March 20, 2003
The ancient world, revised and updated
A decade of effort to bring the University of Pennsylvania Museum's classical galleries into the present has finally borne fruit, and nobody could be more pleased than the man in charge of them, Donald White.
- Class
teaches kids to care
An educational joint venture shows local children how to be responsible pet owners.
- Panel:
Schools need money, teachers
Education reform is all the rage, but how will we pay for it?
- Ask
Dr. Internet
Penn's health sciences schools provide consumers reliable information online.
Editor’s Pick: Ancient worlds
come to life
A slave takes University of Pennsylvania Museum visitors on an odyssey through "Worlds Intertwined."
- Research:
Feeling tense? Sweat it out
Two Penn scientists discover that the scent of a man may be just the thing to de-stress a tense woman.
- Faculty
Feature: Law prof gets handed a legal football
When NFL players and owners butt heads over their contract, Stephen Burbank is the referee.
- Staff
Q&A: David Micahnik
The coach of Penn's fencing teams got turned on to the sport by a cafeteria co-worker.
- Ask
Benny: Macaroni and cheese, Faculty Club style
Also: Penn's first faculty Nobel laureate won his prize for work done elsewhere.
- Welcome
home the heroes
A new mosaic puts a face on Hispanic achievement.
- Out
and About: Author hunts ghosts of Mississippi
Two pictures lead Paul Hendrickson off in search of the soul of a wounded state.
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