The Power of Her Choices
eLIT founder Safia Rizvi defied expectations when she moved to the U.S., earned a Ph.D., and broke off an arranged marriage. Now she’s helping other women overcome barriers.
Life Cycles
From the Editor: Sep|Oct 2005
The Cowbird Variations
Animal behaviorist David White is teasing out the mysteries of cowbirds at the junction of Heredity and Environment.
Fruits and Fate
Research has shown that a woman’s body shape—whether she is round in the middle like an apple or wider at the bottom like a pear—is the single best predictor of health risks. Dr. Marie Savard wants to get this message out to all women, so that “pears” can give themselves a break from pointless dieting and “apples” can save their own lives.
Doing Well By Doing Good
Grads pledge to do good in chosen work
Building a Better Mousetrap, Hip Implant, Beach Towel …
Better minesweeper takes PennVention prize
Obituaries
July|Aug 2005
In Playwriting Fellowship, The Process is the Thing
Playwriting fellowship premieres
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2005
Building a Better Pipeline—and a Bigger Buzz
Learning about Penn “shouldn’t be an accident”
Waves of Relief
Rapid responder Richard Walden
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2005
The Biggest Sister
Big Brothers Big Sisters President Judy Vredenburgh CW’70 is taking the basic formula behind the organization and expanding it to reach a million troubled children across the country.
Learning and Leading
Since her nomination to become the University’s eighth president last winter, Amy Gutmann has spent a lot of time quietly thinking and talking with people about how to move Penn forward. Now she’s eager to get to work.
Growing Movement
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.
But How Do You Vacuum the Fifty-Yard Line?
Athletics’ AstroTurf auction.
Alumni Notes
Sept|Oct 2004
Fighting Crime and Bias
Racial-profiling report issued
Who’s Who on the Savannah
Studying the social knowledge of a troop of baboons in Botswana, Penn researchers Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth gain insights into monkey cognition—and our own.
Transcendence in Bhutan
A rationalist’s surprising—especially to himself—spiritual awakening.