News and Features

Alumni Weekend 2003

01 Jul 2003

Slideshow | The picnic location was changed to Hill Field, and the weather was changeable, but nearly 9,000 alumni—about 25 percent more than last year—found their way back to campus for this year’s celebration

Rodin To Step Down Next Year

01 Jul 2003

Rodin will leave presidency in June 2004.

All, All in the Family

01 Jul 2003

Tutu calls for a world in which “All are insiders: all!”

Something in the Armpits

01 Jul 2003

Men, looking for a reason not to shower?

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

01 Jul 2003

Wrongful-death lawsuit settled out of court

Delli Carpini Chosen to Lead Annenberg School

01 Jul 2003

Annenberg Dean vows to maintain “quality and reputation.”

Operation Iraqi Heritage

01 Jul 2003

Museum Web site helps recover Iraq antiquities.

Vice Provost for Libraries Resigns After Investigation

01 Jul 2003

Library head resigns amid child-pornography charges

Bittersweet Vindication for Atkins Diet

01 Jul 2003

Studies offer qualified support for Atkins Diet approach.

Parsing the Influence of Zellig Harris

01 Jul 2003

Recalling the contributions of linguistics pioneer Zellig Harris.

A Moveable Feast for the Eyes

01 Jul 2003

Rare books from Library’s collection to be shown in Belgium.

Author Earns City Honor

01 Jul 2003

Lorene Cary honored with The Philadelphia Award for her work “to advance the best and largest interest of the community.”

First Blood

01 Jul 2003

It’s been 50 years since the fencing team won its first NCAA championship.

Hall of Famers

01 Jul 2003

Sixteen receive Penn’s highest athletic honor.

The Immeasurable Curiosity of Edward Peters

02 May 2003

A colleague calls Peters, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, “one of the great medievalists of his generation.” His own assessment: “I’m like cheap paint—I cover a lot, but not very well.”

An Unexpected Unity

02 May 2003

Cret Professor of Architecture Daniel Libeskind’s winning design for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is an act of remembrance and restoration.

The Guilt Project

02 May 2003

Former federal prosecutor Alan Vinegrad W’80 has taken on some of New York’s most high-profile cases, and he has the thick skin and thin stomach lining to prove it.