning ways
Relays Racer
Window, Jul|Aug 2010
Alone Together
Vivian Seltzer has spent decades developing and testing a theory that she believes is “the first roadmap through adolescence.”
From Haiti’s Rubble to HUP
Airlift brings Haiti earthquake victims to HUP, CHOP
Match Day
Match Day madness
Seriously Funny
Live from Irvine, Seth Meyers
Huntsman to Address Class of 2010
China ambassador Jon Huntsman C’87 to speak at Commencement
Marriage, Defilement, and Disgust
Martha Nussbaum on “disgust” behind same-sex marriage opposition