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Volume 108, No. 6


Features

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. By Trey Popp

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). By Doug Glanville. Plus: A book excerpt and Q&A with the author

Finishing School
The Penn Fellows Program aims to bring mid-career faculty into full bloom. By Molly Petrilla

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 teammateBy Dave Zeitlin

Alumni Weekend 2010
Our annual photo essay. By Addison Geary


Departments

From the Editor
From College Hall
Letters


ESSAYS : First Person
Notes from the Undergrad Restoring portraits of war 
Alumni Voices “That was Coach Lake for you” 
Elsewhere A film festival in the Sahara? 
Expert Opinion Real life, man-made


GAZETTEER : News & Sports
Commencement: Forget As, concentrate on “five Fs”
Undergrads discuss bioethics with “substitute” teacher Amy Gutmann 
Abramsons give another $25.5 million for cancer research 
In abstinence education, pragmatism beats moral argument 
TCPW/Provost Award celebrates/spurs advance of women faculty 
Nursing School hosts international conference on women’s health 
Admissions extends “interest-based recruiting” to LGBT students 
Rave reviews for music building makeover 
Emma Schachner Gr’16 studies fossils—and draws them, too 
Women’s lacrosse team unbeaten for fourth straight year 
Scoreboard 
Staying afloat: Women’s water-polo’s winning ways


ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
BOOKS Macabre masterpieces. The Addams Family: An Evilution
BOOKS Religion in the courts. The Spirit of the Law
ART Slought Foundation gathers “leftover” artifacts
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR


ALUMNI : Profiles
Ted Kaufman WG’66 is having a busy two years in the Senate
Abdi Farah C’09 could be The Next Great Artist
Aakash Mathur C’09 W’09 and Jay Parekh EAS’09 make water better
Mike Sandler W’62 is an entrepreneur of education 
Josh Heald W’00 thought up Hot Tub Time Machine

Events
Notes
Obituaries


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