$14 Million Grant Sparks Bioengineering Initiative
$14 million for bioengineering from Whitaker Foundation
Schwartz Leaves SSW
Social Work Dean Ira Schwartz chooses Temple
Shelter from the Storm
Sheltering the homeless—and saving money
Mack the Cutting Edge
William Mack gives $10 million for technological innovation
Cassatt String Quartet begins its second artist-in-residence
The Cassatt Quartet makes music
Just a Minute: the Academic Essence
The “essence of the finest lectures” from “outrageously
good lecturers”
Rubenstein Prescribed for Med School and Health System
Mt. Sinai’s Rubenstein named Medical School dean and Health
System EVP
Back to Back?
Football prepares to defend its Ivy crown.
Dinosaurs Lost and Found
A Penn graduate student's quest to rediscover the "lost dinosaurs of Egypt" was a story made for television—a two-hour documentary will air this winter—and led to a spectacular new find as well.
The Biopond is Back
Slideshow | Photography by Greg Benson
Speech!
More than a half century after he nearly dropped out of Penn, Noam Chomsky towers over the field of linguistics and the politics of dissent. What would have happened if he hadn't met Zellig Harris?
Alumni Weekend 2001
Slideshow | Plus: War Years Reunion
Sprawl and the City
In a new book, Penn-affiliated experts provide a crash course on what went wrong with America's cities—and offer some ideas on how to fix them.
McCain Speaks Plainly in the Rain
John McCain … and lots of rain.
A “Passionate” Alumnus Takes Over Alumni Relations
Bob Alig C’84 WG’87 named head of alumni relations
Adventures in Tele-Immersion
“You open a hole in the wall and see the other room”
Sailing Into the Semester’s End
Students sail the high seas (well, the Delaware)
Wolfe on Silicon Valley’s “Pelicans” and “Beachcombers”
Tom Wolfe on how to spot a Silicon Valley billionaire
Candide, Pangloss, and Cunegonde Join Class of 2005
Candide best of all possible choices for Penn Reading Project
Martin Becomes Health System’s Permanent CEO
Martin CEO appointment made permanent.
Triumph in Tennis
Another women’s team earns its first-ever Ivy crown.
The Moral Classroom
Getting students to conform to a rigid list of virtues won’t transform them into thoughtful moral agents, say Dr. Joan Goodman and Dr Howard Lesnick, Penn professors who have co-written a new book i response to the growing “character-education” movement. They endorse a messier, but more meaningful approach to moral education.
Sam Maitin’s Sistine Chapel
When the Christian Association relocated this winter, it took the mural Sam Maitin created 15 years ago along—and commissioned him to do a new one, too.
Looking for God
Medical alumnus and faculty member Dr. Andrew Newberg probes deep inside the brain in a quest to understand faith.