Rushdie: Out of Hiding, Yearning for Anonymity
Salman Rushdie on books, life, and the “hoo-hah” surrounding The Satanic Verses
How to Succeed in Hollywood By Really Trying
Andy Wolk C’70 on writing, directing, and Hollywood success.
Students Won’t Face Trial on Assault
No trial for students accused in assault case.
Low Self Image? Avoid Mirrors, Watch TV
Connection found between TV watching and self-image.
The Vote is In?
Results of union vote sealed pending appeal.
The Many Faces of the Qur’an
Show on the Qur’an assembles a rich trove of texts.
Praxis Makes Perfect at Penn’s Landing
Crafting a plan for Penn’s Landing
Getting It Done
Ivy crown for men’s basketball, and win #600 for Bob Seddon.
Humble Athlete, Fierce Competition
George Weiss W’65
Cricket Craze
Students gather to watch 2003 Cricket World Cup
Make It Plain!
Michael Eric Dyson—professor, preacher, and “paid pest”—brings a critical eye and rhetorical flair to his analyses of hip-hop culture and his call for social justice.
Laugh It Up
For three young alumni trying to make it in New York, comedy is serious business.
The Good Citizen
When asked why he gave, the late Walter Annenberg—Penn’s largest benefactor, who for years headed the list of Most Generous Americans—always said, “Because it’s the right thing to do.”
Now on Trial: Justice in Smart Vs. Dumb
What “blind justice” misses.
A New Home for Early American Studies
McNeil Center for Early American Studies gets $6 million.
New Dental Dean Appointed
University of Alabama’s Marjorie Jeffcoat named dental school dean.
Penn and Health Care Trust Dissolve Agreement
Gifts Revisited: Penn and Philadelphia Health Care Trust dissolve $100 million agreement
Where the Wild Things Were
What killed the woolly mammoth?
Emeritus Professor, Emerging Painter
Former SAS Dean Rosemary Stevens’ “parallel career” as a painter.
Court Orders Penn to Pay Up
Penn ordered to pay $2.9 million to vet school professor
The Magic of Birth and Bricks
Magical “birth brick” discovered at Abydos in Egypt
Fran Dunphy’s Tough Love
Challenging road ahead for men’s basketball.
The Constant Reader
In his acclaimed 2002 documentary, Stone Reader, Mark Moskowitz used his search for the writer of a novel he admired to create a “Huck Finn story for guys who love books.” Now the lost author is back at work, the film is out on DVD, and Moskowitz is leading the fight to revive other forgotten works.
Cutting Through the Smoke
Caryn Lerman and her colleagues at the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center are hot on the trail of biological, psychological, and social means to counter tobacco’s addictive power.