Vol. 96, No. 7
Features
Proof & Beauty
What do you get when you add a couple of math professors, a Roman Catholic nun, and a computer? Not the start of a bad joke, but a major breakthrough in mathematics — and a pretty one, too.
By Mark F. Bernstein
Start Me Up
The letters P.O.V. were once synonymous with I.O.U. Today the fledgling men’s magazine, co-founded by a Penn alumnus working off his laptop, has multimillion-dollar backing, an office equipped with its own bar, and a new nightlife supplement called Egg.
By Susan Lonkevich
Coal Miners’ Doctor
Forty years ago, a freshly-minted M.D. learned about life and death — and how to drink home-brewed beer and (almost) eat squirrel’s brains — while practicing medicine in the hills of eastern Kentucky.
By Rita Mariotii
“Reflections of a Couple of Book Prize Judges”
An insider’s view of the passions, politics, and personalities involved in, well, singling out literary merit.
By Peter Conn and Wendy Steiner
Departments
From the Editor
Good Stories
Letters
Investment question, pro and con on drinking age, upset over census.
Notes From the Undergrad
Poetry goes public on College Green.
Gazetteer
Can Penn compete? … Class of 2002: Better than ever (again) … Book lovers beware? … Safer sunblocks on the way … Garry Wills on support for the arts … New incentives for home ownership … Investigating the role of alternative medicine … Africa site reaches 1 million hits … Celebrating Strausz-Hupé … Print show at Faculty Club.
Sports
New women’s records in the shot put and discus.
Off the Shelf
Less in common than meets the eye. Tempest Rising and Pride.
The Alumni
Comings, goings, appointments, promotions, accolades, and other personal news
Alumni Profiles
A more in-depth look at some of Penn’s outstanding alumni.
Mark A. Aronchick |Formula for a balanced law career: Activism, Justice — and Yoga
Sheri Bailey |Dramatist Puts Spotlight on the African-American South
Blaise Noto | A Most Successful Voyage
Mixed Nuts | Humor for Every Specialty
Pennsylmania
Double Acrostic by Don Block, Gr ’77
