Squeeze Play
Can the Philadelphia Phillies build a winning team the old-fashioned way? David Montgomery is betting the franchise on it.
Of Things Evil
A century ago, the brutal killing of Law School favorite Roy Wilson White in Powelton Village horrified Philadelphia. But what happened after his death was even crueler.
The Vision Thing
As the National Science Foundation's new director of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Dr. Ruzena Bacsjy—a Penn computer-science professor noted for her work on robotic perception—must get Congress to see its way to creating greater support for basic research in information technology.
Alumni Weekend 1999
Slideshow
In the Valley of the Shadow of Death 101
Two instructors and 14 students took a literary tour of duty through our bloody century.
My Lunch With Dr. Vagelos
One of the best teachers at Penn isn’t on the faculty.
Rubin Advises Acting on the Certainty of Uncertainty
Commencement 1999
Staving Off STDs and … Cavities?
Common ingredient yields major advance.
Freshmen to Visit Copenhagen
Freshmen will read the play Copenhagen this summer
Fathoming the Mysteries of the Black Sea
Unearthing treasures from the Black Sea.
Sophisticated Kid Stuff
Theater for kids at Annenberg Center.
Women’s Studies: Breaking the Silence, Shaping the Future
Gerda Lerner on why women's studies matters.
Penn’s Health System Lays Off 450
Health System to cut 450 employees.
Champions and Other Winners
Selected highlights from the past year in sports.
Former Quaker Football Star Still Tough as Concrete
Chuck Bednarik Ed’49
Obituaries
July|Aug 1999
The Children’s Crusaders
The child-welfare system in the United States is broken. A group at Penn aims to give it a complete overhaul.
The True Summit
A professor of education and "middle-aged woman mountain climber" reflects on some lessons common to summiting and scholarship.
Resetting the Circadian Clock
The 24-hour circadian clock embedded in our genes is fundamental to life on this planet, says leading sleep researcher Dr. David Dinges—who has spent the past two decades trying to understand how it works and come up with ways to beat it.
Penn & Ink
A reading series at Kelly Writers House is bringing in a stream of alumni poets, fiction writers, journalists, screenwriters, editors, and literary agents back to campus—many for their first time since graduation.
Travels with Tarzan: A Documentary Odyssey
Two filmmakers went on the road with a family-owned circus and found enough human drama outside the ring to rival the snarling tigers, horse-riding bears, and aerial acrobatics within.
University Sobered by Alumnus’ Death on Campus
Alumnus' death sparks renewed alcohol debate.
New Dental Center
New dental-school facility under construction
Homage to DuBois: Revisiting the Problem of the Color Line
Honoring and updating W.E.B. DuBois.