September 27 , 2001
A quiet little gallery makes a splash with its latest show of Mexican art. Dilys Winegrad, director/curator at the Arthur Ross Gallery, has had plenty to show over the last 20 years.
- Terrorism
at a distance
A faculty symposium helps the Penn campus make sense of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
- Advance
planning for disasters paid off
With a campus prepared for disaster, folks felt safer.
- Learn
IT for less
The College of General Studies' information-technology courses now cost less for Penn faculty and staff.
Editor's Pick: A man—and a nation—in
denial
Historian
Herbert Bix talks about his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Emperor
Hirohito.
- "We
must stand together to heal."
Penn mobilizes to respond to a national disaster.
- Quotes
from a day of tragedy
Penn people voice their concerns on the day of the attack.
- Research:
That streetwalker might be the kid next door
Social Work Professor Richard Estes discovers that sexual exploitation of children in North America is more widespread than anyone imagined.
- Student
spotlight:Learning, one on one
J. Christopher Pienkowski (W'03) stakes his future on educational software that can adapt to individual learning styles, with an assist from Penn's Venture Initiation Program.
- For
What It's Worth: Through the eyes of the researched
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Julia Paley learns on a trip to Chile that involving the subjects produces better research.
- Staff
Q&A: Terry Kientz
An inventor won this year's SEAS staff recognition award.
- The
Philadelphia Zoo, Buddhism and fundraising
Non-credit courses in CGS revive the pleasure of learning.
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