News and Features

At the Charlestown Cooperative Farm, alumna Aimee Kocis is helping preserve valuable farmland from development while keeping 105 area families well supplied with a variety of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Writing For Her Life

Stephanie Williams C’92 was determined to fulfill her ambition to write and publish a novel before cancer killed her. With some help from her friends, she succeeded.

Labor Board Says No to Grad Unions

NLRB rules against grad-student unions.

Politically Incorrect—Lying Ads, Trusting Voters

The truth is, lying political-ads work.

More Time Doesn’t Mean Less Crime

Verdict: Stiffer sentences don’t deter crime.

Barchi on the Academic Enterprise

Parting words from Provost Barchi.

Dodson’s Dinosaurs

Dual honors for dinosaur-expert Peter Dodson.

News to Chew On: Weaker Jaws, Bigger Brains?

Brains over bite.

Fighting Terror, Guarding Rights

Difficult balance: Protecting lives, preserving rights.

The E-Nose Knows Infections

Electronic nose sniffs out disease.

Head of the Class

On a roll: HUP honored for eighth year.

Repeat Defenders

Football: Can they do it again?

But How Do You Vacuum the Fifty-Yard Line?

Athletics’ AstroTurf auction.

Now Batting: Jim Crow

Negro League Baseball. The business of black baseball.

Thinking Outside the Box Score

The Numbers Game. Stat-boys of summer.

The Global Garden

Penn’s Morris Arboretum owes much of its botanical diversity to the work of plant hunters, whose pursuits (fortunately) are a little less dangerous today than they were a century ago.

A Dark Task

The chaplain asked if I was the lieutenant who had killed a man the day before. I told him I was.

Alumni Weekend 2004

Slideshow

Saving Bentley