Degrees of Happiness
In Penn’s intensive one-year master’s program in applied positive psychology, working professionals from more than a dozen countries and a staggering range of fields come to learn how to “add to the tonnage of happiness in the world.”
The (Continuing) Tale of Troy
Ever since Heinrich Schliemann “discovered” Troy in the 1870s, archaeologists have searched for proof that Homer’s Iliad was based on historical fact. Penn Museum Deputy Director C. Brian Rose, who has led excavations at the site for more than two decades, may have found it.
The Omnivore’s New Dilemma
(Which exotic University City restaurant should we try tonight?)
Dining a la Penn
Remember the dining halls? You can still get a burger and fries, but pretty much everything else has changed.
Quakers in the Kitchen
Penn alumni offer tips on how to relax and host great parties, eat well without harming the environment, and dine like a gourmet on the cheap.
Architecture of Madness
Chris Payne GAr’96’s photographs evoke the vanished world of state mental hospitals, where inmates could be both “mad and safe.”
Slouching Towards Elegance
In her new book, Trustee Professor of French Joan DeJean counts the many ways—from padded sofas, to “casual” clothing, to flush toilets—that France taught the world how to make itself comfortable.
Vision Shot
Eye-opening advance in gene therapy
Bigger Bangs for Charitable Bucks
New SP2 center focuses on “high impact philanthropy”
$20 Million Gift for PIK Professorships
Weiss $20 million gift will fund four PIK professors
A Rhodes Scholar from Old Rhodesia
Sarah-Jane Littleford C’09 awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Penn Poet Wins a Marshall
Joshua Bennett C’10 wins Marshall Scholarship
Granting Green
First round of “green grants” announced
Findings
Rethinking Depression Treatment, BlackBerry Nation, and the Cholesterol Cure
Harnessing PIK Power to Engage Alumni
“Engaging Minds” takes PIKs on the road
Crime and (Incoherent) Punishment
Legislative haste makes legal waste
You Want Science With That?
Science Cafe examines DNA screening and more
College Green Snow
Snow more
Reality Check
Basketball’s woes
Man, The Drinker
Biomolecular archaeologist and Penn Museum researcher Patrick McGovern Gr’80 has found some of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to history, and he wants you to take a glug. They might just be responsible for civilization as we know it. (Not to mention your next hangover.)
Steeped in Tea
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature Victor Mair spent years immersing himself in tea lore. His new book gives a fresh infusion of history to a venerable subject.
How to Succeed in Show Business by Really, Really Trying
She’s played an amateur porn actress and a president’s wife, produces movies with her (fellow alum) husband, and is now poised to direct her own first film. Elizabeth Banks C’96 is working almost as hard as she did at Penn.
Homecoming 2009
Homecoming 2009
Teaching Inside the Box
Class uses art to teach urban studies