Granting Green
First round of “green grants” announced
Findings
Rethinking Depression Treatment, BlackBerry Nation, and the Cholesterol Cure
Harnessing PIK Power to Engage Alumni
“Engaging Minds” takes PIKs on the road
Crime and (Incoherent) Punishment
Legislative haste makes legal waste
You Want Science With That?
Science Cafe examines DNA screening and more
College Green Snow
Snow more
Reality Check
Basketball’s woes
Man, The Drinker
Biomolecular archaeologist and Penn Museum researcher Patrick McGovern Gr’80 has found some of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to history, and he wants you to take a glug. They might just be responsible for civilization as we know it. (Not to mention your next hangover.)
Steeped in Tea
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature Victor Mair spent years immersing himself in tea lore. His new book gives a fresh infusion of history to a venerable subject.
How to Succeed in Show Business by Really, Really Trying
She’s played an amateur porn actress and a president’s wife, produces movies with her (fellow alum) husband, and is now poised to direct her own first film. Elizabeth Banks C’96 is working almost as hard as she did at Penn.
Homecoming 2009
Homecoming 2009
Teaching Inside the Box
Class uses art to teach urban studies
Homecoming Features Arts & Culture, a Football Win, Penn Park Groundbreaking— and a New Trustee Chair
David L. Cohen L’81 takes reins as trustee chair
Obama Taps Gutmann to Lead Bioethics Panel
Gutmann to head Obama bioethics panel
Multiculturalism is a Moving Target: The Greenfield Intercultural Center Turns 25
Milestone mashup: GIC celebrates 25 years
M&T Marks a Three-Decade Wharton-Engineering “Marriage”
Milestone mashup: M&T celebrates 30 years
Women’s Studies “Fad” Flourishing at 35
Milestone mashup: Women’s Studies celebrates 35 years
Print Run: The Daily Pennsylvanian Celebrates 125 Years
Milestone mashup: DP celebrates 125 years
Milestone Mashup
Milestone mashup: DP, GIC, M&T, and Women’s Studies celebrate
Findings
Sharpen Up, Sleepyhead; Eat Your Broccoli, Already; and The Water Is High
Life and Death in Ur
Museum mounts new show on Iraq’s Ancient Past
Miller Out, Allen In
Miller out as men’s basketball coach
Back on Top
Ivy champs in football and volleyball
Dr. Chop
Charles Terry C’90 Res’98