April 11, 2002
Special
Report: Spring into action and discover the campus
Fitness, summer camps, outdoor adventures, the Penn Relays (above)—the campus springs into action with the warmer weather. How about you?
- Heads
up for health care plan changes
Changes in staff health benefits might affect which plan people choose.
- Future
lawyers brief Supreme Court early
A first-year law class's research goes straight to the top.
- Record-setting
gift goes to bioengineering
The largest individual gift in the Engineering School's history will give the department a new home near the School of Medicine.
Editor's Pick: Docufest comes of
age
The
Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival pays homage to its namesake.
- Research:
Truth and deception—the brain tells all
Polygraphs, watch out! MRIs detect falsehoods.
- Staff
Q&A: Isabel Mapp
Her unique staff position links volunteers to people who need their help.
- Ask
Benny: The readers weigh in on the Addams house
Also: All about Family and Medical Leave.
- EU
is facing an identity crisis
An international panel examines the impact of the euro in the year of its debut.
- Safer
bikes through research
Coming soon to a bicycle near you: shock-absorbing handlebars, the product of Penn and CHOP research.
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