Friday, December 13, 2024

Intelligent Demise

01 Mar 2006
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As the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Dover school-board case, law alumnus Eric Rothschild demolished the arguments of intelligent design’s proponents—including one fellow Penn grad.

James Thomson and the Holy Grail

02 Jan 2002
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In 1998, graduate alumnus Dr. James Thomson won the race to isolate and culture human stem-cells for a sustained period—one of the holy grails of medical science—but he can’t outrun the controversy generated by his work. Increasingly, he isn’t trying.

Dinosaurs Lost and Found

02 Jul 2001
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A Penn graduate student's quest to rediscover the "lost dinosaurs of Egypt" was a story made for television—a two-hour documentary will air this winter—and led to a spectacular new find as well.

Going Where Science Leads

02 Mar 2001
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Established in 1892 as a museum for anatomic specimens as well as a center for the "increase of original scientific knowledge," the Wistar Institute today is at the forefront of basic research on cancer, AIDS and other diseases.

Coming Home

01 Nov 2000
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Adrift in the great sea of university life, the author found an academic anchor—and much more—studying the history and sociology of science.

The World According to Gieg

02 Jan 2000
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Earth and Environmental Science Professor Bob Giegengack has fulfilled a boyhood dream of visiting exotic locales from the Sahara to the Antarctic and has earned the admiration and affection of a generation of students. He cautions today's young academics not to follow in his footsteps.
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