Fran Dunphy’s Tough Love
Challenging road ahead for men’s basketball.
The Constant Reader
In his acclaimed 2002 documentary, Stone Reader, Mark Moskowitz used his search for the writer of a novel he admired to create a “Huck Finn story for guys who love books.” Now the lost author is back at work, the film is out on DVD, and Moskowitz is leading the fight to revive other forgotten works.
Cutting Through the Smoke
Caryn Lerman and her colleagues at the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center are hot on the trail of biological, psychological, and social means to counter tobacco’s addictive power.
Second Time Around
A program offered through the College of General Studies allows retirees—Penn alumni and others—to audit courses in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Learning to See Lancaster Avenue
When a suburban commuter finally got out of his car, he found himself viewing an old street—and its people—through new eyes.
Spreading the Words
A century after University Museum archaeologists uncovered thousands of tablets bearing the earliest known form of writing and 25 years after efforts began to compile a dictionary of the language, the Penn Sumerian Dictionary Project is going online.
Homecoming 2002
Slideshow | Game photos and more from Homecoming’s 50th anniversary.
Speaking Out Against War
Faculty “teach-in” and students march against war on Iraq
Assault Allegations Shock Campus
Five charged in assault on Princeton debater
NLRB Rules: Some Grad Students Are Employees
NLRB rules for grad-student union elections
‘Summit’ Highlights Alumni Presence in Media
Alumni in the media gather in New York for first “summit”
Making a Commitment to Residential Life
Hassenfeld and Fishers give $11.5 million for Quad renovations
Huntsman Hall: Wharton’s New Nerve Center
Wharton’s $140 million Huntsman Hall opens
More Patients + Fewer Nurses = More Deaths
Fewer nurses means more patient deaths
Three’s Company
2003 Writers House Fellows: Bernstein, Anderson, and Sontag
Hamilton House Makeover
New furniture—and more—for Hamilton House
Taking the Initiative
Penn and Citizens Bank launch $28 million neighborhood initiative
Building a Better Homepage
Spinning a new Web site
Winning and Wondering
Football’s fabulous finish; basketball’s baffling beginning.
Alumni Voices: The Deluxe Edition
Alumni—writers, artists, and others—recall their days at Penn, from the Class of 1930 to the Class of 2001.
Safe Places
Alumni talk about the struggles to establish resources for African Americans, women, and sexual minorities on campus.
Here, Now
Some of what students are doing on and around campus, Fall 2002.
2006: A Penn Odyssey
Some of the 2,451 members of the freshman class talk about the diverse paths that brought them to Penn.
Ad It Up!
From flour bags to four-wheel drives, one hundred years of advertising in the Gazette reflects a changing world and a changing University alumni relationship.